Quote Originally Posted by AL14 View Post
Anyways, imho nonsense choice for Toyota. Happy for Meeke who is a nice guy but I can't find a valuable reason on taking him into the squad.
Proven rally winner, one of the fastest drivers in the WRC, can compete at the front on any surface, and Makinen clearly rates him and has tried to sign him twice now.

Clearly some reasons why Makinen really likes him mate. Nobody available has what Meeke has yet. A year + a year's option is what I think the deal is, while Suninen, Kalle and/or Katsuta develop. Seems a good move for Toyota as a stop-gap at least. They already have two reliable pts scorers in Tanak and Jari (who in the last two years has become a more solid driver). Meeke competing for wins on events and crashing on others is not going to be as felt as it was at Citroen, where he had all the pressure on his shoulders to get a good result as no one else in the team was capable.

The only problem I could see is if Meeke goes in there and somehow finds consitency (highly unlikely), and Tanak and Meeke start fighting at the front on many events and tension arises. However Ott in his second year in the Yaris should be pretty comfortable. What an exciting, dynamic line-up Makinen is going for if this is indeed true; 3 drivers potentially capable of winning most events they start.