Quote Originally Posted by Lundefaret View Post
I am not saying that Latvala has the strongest psyche known to the athletic world, I am just saying that the rallies he stumbles, is often technical events, or events with grip changes where You have to be very precise to get the victory. And its the uncertainty around not knowing how to drive these rallies safely, and having an opponent that clearly does, that takes its toll.
It was probably an exception, but Latvala also had a fantastic win last year at Portugal, and the rally had many types of SS’s (from fast to twisted routes, hard to soft surfaces) .

You all pointed important reasons for Latvala’s inconsistency, but there’s another one that’s always used to explain Ogier domination: VW team moves around the French! (as previously Citroen moved around Loeb).

There’s no way Latvala (or any other guy) can be champion in VW alongside Ogier. Latvala knows it, and that’s a huge mental pressure on him. Ogier comment on that brilliant Latvala win was “today the best driver didn’t win…”.

If after Portugal the Finn managed to start a winning series and become a real threat to the ‘numero uno’, things would get pretty ugly inside VW’s and certainly not to the Champ side.

I was hoping to see Latvala’s moving to Toyota and become their undisputed leader, but sadly it seems he’s happy to stay as second driver at VW.