Quote Originally Posted by wrc2017 View Post
That press confrence was brilliant. He walked that line between being firm and critising the team very well. He tells it as it is... defiantley friction in the team though. In this mood Meeke can win the rally, i think he is fed up with his treatment by Citroen.. and without clear instruction he will just drive like he done last year.
There’s no doubt you’re a devoted Meeke fan, but your constant verbal diarrhoea (using your own words) makes hard for others rally fans to keep having sympathetic feelings for him. This shouldn’t be a war between Meeke and Matton/Citroen: it was Matton that sign Meeke in 2014, after Mr. Richards dump him in 2012 (BMW’s pull out isn’t an excuse, Prodrive continue entering Sordo in a large number of events); it was Matton that gave him another chance in 2015 and 2016, after a very irregular 2014 season from Meeke and it was Matton, again, that trust him the development of the new car for 2017, that Meeke permanently praised till the beginning of this year MC.

We don’t know what really went wrong inside the team during the winter (and/or before), but between blaming Meeke for all the team misfortunes (like the french press does) and eluding his error prone driving just to point out the team faults (like the brit journos do), for sure there’s a half way where the truth rest.

As any rally fan, I truly admire Meeke’s talent and bravery in the road and there’s no doubt he has became a icon of the sport because of his driving skills, but I see no point on promoting a few harsh remarks of today’s PC; even if he fells unfairly treated by Matton/Citroen, to avoid acting like a resented man, angry with those that allowed him to live his passion, and to focus on the driving challenge ahead is a much more positive way to go.

Hopefully Meeke and Citroen will be on the fight for the win on this fantastic rally and wins are the best tonic to solve all kind of issues in sports, so all fingers crossed for them!