And then there is age.
What I am on about is that to judge talent is difficult, and You need a lot of info and background. But our two Sebs have some commons: They both came from other sports. They where both quite old. And they where both fast from the word go.
That's how I judge a driver, fast from the word go. Seems these days most drivers are not fast from the word go, they try and increase their speed as time goes on. Doesn't work, no raw talent from the start = no talent any time.
In Dirtfish article they say that Fourmaux is young gun - he adopts his style to what he has. Those old guns - they want to bend the car for their style. That is why youngsters like Rovanpera,...
R1 is also a Yamaha which probably isn't a great Rally2.
As an extra question, what happens to WRC2 in 2027? Maybe Rally3 becomes WRC2, which will confuse a few people, like when WRC3 was Rally2.
Tanak slower than Munster. But judging by how not grumpy he is, I'm sure he's not driving a Hyundai next year.
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