Well, I'll just say that I'm considering a victory in Sweden for non-Nordic driver an achievement. That was my point - Ogier worked hard for it, not underestimating Mikkelsen's one, not at all.
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This is not the point. The point are the reactions.
Ogier celebrated soon (rightfully).
Mikkelsen said "this is not the way I wanted to win but..." and then celebrated (rightfully and showing more style than his teammate, although it was his maiden and for-years-searched WRC win).
So did Mikkelsen, so they were more or less equal on mistakes there.
The exiting thing about Mikkelsen is that he's continuing to show progress, so hopefully he can reach Ogier's pace regularly within a year or two, although it might seem impossible that anyone ever will.
Good gallery: http://www.timoanis.eu/en/?gallery=w...cc-catalunya-2
and also Jaanus Ree http://jree.ee/gallery/wrc-spain/
i don't understand why anybody would expect mikkelsen to make enough progress to beat ogier or even latvala.
he's been driving rally's for 9 years now, its his 3th wrc season in a works team. if he cant match the pace of ogier now, he will most likely never be able too match it.