[WRC] Safari Rally 2022

[mknight]

Ben, the WRC+ interviewer: "Seb, you lost 2 minutes and 10 seconds to Kalle, what happened?"
Ogier: "Nothing, we drive Pirelli!"
Becs, the WRC+ commentator: "Mmmh, so we still have no idea on what part of the car the problem is."
Me: *facepalm*

I honestly wonder if WRC+ have some rule or regulation that stops them from criticizing Pirelli, or even acknowledging the existence of anyone else's criticism of Pirelli.

I think it's worth turning this around.

When Michelin/BF Goodrich was the sole supplier I don't really recall any drivers saying how bad "Michelin" is.
Rather it was "FIA should allow us mousse" or "stages too rough".

This calling names is basically a thing from Østberg last year (who was paid by Michelin the year before) and Ogier (who is French, which does matter in this case).

How Michelin would fare vs Pirelli in this case is completely unknown as they did not start on Safari last year and were never used on Rally1 cars.

The self-censorship on name calling is certainly there, but that's common for everything else that is "single supplier" in WRC.