Citroen WRT

[deephouse]

First indicator was Ogier's complaining over guest drivers and their starting positions. He never complain over them until Loeb came and win a rally. That really is a sign that he is nice just for the media, but inside he sees him as a challenge to beat (a nine time challenge I would say). So no they are not getting fine along.

[Rally Power]

With the Loeb news it confirms that Citroen are going 100% just for the 2019 Driver's Championship with Ogier.
Only having Lappi to assist will make it even harder for Ogier than it was this year at M-Sport.
Strange gamble to pay for the top man and then skimp on team-mates (one of which could've been Loeb).

One Seb is enough, especially in Citroen case. Knowing Loeb and Ogier past history in the team and their ultra competitive nature, there's nothing strange about avoiding harmful ego fights. Besides, with Loeb getting a seat at Hyundai, maybe Budar will now be able to find some extra budget and call Ostberg for Sweden and hopefully other events. Fingers crossed.

[T16]

With the Loeb news it confirms that Citroen are going 100% just for the 2019 Driver's Championship with Ogier.

Only having Lappi to assist will make it even harder for Ogier than it was this year at M-Sport.

Strange gamble to pay for the top man and then skimp on team-mates (one of which could've been Loeb).

How do you work that out? It’s not like Citroen have waited so see what Loeb did. They may well have been thinking about WDC and manuf championships, but the Loeb news reduces their chances. I.e: their strategy was already defined before he signed for Hyundai.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

How do you work that out? It’s not like Citroen have waited so see what Loeb did. They may well have been thinking about WDC and manuf championships, but the Loeb news reduces their chances. I.e: their strategy was already defined before he signed for Hyundai.

They lost budget when Abu Dhabi left, but having already signed Ogier they really should've realised that they had to fund the team properly to give him the best chance. Loeb could've done the same job as he will do for Hyundai.

Citroen/ PSA make some strange decisions. They pull out Peugeot RX but dont fully support Citroen-Sport.

[nafpaktos]

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[deephouse]

Strange decisions indeed. They bought Opel. And people at the headquarters of PSA needs to afford new yachts, so there isn't money for motorsport.

[Tarmop]

Aren`t they also paying huge fines because of Opel`s engines not complying with current pollution standards?

[Francis44]

Dont forget running the two Sebs on the same team must be very heavy on the salaries paysheet, infact I dont remeber any team running two high profile drivers at the same time with professionals so far already on their careers. Ogier must be on 7 millions plus a year and even with Abu Dhabi I am not sure Citroen could afford much for Loeb.

[dimviii]

infact I dont remeber any team running two high profile drivers at the same time with professionals so far already on their careers..

Ford Focus with McRae Sainz

[Francis44]

Sure, different times, idk if they were payed as much at the time.