Quote Originally Posted by Allez Andruet View Post
And how's that affecting his resume?

Btw, there's always a sense of humor in his so-called arrogance.
His resume is not exactly bulletproof. You mentioned only two Sebs, but Solberg, Burns and Gronholm won 4 championships in total in same period.
As mentioned Gardermeister always seemed to end in a wrong team (Seat, Mitsu just as it started to loose out and then Skoda). Hirvonens career almost got destroyed by the too early move to a full time drive at Subaru (granted this was also due to Burns illness).

His method of "buying" seats for "almost" ready drivers is disliked by a lot of people. The typical argument is that it created a new "norm" where even relatively established drivers with good speed are expected to "bring budget". Recent example Tidemand as a WRC2 champion didn't bring money, while Suninen who often was slower than him was pushed in with budget.
(btw. Veiby's method of never paying anything seems to be the other extreme, probably not good either). Sure this effect of "buying" places has been there for ages, but it becoming a norm is associated with Jouhki prbly due to that 2004 Hirvonen year.

This way the amount of money people bring is becoming more important than actual skills, so that you risk getting more "weaker" drivers with money than very good ones without money. Since none of his drivers won the title in last 20 years it's not so easy to argue that the drivers he brought in were really the best.