Some thought heading to the power stage:

I am positively surprised by Kris Meeke approach this year. The power of a three year contract is huge. This should make team principals think... He is very confident and strong. I watched his onboard last year and compared to today. They seem two different drivers. Also Nagle is different, last year he was always saying to Kris words like: "watch this" "be careful on this one". This year I never heard him saying such things.

The real surprise is Breen, really, how can he be up there? Hat off and I hope he can get a well deserved podium place.

Ott Tanak, we all feel for him because of rally Poland but let me say this guy still has the very same problem from the beginning of his career, and always blaming bad faith, tires, cars, the stars in the sky doesn't help.

Hyundai i20 is clearly nowhere in this rally. Suspensions? Less grip than others? Luckily we are enjoying a nice inhouse battle all the rally long between two guys who doesn't like each other. Very nice.