2024 WRC News & Rumours

[becher]

Not sure "respected" is the term that the team would use to describe Adamo. There was at least one public story about his treatment of staff and numerous other tales about his behavior.

Definitely a dramatic end to the season. I don't dislike Neuville, but I still don't see him as a deserving Champion. Still, he has led the entire season, so perhaps I need to adjust my view on him (I don't think he'll ever win another title though).

Superb push from Tanak at the end, but then a bit too much of a push Sunday morning. Must have been a few red faces among the drivers at Hyundai on Sunday afternoon as the manufacturers title slipped away from them. I think it is good for the team (and the sport) that they have taken a title though.

Good win for Evans but, considering the whole season, it was a shame not to see him closer to the sharp end throughout. Second certainly isn't anything to be sniffed at though.

I do wonder sometimes how such conclusions come to mind?

Neuville undeserving, but Tänak superb for fighting of Evans on two days and then having really good splits on a tricky stage before he binned it? Evans good for finishing second to a undeserving champion?

If Neuville and Tänak situations would be reversed we would have ten pages of Neville is useless and needs to retire?

[focus206]

Definitely a dramatic end to the season. I don't dislike Neuville, but I still don't see him as a deserving Champion. Still, he has led the entire season, so perhaps I need to adjust my view on him (I don't think he'll ever win another title though).

Who would have deserved more this year? All of the other contenders crashed more than Neuville, and none were consistently faster. Kalle was part time, but what can you do, you can't just award the title to Kalle because "he'd probably win the title if he was full time", especially after 3 DNF out of 7 starts...

[becher]

All the year there have been ,,clear instructsions'' but at the end they are still the same ,,Tanak can push to the max, but not too much to annoy Neuville''.

Ah yes the seven figure hiring gets screwed again because of "reasons". Adamo, Moncet and now Abitebul were/are all out to get him. I bet they even personally tinker with his setup to make sure he never fells comfortable with the car.

[240RS]

Strange that a very ambitious Enni Malkonen wasn't given the chance to accompany Sami Pajari further:

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/malko...t-with-pajari/

[deephouse]

Strange that a very ambitious Enni Malkonen wasn't given the chance to accompany Sami Pajari further:

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/malko...t-with-pajari/

It seems it is Pajari's call at the end. I thought that Toyota had different plans or maybe FIA step in for some woman driver/co-driver co-operation, since they intend to develop them.

[focus206]

Ah yes the seven figure hiring gets screwed again because of "reasons". Adamo, Moncet and now Abitebul were/are all out to get him. I bet they even personally tinker with his setup to make sure he never fells comfortable with the car.

The funniest part being... in 2024, Neuville suffered 2 major Hyundai troubles (Safari and Japan), Tanak 0. Imagine if that was reversed, the claims of sabotage and conspiracies

[ik1911]

Whole 2024 Season Without Stage Cancelled!!

[saco0o]

not sure this affects Citroen (and Lancia... and Peugeot) directly on rallying but.... eh....
https://apnews.com/article/stellanti...94a7821cb73317

[Eli]

not sure this affects Citroen (and Lancia... and Peugeot) directly on rallying but.... eh....
https://apnews.com/article/stellanti...94a7821cb73317

A year earlier…yeah, doesn’t bode well for them, then again having 14(?) brands under the same roof….was questionable at best…at least in this case, unlike Skoda some years ago, they didn’t have a (concrete) plan to come to the WRC in 2027 (not that we know of anyhow) & since it’s already happening now, they’ll still have 18 months (under the new CEO) to prepare for whichever regulations the FIA & Promoter decide on for 2027.

[deephouse]

So manufacturers is looking closely on FIA for 2027, we could say at least two (Skoda and Lancia?/Citroen?). And when FIA will probably decide it will be too late (I honestly don't believe it will be on 11th december), or completely mess things up (again).