If it had been in the middle of the year then Ogier would've had a much better road position than he does now ...
If it must be in the championship, it should be in the middle somewhere. This much cleaning deciding the title isn't good for anyone.
He should be good right out of the box on road courses and streets. We'll see how long it takes him to adapt to ovals.

The McRae name still attracts mainstream coverage (in Scotland)... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg979ee8kyo.amp
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