[WRC] News & Rumours 2019

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 27th November 2019, 10:52

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 27th November 2019, 10:56

The first to come out is Thierry Neuville who admits that the new combination, at least on paper, hides (but not too much) great potential:
"Sébastien Ogier at Toyota is a big problem! The Yaris has repeatedly proved to be the car to beat with as many as three cars unattainable from the first day of the race. I'm not afraid of Ott Tänak's arrival in our stable, he will be able to bring information about the Japanese car and added value. But with Ogier starting with the Yaris everything becomes more complicated."

**Andre Oliveira** · 27th November 2019, 10:59

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

The Italians are claiming the news first:

"The contract Ogier has signed with Toyota is for only one season, since the Frenchman maintains his decision to retire after the 2020 World Cup. Evans and Rovanpera have signed for two years.

After this operation and the withdrawal of Citroën there are many pilots who have been unemployed. Esapekka Lappi is the one harmed by the end of the French team, and Jari-Matti Latvala and Kris Meeke discards Toyota. All of them have set sail for Ford M-Sport, their only salvation for next year."

https://as.com/motor/2019/11/27/mas_...o_rsoc=comp_tw

Spanish

**Frostmourne** · 27th November 2019, 11:55

edited: wrong thread.

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 27th November 2019, 13:14

Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira

Spanish

It was actually the French who were first by a few minutes and the same text was copied by AS...

https://www.fr24news.com/fr/2019/11/...ien-ogier.html

**pantealex** · 27th November 2019, 17:17

Originally Posted by mknight

Rovanpera is not a WRC driver and even if you would count him he (barely) delivered an obligatory title in a category with close to no cars. Being slower that a few other drivers surprisingly often.

He wasn´t WRC-car driver but he for sure was WRC driver

and he did win 5/8 of his counted events...

but yes, he had some bad events also.

**EstWRC** · 8th December 2019, 08:52

good read IMO https://pushingpace.com/wrc/analysis...alysis-part-1/

**EstWRC** · 16th December 2019, 19:39

this vid is just awesome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uuWuos5Itw

**EstWRC** · 18th December 2019, 12:56

**mknight** · 18th December 2019, 13:16

Picking Sordo above Neuville is controversial but arguably could be justified, but picking Greensmith as 8th is quite special.

Also might call it strange to pick Ogier as 2nd, since he did struggle also on two rallies where Lappi got 2nd (Sweden, Finland).