Quote Originally Posted by Rally Power View Post
Honestly, it looked more the other way around: Mikkelsen would have signed with Citroen if Matton had offered him a seat in due time. Matton choose to keep waiting for Ogier and Hyundai took the chance to sign Mikkelsen.

To avoid repeating a similar flop, this year Citroen plan A should be trying to get Lappi ASAP and continue the talks with Ogier; if those fail (as expected) they still would guarantee a new strong leading driver.
Nah, Mikkelsen and Hyundai knew what was happening when they let him test one of their cars. He knew he was fancied there and that it was heavily likely there was going to be an opening there for 2018.