Citroen WRT

[wrc2017]

PR fuckup for Citroen.
For Meeke, he couldn't pick where he went off. He did nothing worse than Paddon, Ogier, Latvala etc,, on that rally. It just so happened a tree was there.
If you really analysis Meeke performances.. he has had a combination of bad luck, undriveable car, which caused accidents, and some badly timed mistakes of his own. He was trying to tell the engineers that was something fundamental wrong with the car, but it wasnt his job to find out what it was. It took Mikkelson saga, and Loeb test to validate Meeke.
The management are still stuck in the Loeb era, but not with the budget, its a fraction of what they were spending during that era.
Loeb came in with nothing to loose, and was thowing the kitchen table at it, went off trying, and was getting trounced by a novice Fin driving a Toyota, in Corsica.
That tells your where they are with the C3
The only thing they had up their sleeve, was odd win of tarmac, now even that chance has gone.
The car was a still away behind in development, and this latest geometry upgrade, only has given them a base to work from, where they should have been 18 months ago .
The suspension, or lack thereof, make the car susceptible to punctures... count the number of punctures Citroen Racing drivers have had this year, vs other team
Citroen will only be a privateer team next year, i'll 99% guarantee it, with Juoki drivers or rich kids.
to be honest, I think Meeke comes out of this in a better light that Citroen
I'd love to see Meeke in GB or Finland in a Toyota........