Quote Originally Posted by René View Post
Yes on the last day, I concede you that jonkka, and this doesn't offends me, but when J M Latvala, to the arrival of the second stage of the rally said: "my goal is the top 5 for this rally", this is only the first day... And Jari Matti is a great driver with the best car and not a rookie in a poor team.
History shows that JML has one 2nd place, one 5th place, one 12th, one 40th place and four retirements from past ten WRC editions of MC. That record doesn't make him a likely winner in this very specialized rally so he's clever by not trying too much.