Originally Posted by
dimviii
congrats to Ogier Ingrassia for the win,a little bit luck,but luck is with capables we use to say.
Tanak,very good driving,at early stages faster from Ogier with same tyres/car/team.Very promising for the rest of season.Also no mistakes in a rally with pressure due to champ.Pitty that his fiesta had several problems.
Neuville excellent pace,nice smooth drive while pushing,but catch some hot moments at some videos.Moments that everybody had,but he wasn't lucky.Again big promises for the rest season.
Sordo is Sordo,when slippery is not up to do the job.
Latvala,surprised that he didn't had major moments as he has used us.Maybe that he is in a team without the shadow of Ogier make good to his psychology? He done the job,he returned the car in one piece and with valuable data to analyse.
Meeke...what to say? pitty that after his crash was in safe mode,must be the 3rd? rally with driving error?
Lefebvre I cant see the reason he is in works seat.Try to remember something he had done to worth the seat,but cant.
Breen nice drive,he did all the rally without mistakes,but at some videos we saw some overdriving that he could avoid.
Evans excellent drive when circumstances allowed his tyres to perform.Didnt wait to win stages in straight fight with other fiestas,but we don't know yet if he had a tyre advantage.We keep it for future analysis.
Ogier did a great rally,he was always in touch with leader,and finally with a bit of luck he managed to take the win.For sure he deserves it with extra pressure of new team and not so much preparation for Monte.
About the cars now.
Hyundai seems that they are top, also the most reliable as I don't remember any problem at any car.
Fiesta not reliable,plenty of problems,and imho not as fast as hyundais right now.Ogiers driving wasn't as smooth as we have used,after so many videos I watched.
Toyota wasn't as fast as the others,when stages were drier,they were away from the stage winers,and there is where you will see the dynamic of a capable car.They were generaly reliable,except some small problems he had Latvala.Also powerfull enough as they were at same speed at long straights from videos with Hyundais and Fiestas.
c3 was a bit of mystery.Was fast enough at early stages at Meekes hands,but after his retirement we didn't saw some potential.Imho this has to be due to Meekes determination after the retire.Lefebvres stage win doesn't count for me as he was the only one with proper tyres for this only stage.Reliability problems too.
I keep all these in mind and see how they will evolute at next rallies.
Roll on Sweden,i cant wait!
