Having a nominal time is always a bad thing indeed, hard to be fair. But to say it will favour Neuville, I'm not so sure. Before the "all-live era", the stage would have been cancelled completely, to give a clear signal to all spectators...
of crouse it favours him, he drove it through with no risks!
#8 Ott Tänak - Martin Järveoja#8 - World Rally Champions 2019 -
World RX lurches from one crisis to the next.
KMS may have committed based on Red Bull being there, but hopefully they can find new sponsors with the Championship getting free live coverage on YT.
Evans https://youtu.be/ouRtqczlVbA?si=bhgNQ0ZtsXHSTs1S
WRC Testing