Just stop it! You guys are all guessing. I'll take what Urmo Aava said (former rally driver, organizer of Rally Estonia) and Ott Tänak himself. Sadly there is no English version but at 19:45 Ott...
14 events = 98 days, where are the others ( 250 - 98 ) 152 days, maybe some testing, but its not 250 days away from home.
In most cases the drivers will arrive on Monday night, and leave on Sunday night. It's 7 days for each event......
There is zero chance they spend even half that away from home on mandatory requirements. And they get paid millions and millions, so hard to be sympathetic. And when not on a rally, what do they...

Understandable, but no too sad though.. They have chosen it and get paid for it + they don't have to deal with plane/hotel booking, cooking, car rentals etc..
Ott Tänak - Future champion?