I'm glad that Taka got his win before this weekend; the win he got from Kenya was more earned, and this one was more gifted. Both give the same amount of points, but feel different.

A bit of fresh air was pace from Jon Armstrong. Although it did not materialize as a good end result due to a driving mistake, it gave hope to M-Sport that they can compete at least with Hyundai.

At the end, a bit of mixed feelings. Watching the O/A results and there are no "ACE" drivers (based on results from previous years) - Ogier, Tänak, Rovanperä, Evans, Solberg, Neuville. The top 3 from this rally had 2 rally wins combined before this rally. Some may say it is a new era, but if places from 4th to 14th are occupied by RC2 cars, this era sucks a bit.