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Originally Posted by cali
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z5mwq1NwDY
second trailer of Tänak movie if anyone is interested
Still early days in 2019 but he's already hit the top spot.
The way he's been performing since mid-2018 it's looking like only car failures can stop him this year. And I'm sure Toyota will have addressed the previous issues so that's unlikely.
Well. season just started. He is looking fast as always, but it's still too early to crown somebody.
His confidence is very high at the minute, to win the PowerStage in Sweden was mighty impressive too. He's got to be favourite this year coming off the back of last year and his start to this season.
Though it's not been a long time since Turkey, it feels somewhat strange that this was his first victory since then. Such has been the dominance out on the stages which has gone unrewarded.
Will be interesting to see what he can achieve from first on the road in Mexico.
As I said, he was fastest since mid-2018 but mostly denied wins by car faults.
However it might be argued some of these may have been caused by his driving lines (not avoiding rocks etc).
We'll see as the year goes on if this changes and he becomes more points-orientated like Ogier.
I think he partly showed that in Sweden already. After Suninen dropped he slowed down and kept it safe. Something he seemingly never did last year even with big lead.
Similar progress like Neuville from 2017 to 2018.
He still blitzed the PS in Sweden which may be risky if he does the same on other events...
i'm not sure i'd say he was taking unnecessary risks in the PS or throughout the Swedish rally..it just flowed for him. I think sometimes these drivers get into "the rhythm" as they put it and become one with the car they drive ---like Ogier/polo, Tanak/Yaris, Neuville/i20, Loeb/Xsara/DS3, Marcus/Focus, Tommi/evo, etc. When they reach that level, they can be close to or on the limit without really going over it, they make it look easy what they do and are in full control on certain rallies.
Each rally will have to be taken on its own merit, but if these drivers feel confident, then they will try to maximize their points while they can, as there will always be those rallies where negative things will happen (driver errors, car breaking, flats,etc.), some of which will be out of their control.