[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[AL14]

I agree with stefanvv's analysis but I want to add something more: I think Latvala is simply slower than Ogier. Maybe is just a matter of car. Polo maybe fits better Ogier's driving style. I think Latvala isn't slower than him in general but at the moment, with this car, he is.
Now he is faster only when he is in his day but it can't happen every round. And when he's not in his day he has to push more than he can and he crashes. He wants to win at all costs and it costs him many crashes.
Last year he showed a lot of improvement I hoped it continues this year but it doesn't seems so.

I think the mental problem is due to the fact that he has to be everytime on the limit, which is very demanding on the mental side. Something Ogier doesn't need.
Another cause, but I can be wrong here because I've never driven any rally car, is the fact he didn't learn some discipline in his career because he didn't rise through the ranks, he went into WRC very soon, with some PWRC and half a season in JWRC in the meantime.