I really don't think things are as bad as in Alzenau as last weekend in Monte Carlo is making people think.

The tyre gamble - well, they had to gamble. There was nothing to gain from copying everyone else, and not really much to lose. You can say for sure that they wouldn't have done that running 1st and 2nd overall!

The seeming lack of urgency in appointing a permanent team principal is, if anything, a good thing. No knee-jerk reaction, taking their time to make sure the next appointment is the right one. Would an Adamo-style reaction to the performance in Monte be a good thing, in the circumstances? I would say not.

It is extremely unlikely that they've developed a fundamentally bad car - the chassis will be more than good enough, they just need to work out how to get the best out of it. As much as homologation limits major changes, there's still a huge range of damper, anti-roll-bar, spring and weight distribution adjustments that can be made to get the best out of it, and make it work for different drivers. That just takes time, and testing. Writing them and their car off after one rally would be a mistake.