So the big cover story in Motorsport News today is about Citroen trying to create a WRC superteam of Ogier, Meeke and Loeb.

Matton again talks openly about trying to sign Ogier and also about Loeb coming in for a limited programme. He basically says if Loeb likes the car enough in the upcoming gravel test that they will accommodate him in the team for select rounds. Not a full season.

He also specifies that Meeke's contract next year is for all the rallies, while Breen and Lefebvre have contracts, but with no specified number of WRC rounds. So that's a good detail confirmed.

Matton also crucially says that the three-car manufacturer points scoring rule is "impossible for next year." He says more likely 2019, and also seems to have heard a different interpretation, with four drivers all able to score but you have to enter two teams?

That's confused me and I think it's again another instance where Mahonen tells David Evans a plan that isn't confirmed or fully formed. Let's see what happens there...

Finally Citroen say the recent decision to block paddleshift on the R5s means they can't homologate the new car in time for the Monte. The car was designed around that system to it will apparently take an additional two months of designs/testing to rectify it. Needless to say they are pissed at the WRC Commission.