Peugeot boss, Jean-Pierre Nicolas has seemingly taken a pop at Pirelli - blaming their tyres for their inability to take the fight to Citroen and Sebastien 🅠Loeb.

Peugeot switched to Pire♎lli rubber at the start of this year, and with the French manufacturer set to withdraw from the sport at the end of this season, Peugeot have no time to waste 'getting to know them'.

Sp⭕eaking following the conclusion of the second leg of the Rally NZ, Nicolas added that while Marcus Gronholm has 'done a remarkable job' he will꧙ not be able to win 'with the equipment he has available'. Furthermore although there was no direct reference to Pirelli, reading between the lines, it does seem that he's not entirely happy with them.

"On this rally, tyres ma🃏ke the difference," he stated.

"We managed to find the ty🐟res from Pirelli🍌's range which were best suited to these types of conditions, and these allowed Marcus to pull out a slight advantage over [Petter] Solberg. But Sebastien Loeb and his tyre choices seem untouchable.

"Marcus has done a remarkable job today, but as things stand he will not be able to win this rally with the equipment he has a🧸vailable."

What does ๊he mean by 'equipment'? - The 307 or Pirelli t𝐆yres?

You decide...