[WRC] News & Rumours 2019

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Tanak jumped ship from a championship-winning car/team at M-Sport to join Toyota.

They offered a much bigger salary and a well-funded factory-backed team but no guarantee of success. Yet he still signed. Some said it was to cash-in and provide better for his young family.


Another change of team wont guarantee him a title either. But Toyota wages will make him financially secure AND enable him to fight for a title.

No team can offer a guarantee of success, but a driver who wants to win and has a choice of team will choose the team that he sees as most likely to win. M-Sport were fighting for every penny to make a good car and Toyota were about to become a dominant force, in terms of performance and with a proper budget too. And to add to what others have said, you must have forgotten about the Ogier situation at M-Sport.

You're right, another team won't guarantee him a title, but you're wrong in saying Toyota WILL enable him to fight for a title.... they may not and that's the whole point of the Tanak to M-Sport topic.... M-Sport look like they have a bullet proof car, and now one that has some serious pace. Tanak will, again - just as he did before he joined Toyota, decide which car will most likely get him a championship.

It's got bugger all to do with money. If it did, he would be signed up with Toyota right now.

I'd even have a fiver on him taking a pay cut if he goes to M-sport.