Interesting now to see if any of the WRC1 guys go out with the snow tyres today, or even if Lappi leaves them on.
In the brief shot of his rears, they looked to be overheating (as you'd expect). The next pair of stages are longer, though % of mud versus high speed tarmac would be a significant factor.
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Stat-fact, 53 500 unique spectators for Rally Estonia
https://sport.delfi.ee/artikkel/120392099/publikurekord-sundiski-delfi-rally-estoniast-sai-kohapeal-osa-53-500-inimest
For the context:...
There is a known cliché - you can not make a reliable driver fast, but you may make a fast driver reliable.
Oliver's past is quite clearly "fast but not reliable". We can see at the moment that...
The feedback from the commentators is similar as here. Ironically they have closed the comment section on the driver ratings article. ...
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