My post was an aswer to this:
2) He won 9 titles, and before him the driver who won more title was Makinen who won less then a half and has been a bit lucky for some of them.
Just correcting that Mäkinen and Kankkunen both had 4 titles.
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To answer your question. Yes, he was good.
Since I can not create any interest in discussion, I get to answer myself.
After winning 78 WRC rally over a relatively short period of time, what is it that possibly is very illogical?
That he, in the same period, is the one with the most 2 places too?
This may be what distinguishes Loeb (and possibly Ogier) from all his competitors. He only tried to win whenever he cold. Would the contest for first place with a high probability bring great opportunities for a run-off and thus 0 points, he did not, like his competitors would, tried until it said bang.
This should, for example, Meek learn from. Try to win with a car that most likely belongs at 3-4-5 place is completely unbelievable, and stubid. Your back feeling will tell you when the limit is reached. Or put it another way, it should.
If not, he will not, can not, take up the battle with Ogier. Not him either.
Ogier really impressed me last season. He could even endure in some rally end up behind one in the same team.
No made-up story. Sordo and Ogier would have won Spain on separate occasions had orders / engine management not been applied. I can't wait for Petter's biography when he can tell his own story about the Citroen mechanics 'interventions' on his hire car when ever Loeb was out of the running. I am not saying Loeb wasn't a briliant driver but he wasn't the Mr Nice Guy that his PR has led many to believe