I think Mikkelsen is playing it safe, he has enough experience here to know where and when to push. Only thing for him to do is to control the gap to lead pack (specially Suninen).
EDIT: Bulacia wth the great time on SS1
Looks like later Rally2 cars have a slight advantage as first ones have to re-sweep after the Rally1s. Mikkelsen's time not too bad compared to Solberg. Maybe expect better times from the Skodas on SS2 which looks faster.
Young drivers arent expecting to win WRC2 events but they gain the experience of the rallies while learning.
Back to Max McRae. He's mainly doing BRC so can use that for gaining speed and...
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