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None of the Hyundais did well on PS. They don't seem to be that good on fast open tarmac compared with others.

Well Ford is leading both championships. So the "little" issues don't have that much impact after all. Not like blowing engine from first place and missing both win and rally2.

There have been issues with all cars. Fiesta "small" issues all the time. Hyundai the big problem in Mexico with all cars. Toyota the brakes you mentioned that cost them any chance of top 5. Citroen...

The avg. speed on the stages isn't that high. Mechanical grip>aero.

Lost to Neuville who was the eventual rally winner. Was even behind Hanninen of all people. Sure Ogier had bad stage, but remember that there are no splits in car now. So not like he was controlling...

Overall event performance

Good:
Neuville - push on saturday morning was epic, no visible mistakes (only one "almost spin" loosing 2-3 secs), though impossible to say if he would have defended...

Fun fact #3:
Out of 6 stages driven at speed, only once wasn't Lefebvre the last WRC car. It happened on SS9 where he was in front of Evans.

Neuville 26 points
Ogier 22 points

And this is why he is WC. Problems here and there and look at the total points.

Fun fact
after today Mikkelsen has more points in WDC than both Lefebvre and Hanninen, with 2 starts instead of 4 and with R5 car.

Breen has less WRC experience than him and both his performance and reliability are many levels above. Right now he is fighting with Sordo on tarmac!

Lets remember where both Lefebrve and Hanninen...

Sweden 05 was speculated to be related to his off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpvG6-vlK1c
I also remember that the Alsace issue was rumored to be partly due to some small error (maybe was more...

Mexico too long ago to remember?

Sorry but this is just irritating. He has been the same last time he had a drive. Decent times just before or after a crash but totally uneven overall results. This year its exactly the same. I like...