Quote Originally Posted by mknight View Post
I doubt exactly this will, given the Toyota performance in Finland and MSport weak outing it certainly looks much less likely he will leave than after the Sardinia disaster.

Anyway C. Clark, right now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT1Gv_ytvtM
adds some rumors about M.Martin talking (possibly about Tanak) with Hyundai and that they are willing to use a lot of money on him. I find it really weird that he should go to Hyundai, either Toyota or MSport imo. But hey I also thought Loeb to Hyundai sounded insane and it happened.

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I don't really agree with him about Breen. Yes he did very good job, but one good outing is imo not enough to put him on top of the list of drivers wanted for next season as he puts it. After all in Citroen last year he was much less reliable than Østberg. Sure it should be enough to get him another outing or two this year (GB and or Turkey or Australia).

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He also hints quite a lot on a Paddon outing soon. That sounds like MSport instead of incapacitated Evans.

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His complete silence on the topic of Meeke probably explains how it looks on that front.
What do people like this tabloid stuff. Clark, with all due respect, is not a journalist, just a chap that talks about rumours he has heard.

About Meeke performance. Just looked at on board. What a tiny.. tiny mistake. He did not deserve that. Latvala was a bigger impact, and he got away with it, and was a hero. The margins are soo minute.

Both his time mates are in there 2nd year in the Yaris and also.. also, not a small issue, Kris Meeke missed 2nd part of last season, and hasn't done any of these events for 2yrs, some stages were even completely new to him, with only 2 passes at 30mph recce. You can say what you like, what he was doing was actually quite remarkable. Nobody was telling him to slow down when was Toyota 1,2,3? If they did.. it was soo tight at the top, is impossible to drive 0.5% slower, without sliding right back to 8th.

Everyone expected Tanak to walk it on Saturday.. but Meeke was on the hunt. If only he had finished that morning loop, I think Tanak would have been under pressure, and maybe its he would have made the mistake? Who knows. But Meeke was also only 2s off Tanak in Portugal Sunday morning, before the spin. Tanak is not invincible... just very very quick, and now very very reliable. Meeke has always been quick, and to be fair, his indecreations this year have been small. With Germany, Spain, GB, OZ are all events Meeke has done well in. I hope he has a few incident free rally now to the season end. He would really benefit from a 2nd season, I think Toyota know that, but he just really needs to string it together. A Tanak none finish, and a Meeke win, keeping Toyota in the Manufacturers title hunt... all could be redeemed.