Quote Originally Posted by er88 View Post

I dont agree with downplaying this current season in terms of who wins the title though. A title is a title, people say because it's a shorter season it doesn't feel the same but it can be harder to win a title in a shorter season - one bad result/ mistake and you are in trouble. Two bad results and it's nearly game over. You need to be on it in every rally and every stage, and the car needs to hold up too. So far Evans is the only driver to have speed and consistency and not make any real mistakes iirc - Ogier has even lost valuable points and places on powerstages in Sweden and now Italy. That could be costly in such a shorter season.
one retirement in a 6-rally season is more costly than one retirement in a 14-rally season.

If I was Malcolm, I'd be doing everything i can to sign up Oliver Solberg for next year..., offer him a long term deal, run him in an R5 car (would also help prove the Fiesta R5 is still competitive), and let Oliver test the WRC car and maybe give him an event of two in the WRC car (on events Greensmith maybe doesn't go to etc).
That would be a big investment, and seeing the trouble they have just running the cars on the events, I don't believe it will happen. Also Oliver must be aware of how the Fiesta WRC is lacking behind in development (difficult to say for the Fiesta Rally2).

I think Oliver should still do one full season in WRC2, but likely the WRC teams are interested in him.