Meeke fan. It was a heat of the moment comment from Meeke and a mistake to make that accusation without the facts. Probably frustrated with the puncture/damper issue.

The fact Ogier had a puncture was very (un)fortunate but at worst his notional time woulda/coulda/shoulda been maybe 10 seconds slower, but you never know.

The clerk of the course shouldn't have stopped the stage. I don't think the situation warranted that action, and it was exacerbate by the delay in the decision.
We're already seen similar situations this year where stages haven't been stopped and the interpretation of a given situation is too inconsistent.

If that is the new way these incidents are handled I expect to see a lot of stages stopped in the future.