Quote Originally Posted by EstWRC View Post
Toyota's World Rally Championship rivals fear 'embarrassing' Yaris

https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...ssing-wrc-pace
Well I have been voicing concerns like that since Monte and some 1-2-3 stage results (and for that matter also last year after some rallies where Hyundai dominated). So let's hope it does not happen.
Sure for fans of one of the Toyota drivers it will be good but not for the sport in the longer term.


Last time we had very good competition from multiple manus was 2003-2004, and then Citroen started dominating (arguably not only due to car) and we went down to 2 manufacturers over just a few years.

This time it seemingly is like this:
Toyota - going up and putting tons of money in
M-Sport - keeping 1 car in the top of the comp., very dependent on his performance, no money for other drivers
Citroen - half-hearted program with uncertain future, using funds to make the car less unpredictable
Hyundai - big issues with performance on tarmac and in Finland (5 out of 13 rallies !)

Worst case:
Citroen drops out , M-sport goes into "cheap drivers and money-making" mode and Hyundai struggles to compete