its a post from French forum,(thanks to Calagan72) and i thought that his work to find these statistic worth to have here,and to discuss further
Watch that the most successfull wrc drivers started very late(Loeb,Ogier)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

At the same time by making them start the rally barely out of the pram they begin to experience the 3 young people

Solberg (19 years old) - 5th season - 45 rallies

Rovanpera (20 years old) - 9th season (: eek - 74 rallies

Loubet (23 years old) - 7th season - 55 rallies



Given the track record they have having started so early, it's not surprising that things go quickly, after the rally it's also maturity, management etc ... it's up to everyone to prove themselves in the future (although Rovanpera already seems very solid)



It may only be a coincidence, but we can see that among the very great rally drivers those who started young are not necessarily very good at regularity and race management (and 'a championship):

Latvala (1st world rally in WRC at 18)

McRae (1st world rally in WRC at 20)

Hirvonen (1st world rally in WRC at 22)

Solberg.P (1st world rally in WRC at 23 years old)

Gronholm (1st world rally in WRC at 24 years old)

Neuville (1st world rally in WRC at 24 years old)

Sainz (1st world rally in WRC at 25 years old)

Ogier (1st world rally in WRC at 25 years old)

Loeb (1st world rally in WRC at 27)