Quote Originally Posted by MikeD View Post
I agree.

PS: It's Citroën that's the smaller company of the two, so they would be the "little brother".

But one thing that's important to notice is that Citroën wanted to enter WTCC because of the global exposure to the right markets. For PSA it's still an issue that WRC is so focused on low growth (or even recession) countries in Europe. Only 3 rallies are outside Europe where Australis is one of them ... but it has no relevance to PSA. Mexico is good for PSA but Argentina isn't. The country has been in recession for 15 years or so because the two corrupt Kirchner idiots have ruined any chance of growth. Instead they steal foreign companies and make them goverend by the state (ref. to Repsol).
It's quite insane that WRC doesn't have a single round in Asia IMO. That might prevent Peugeot from entering...

PS: Please also notice that according to very reliable sources then both KIA and Alfa Romeo will join WTCC next year. That will give the series 6 manufacturers...
The championship already had a round in Japan, and I remember hearing that China was also trying to host a candidate round. I also agree that there should be a rally thereabouts

Other thing to take in consideration is that European markets will not be in recession forever, the periods after a big recession are always good for business. I am sure PSA will want to take advantage of that. Is Argentina not an importante market for Citroen? The fact that they took Loeb there last year might suggest otherwise.

We will see how things stand in the next couple of years. I agree that the biggest mistake in the calendar is the missing an Asia round, other than that I do not see any interest in taking the championship to any other place.

Im curious to see what studies have those brands entering WTCC read to conclude the championship is good for marketing, data I have seen suggest WTCC is far from being a marketing powerhouse.