Originally Posted by
AnttiK7
Yes.
Regarding the other comments, I won't go anymore into the issue of comparing different incidents with the Tänak case and whatnot. That one I have explained in depth already and you will find everything I have to say about that within the confines of this thread.
But regarding the nationality thing, if I cared so much about that, then why on earth would I make such a song and dance about an Estonian driver, driving for an essentially Finnish WRC team. Toyota's WRC team is quite a big thing in Finland after all and if I cared about being nationalistic, I would be very quiet about anything negative involving them. FIA now looking into Tänak does much more harm for Toyota's rally team than it does good for the Finnish drivers, who drive for it. I highly doubt there is anything good about this thing for anyone in the Toyota team.
If you notice, I earlier said that in my opinion Ayrton Senna should have been banned from Formula 1 for a year at the very minimum, while I also stated that I am his great fan. I think it's healthy to apply critical thinking with everything in life. Just because you are a fan of someone, it doesn't mean you have to approve of everything they do or say either, no one or nothing is perfect. Or just because someone does something you think is wrong, it doesn't mean they are an all around horrible person with nothing to admire about them.
When it comes to driving on the stages, I admire Ott's commitment and speed. Comparing him directly to Latvala, I believe Tänak is actually an all around faster driver than Latvala at the moment. Who is more consistent nowadays is more up in the air though, as Latvala has become much more consistent since he joined Toyota. I would probably give a very slight advantage to Latvala on that criteria, as last year we saw the most mature Latvala we have ever seen, but he was very unlucky with mechanical failures. So at the moment I would probably rate Tänak and Latvala fairly even, with Lappi far behind them, simply because he is still way too inconsistent. I have no problem in saying that in my opinion so far Lappi has driven a lot more bad rallies for Toyota, than good ones. The slightly fortuitous win in Finland probably flatters his rating a bit to be honest. Apart from that rally he has mostly been either slow or binning it.
But like I have said already before, this topic is about driving off the stages, not on them.