“We’ve acquired an outstanding climate crew, tons of images, so it’s not like he was not knowledgeable. It’s not like, as an example, Ott’s part, the place we couldn’t ship our guys. The place Andreas crashed on Friday, we knew it was difficult, in order that’s one thing we in all probability want to enhance.
“Possibly typically we’re sending too many info and never the precise one, however anyway, he had the knowledge. So there’s a little bit of frustration right here as a result of there’s been a few moments like that in the midst of the season. I feel Poland was like that, Central Europe was like that.
“It’s no query he may be fast, no query. It’s about how… I imply his capacity to be fast and on the identical time with the ability to convey it residence. That’s clearly at all times a key query.”
The sensation is that Rally Japan might have been Mikkelsen’s final outing in a Rally1 automobile – not less than in the interim. However there’s little question the function he was given this 12 months made it robust for him to shine, and there might nonetheless be a future for him at Hyundai.
“Very first thing that I need is to make a little bit of an evaluation of the season,” Abiteboul concluded. “What we’ve carried out proper and mistaken, and specifically with our plan on the third automobile, the entire thing of getting part-time or not part-time [drivers], one thing we have to draw a line on that for subsequent 12 months.
“As to the longer term for Andreas, first he has a future in WRC normally; and I wish to consider that there’s possibly down the trail additionally some future collaboration between us, as soon as we’ve got all of that, the mud has settled, we’ve made some selections.
“However yeah, I feel right here there’s something to construct collectively. I don’t know what but, as a result of first we have to decide. However I wouldn’t be shocked for those who see him once more in some form or type with a blue T-shirt sooner or later.”
Extra reporting by David Evans.
