Neste Rally Finland 2017

[mknight]

no he didn't know anything,it was pure luck he didn't hit a rock a tree,or a spectators car.
Same way they retire when they don't know for a cutten log or a stone at the edge of the road.Not something 5-10-20-30 meters away from road.
Corners are thousands at every rally,its impossible to know at which corner you have the space to go out of road,how the car will go out of road(front,sideways,with back side) when you make the mistake ''due to space'' at which stage you will need to push etc etc etc

Small rock at the edge of the road could get exposed after recce. Clearly visible obstacles are marked, see for example Neuville's rally ending mistake in Monte, he had it marked in the notes.
Ogier totally knew it was open field without big visible obstacles.

Clearly you don't believe drivers can remember most of some 150 kms of stages that they spend 2-3 weeks preparing and watching vids for (as mentioned they drive them at least 2 times and watch on vid at least 3 times, most likely much more, + they are repeated year after year). Well that's just your opinion man

Ohh, forgot, you also don't believe Ogier's own words and ignore the fact that he comes from the area and could have driven the road hundreds of times before. Pure luck is the only reason. Got it.

[dimviii]

Pure luck is the only reason. Got it.

of course. next time he will hit a stone or a log or whatever,i will ask you how is it possible to don't see it at recce.
or when somebody hit a tree,why he pushed at this corner,and not at a different one with 27 meters empty grass,so he could escape without a scratch.
so many watching videos,so many repeated stages for years, and they still hit rocks,logs,failing to cliffs.
Maybe they didn't notice them at recce.
Driver error? No way!