After one year and half of break without any competition it is not surprise. Also his target was not to fight for win from beginning, but to do as much km as possible to go back into rhythm.
You're way off topic lads.
Back to the WRC27... Toyota has back-to-back tested vs the Yaris Rally2:
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/toyota-back-to-backed-2027-car-with-rally2/
Ogier competition when he won every title:
-2008 (JWRC)
-1. Ogier - 42pt
-2. Burkart - 34pt
-3. Prokop - 32pt
Also there was Abbring on 13th place.
-2013:
-1. Ogier - 290pt
-2....
It's the whole WRC world like that. Nothing is clear until it's clear, while in other sports there are rumours, articles, interviews, official statements and all that way before it will actually...
You're way off topic lads. Back to the WRC27... Toyota has back-to-back tested vs the Yaris Rally2: https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/toyota-back-to-backed-2027-car-with-rally2/
WRC mainclass from 2027