Ander after the first stage of the day, I would have suspected them to have inflated the tyres a bit more to avoid risk.
Strange tyre issues for M-Sport. I'd think a good pressure would press the studs into the ice more.
So, Lappi just needs to manage his lead over the other Hyundai's.
There is for sure a minimum pressure specified by Hankook. Either M Sport is running even lower or Hankook got their calculations wrong and specified a too low pressure to begin with. It wouldn't be...

That's not how tyres work, not at all. High pressure means the tyre can not "adjust" to the road surface in a malleable manner but rather looses contact to the surface here and there. Try it...
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