Ott Tänak - Future champion?

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To me it seems he was frustrated at two issues in Toyota
1) bad atmosphere in the team, especially the bosses
2) car breaking all the time

Maybe he saw developing Hyundai as a challenge that was more interesting than continuing the same way at Toyota? In the end he managed to develop Hyundai on gravel to be similar as Toyota in 2019 (capable of winning on slow and fast gravel rallies, but prone to technical failures), but not improve the tarmac handling (like he said in the interview, because of decisions that couldn't be rectified with homologation jokers).¨

Also there's the story that Dani Sordo invited Tänak into his hotel room during some 2019 rally. I need to recheck this story but IIRC this is where Adamo met Tänak for the first time. Maybe Tänak felt that he could make the car work for title fight since Thierry was able to do so, and also Sordo managed the car well on gravel and tarmac.

And once again, contracts are not as simple as just picking the best car at some moment. Cars develop constantly and the car that is best now might not be best next year etc.