Any of the top teams would probably be pushing for penalties in the same position. After all Neuville also mentioned he would have wanted Tanak to be penalized if he was still in the running by the end of the day.
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Great performance Hyundai.
standings
Neuville 110
Ogier 100
Tänak 82
Adamo getting results now.
Annoying result for Toyota yet again, when they had the speed. Too many issues with the car and punctures this season. It's not good enough
Meeke had a break failure, had a double puncture (with one spare), lost third gear, got a ten second penalty, had a steering problem, had a third puncture, came 4th, and beat his teammate Latvala who was having his best rally in a while. The thing I want most from Meeke this year is for him to keep his job, and so far so good. I think he was actually quite lucky this rally, because the problems mostly happened near the end of stages and the end of loops; and on another day a less sensible official could have given a 30 second penalty.
Mikkelsen: well done, deserved a clean run and did well when he got it.
Hyundai: good tactics, good luck, great result, congratulations.