Maybe the Loeb factor... :D In these years also the starting order had changed, maybe the first years when the champoinship leader opens the road.. i remember Ogier wining about the road cleaning,...
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/ogier-wrc-rules-too-generous-to-guest-drivers-like-loeb-5285691/5285691/ Well what we have here. Ogier complaining that the "guest drivers" should be driving...

I do not agree on McErlean - i think he has a speed to be on Katsutas level at least. He has shown some potential.
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