Quote Originally Posted by smsgrafica View Post

So far it had been interesting seeing who could get the upper hand, even if the COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CONDITIONS made it impossible to judge how far/near both drivers were.
if you watch carefully at which stages(and what length had these stages) Loeb or Ogier had the right choice,its not difficult to see how far/near they were.Watch also other drivers comments about the right tyre choices,and if the road was better/worse after some passages.
Ogier had better choices at more than 80 stages kms vs Loeb was at some 35.But the difference wasnt accordingly.
That he is retired,41 years old,and has 15 months to compete i dont want to reckon.



Quote Originally Posted by smsgrafica View Post
"Do you really think Ogier would take deeper cuts, thus risking an accident or loosing much time, just to throw some snow on the road?"
these small snowbanks at plenty of places are inside the road,where you cant find rocks.Its not the 1st time that happens.Remember Makinen at Portugal many years back at gravel that is much mre risky.Except that he admited it at an interview at stop stage.