Quote Originally Posted by Mirek View Post
Of course not. Last year there were huge gaps in WRC2 before the stage and most likely everybody was only cruising. Now we have a) Mikkelsen and b) fight between Tidemand (last year's winner) and Suninen.
You know you can turn this around.

Last year in Polo WRC Mikkelsen was pushing hard to keep Ogier behind him. This year same driver is "cruising" cause he has 3 mins lead and is only 0.5s/km slower in an R5 car. So this years R5 is about as fast as last years fastest WRC? Really.

TLDR, too short stage and too many variables for any conclusions