Silly Season 2020

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I'm hearing that potentially a contract between Meeke and Toyota was signed before the Ogier deal, which may mean that the team had to buy out two contracts (Citroen and Meeke's)

I heard myself a while back from one person on reddit who has been very reliable in the past, that Meeke had signed for another year in the lead up to Wales or just after it . Also said decisions had been made within Toyota/ with Makinen that Latvala was out for definite as early as the summer break. Still took it with a pinch of salt though, because none of the normal reliable news outlets or reporters seemed to have a clue what was really happening with the driver market.

However with the shock of Tanak actually leaving, it's clear the whole WRC has spiralled into madness so maybe it is actually true what you say and Tommi has reacted to the Hyundai super-team lineup. David Evans also said Ogier wanted Evans as team mate, or recommended him when asked, so with Kalle already signed up maybe there's been a brown envelope sent Meeke's way - so Ogier and Evans have seats alongside Kalle.

Knowing this silly season, no rumour is too wild or strange