Originally Posted by
mknight
In 2006-2008 what they did is they basically paid him WRC car to learn, skipping all lower classes completely. Then went back there when his father lost a lot of money and couldn't pay for it any more.
Thing is he did win the IRC in 2011-2012 against Neuville among others so how was he nearly man then? At that time it was the series where young drivers drove, cause there just weren't WRC seats for them.
Had first full WRC season in 2014. 2018-2014 is still not 7. While you are free to accuse me of talking him up, I hate when people throw wrong numbers just like that on things that take 5s to check.
What I also find really special about Mikkelsen this year is how much flak he gets here for the simplest things compared with other drivers that are in the 2nd/3rd category (which gorganl2000 correctly defined). Sure compared to pre-season expectations this season is terrible and the speed of the car+driver combination on tarmac is ridiculous compared with his speed on same surface in other cars. But stuff like comparing him to Al Quassimi or suggesting Paddon replaces him on tarmac.......ok.