Quote Originally Posted by Lundefaret View Post
I think its important to remember, when judging Latvala, is that in a non-french-Seb-era, he would be a winner. He would in fact be a clear winner of the 2015 WRC if Ogier didn't enter. So he is no slouch, its just that the Loeb and the Ogier are so perfect, and have introduced a new way of doing things You can't really compete with unless You learn it. And driving 110% at times to follow a driver that only needs to push 95% is a big difference.

Latvala is off course an emotional guy, but in my opinion not more than Ogier. Remember 2014, and the big dispute in regards to starting positions. It clearly hampered his performances, and he was so demotivated he threatened to stop rallying. His management (V&V management at the time) was really frustrated on what to do.
But even being emotional, and sometimes a little too cocky like going of in Sweden in 2014, and at the end of 2015 giving away a victory to Mikkelsen because a laps of strategy management, when You have the right driving technique/strategy as a base, these things dont get such large effects as they do for Latvala.

I am off course surprised of how WRC teams and drivers dont see how large a difference to driving technique Ogier and Loeb are from "the others", and are able to work more closely with the drivers to change their ways, after Olav Bodilsen opened mye eyes to it, and that it isn't Latvalas psyche that keep him from being world champion, but his technique. And this can be adjusted.
Letting your theory apart, I agree on what you said. That's a big part of what I meant to say.