Quote Originally Posted by AL14 View Post
maybe Ogier could have been faster, or maybe not.
On Saturday's morning loop he lost already over a minute to Latvala without single mistake, that's when he gave up the fight. I can very well understand his frustration.

I agree 100% with your points, including the ones in which the leading driver can have advantage on some conditions, this is not fair also for the rest of the drivers and even more to the spectators.
There is no perfect solution, QS also, but is close to it in terms of driver to driver fair competition and excitement for the spectators. Yes, Ogier can still win almost every QS, though it is questionable on loose gravel as he will run first through it and again will be disadvantaged to choose his road position, but not that extremely disadvantaged.