While out and about on WRGB I heard a few bits and pieces regarding a few of the topics, I don't know any of them to be fact, but here they are none the less.
Lappi fell out personally with Makinen over him leaving a test early for personal reasons, which was not authorised. Apparently at one stage end on WRGB he was handed a cap, looked at it and it had TMR logo on, so he threw it away.
I spoke to a guy who was at the Ogier test in Aberhirnant, and as the test concluded a friend of the chap approached the team about giving this guy a ride as he has been following rally since the 60's and it would be a lifelong ambition, and they said it was Ogier's test, so it was entirely up to him what he did. Ogier being a gent happily gave him a ride on his final run. He also said he asked what he had thought of the Citroen, and Ogier replied "Needs a lot of work".
The M-Sport pulling out rumour was quite 'strong' with a few of the guys I speak with, but personally I am quite sceptical about this as WRC is M-Sports DNA. I would think if they can financially be there, they will be.
The Meeke/Toyota thing was being talked about as fact, and it seems this was correct from the news this week.