Shock news from France this morning, or
maybe not!
Brief and to the
point, Citroen WRT issued a Statement last night, full text of which follows:
- Due to an excessively high number of crashes,
some of which were particularly heavy and could have had serious consequences
with regard to the crew’s safety, and given that the risks involved were
unjustified by the sporting stakes at play, Citroën Racing WRT has decided to terminate
the participation of Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle
in the 2018 WRC.
The decision becomes
effective from the 2018 Rally Italia Sardegna and we will shortly be announcing
the team’s line-up of crews for the remainder of the 2018 season. The entries
of C3 WRCs for Craig Breen / Scott Martin and Mads Ostberg /
Torstein Eriksen still stand for Sardinia.
Pierre Budar: “This wasn’t an easy decision to make
because it effects a driver and a co-driver, but it is largely founded on
safety issues which come under my preoccupations as Team Principal. We have
consequently chosen to make this decision as a preventive measure.”
