Just came back last night from a fantastic Rallye Monte Carlo, with three days of great action on snow covered roads. Despite the last day being kind of a disappointment because of the cancellation, i think organisers took the best decission. The conditions were terrible on those two stages and neither the drivers or the spectators were having fun there. But this fact cannot destroy the fantastic action on the previous three days. I have been plenty times in Monte Carlo rallye, but i must admit that this years edition is the best i ever saw. And once again Seb Loeb came out of it as the absolute master. The way he reacted on Ogier's besttime in first stage was absolutely amazing and i think he is the only one out there that can control a rally in that way.
Also great performances by Ogier, Novikov and Sordo. I saw some fine action by Latvalla as well, but sometimes very much on the limit. Disappointments were Hirvonen and Ostberg, i expected much more of them, especially in those conditions. Neuville was doing some good times, but was unlucky to abandon. For me it looked like he wasn't cutting more then others. Hanninen was setting some great times, but most of the time he looked very fast, but times weren't following.
Little bit same story for Bouffier, sometimes good, sometimes not so good.
Alltough guys like Prokop, Wiegand, Burri and Kosciuszko finished inside top 10, i wasn't at all impressed by their performance, not fast at all. Pitty Lappi wasn't able to show his speed as he allready left the rally after 2th stage (i think).
I was having doubts when i was leaving to Valence, but i must admit that i don't regret at all that i was in Monte Carlo Rally this year. :D
