Fast and slow are not everything in rally. So we can say Ostberg is relatively slow but not that he is a bad driver. He is a very good driver, I would say one of the best. Last year was best non VW driver. No one can deny it. Rankings speak for themself, and he also skipped an event.

Said that I get critics toward him. But thhe point is not that he is "slow" the point is that he is a driver with no more to say to the championship. His learning curve is flat, he is happy and comfortable where he is. In a word, he is annoying, unless you are a fan of him since early days.