Quote Originally Posted by the sniper View Post
Part of me wonders whether that was the plan, but Citroen tried to take advantage and squeeze some money out of Mads to subsidise the limited program they offered him, and he essentially told them sod off because it's an insult. He's done a reasonable job for them this year, why should he pay them to likely score them a decent number of points for the manufacturers on the few rounds they'll give him?
That’s a bit harsh, even Ostberg recognizes that in 2018 he got a much better deal than initially expected: https://www.facebook.com/MadsOstberg...type=3&theater

Since the beginning, Budar said he was only sure about having 2 cars in 2019, the third would depend on Abu Dhabi talks and, apparently, those didn’t end in a positive way. For sure it’s a bit frustrating not seeing Citroen fighting for the manus tile, still they seem to be in a much better position than last year, after signing the 2 best drivers available, one of them incidentally the current, for the 6th time, world champ.