Quote Originally Posted by wrc2017 View Post
So they only bring the DS3 to a tarmac surface, 1 year after C3 was concieved? on a surface Meeke admits it was OK anyways.
Anyway there is so much more to the interview besides this.
Meeke was told to go out and win, and he said he was stupid enought to do that, and should have quit.
He even offered his resignation.. but they didnt accept.
He also made a effort to negotiate an amicable end, and Citroen didnt reply. So says... 'it will be settled another way'... I presume he means the lawyers, and the word 'will' means it must be ongoing.
Meeke is the truth, and seems to be a man of honestly and integrity. I tend to believe his story, as the evidence is there to support it.
I wonder why Meeke gave interview to Auto Hebdo.. and not the Autosport / David Evans?

I have to say on this I tend to agree with you that he is telling the truth, he seems quite open to the fact that he made mistakes, and was equally happy to praise the engine, so it wasn't a complete slagging off of them from start to finish.
But if this is all true, is a damning indictment of Citroen Sport and their refusal to accept the car was fundamentally flawed, and that only when other drivers (Mikk, Loeb, Ostberg) all said the same thing did they have to change their stance.
And lets be honest, anyone who has watched plenty of motorsport could see it was crap. It was obvious from all the on boards that he just didn't trust it, you could see him reluctant to lean on it, and he was opening the steering wherever possible to take the load off the outside rear tyre.

And as for the guys saying he was positive about the car in the early days and now he has changed his mind or was the development driver, what do you expect? that he comes out publicly and slags it off before it's done a rally? That's just stupid to expect that to be the case and if they wouldn't implement the changes he asked for, or as seems even accept that something was wrong what is he supposed to do?

I have to say that it is very rare in any motorsport to see a driver so publicly negative about a previous team, only in Motorbike racing do they seem to let the team have it to quite this extent.