Ostberg, Latvala & Meeke have had plenty of WRC years and chances to prove their ability. I hope Breen and Paddon get any seat options that are available. But as usual money will talk and teams will probably take a 'proven' driver first...
how many full season has Meeke, otsebef and Latvala had?
Ogier competition when he won every title:
-2008 (JWRC)
-1. Ogier - 42pt
-2. Burkart - 34pt
-3. Prokop - 32pt
Also there was Abbring on 13th place.
-2013:
-1. Ogier - 290pt
-2....
It's the whole WRC world like that. Nothing is clear until it's clear, while in other sports there are rumours, articles, interviews, official statements and all that way before it will actually...
Ogier is lucky that Tänak made the worst decision of all time in WRC when he left Toyota and joined Hyundai. This gave him opportunity at first place to join Toyota and collect more titles.
I wouldn't say he wasn't good in Citroën in 2019, the car was simply fragile shit, yet he was able to take multiple wins.
WRC mainclass from 2027