Quote Originally Posted by doubled1978 View Post
I agree with some of that, but not the bit about them having more punctures in the stages, in modern rallying the results are often decided by very small margins, and a puncture in stage is often the end of a chance to win/podium or whatever, so I think that they will wish to avoid that at all costs.
My personal opinion, is that with these Pirelli tyres, we may (initially) see more punctures than we have been used to recently. Let’s be honest the Michelin’s of recent years have been amazing really given the hammering they got.
You have seen it here. Everybody knew (and it was loudly discussed) that the new Pirelli tyres are more prone to punctures, yet still Tänak decided to gamble and took only one spare risking a retirement if things go wrong - and they did.

That is a sort of the transition pain. People keep having their mind set from the previous period and ignoring clearly visible warning signs. That's something natural to man kind but what applies as well, is that people always addapt quickly.