nobody said that it wasnt a difficult spot.That most of drivers managed to avoid the crash,even those they had moment shows that there is a way to avoid it.
Its a rally,not a circuit.
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Wow, Mikkelsen took a lot of time back!
Ostberg + 24,6 sec from Mikkelsen at 26km stage and he is happy with his driving. lololol
Wonder what VW think now.. let them race for 2nd ?
This time I would say that it was pure bad luck, when 50% cars go off or break down and other 50 are not, then it is more or less lucky or not. Like it was said, it is not cricuit. It was not that cutting more caused trouble. because Ogier cut more and was lucky with his moment. It was not case of driving faster or slower, nearly all drivers had the same speed, just a question of few cm here or there.
Paddon definitely did. He said he needed to work on his notes to identify points where the road can tear up like that in recce/morning pass. I'm not sure what Tanak has said about his crash. But it is apparent that while not every car crashed there, it was definitely a pretty tricky hazard.
I grant that - I do think it is the right mentality from Paddon to try to use it as an opportunity to learn from though, rather than acting like he's a good driver so he's entitled to a good result and if it doesn't happen, it's just bad luck and out of his hands. Several other drivers come to mind...