Quote Originally Posted by mknight View Post
Nitpicking here and off course it's impossible to know exactly how much difference tires made, but loosing 8 mins in 6 stages by driving (and 3 mins to an R5 car) does not qualify for "top performance" in my eyes.
Fair point, he was visibly much slower on Friday and seemed to massively struggle. However on Saturday and Sunday he looked really top notch and was among the very fastest drivers. I think Sweden might be a massive struggle based on his speed on snow on the Monte, however his speed bodes well for future tarmac events this year!