Some notes from this rally:

Hyundai: Seems that they are affected by prvevious Fiesta R5 disease - powersteering problems. Powersteering broke in Monte for Sordo and here for Paddon. Bearing in mind the fact that 3rd car nearly didnt drive in Monte, then having two failiures in 5 cars is not a good sign.

Neuville: Concrete boy I remember, when he was still in Ford, I think it was in Portugal, he had very similar retirement, cut too much, inside wheel was exposed to tree ..and bang!

Jari and Ott fight: Seems that Jari likes sliding a lot while Ott has learned to be more precise during DMack year. If you look more closely, largest timelosses for Jari came when they were at the end of loop and he complained about loss of grip/studs. As Likenäs stage was on full ice, no problem with sliding with studs.

As for Ott, his voice sounded a bit rough today, I am not sure, but seems that he has got some cold, that might affect your concentration and speed a little.

Podium, It was nice to hear Estonian national anthem (it is basically the same as Finnish.

Ford electronics: it seems that these problems must be related to their high tempo on producing new cars. They were the first to bring 4 cars to Sweden!

Car development: I was just wondering that how much advantage can Ford get for having 4 cars at the start of the rally. That means two times more information than Toyota or Citroen can get. How crucial it can be, when setting up car and adding new developments!?