Quote Originally Posted by steve.mandzij View Post
Meeke won it from last on the road that year because he was on a part time program, and Jari Matti was no match for him because of that. The cleaning isn't so much of an issue in Finland but that year it made that small difference.
The biggest difference in 2016 was that the starting order was given by championship standings both on Friday and Saturday. So two days instead of one and often more than twice as many kms. Hence it's a bit hard to use that year as reference on any gravel rally.