After reading the Thierry Neuville interview in the Rally Argentina thread posted by Dimviii it looks to me that Neuville has painted himself into a corner for this event.
As he stated he will be free of “manufacturer” responsibilities and will be able to go for a result.
Because of his current position in the championship he is going to have a very favourable start order for the first two day of the event, possible all days of the event.
Following Argentina he knows how strong and fast the car is. Paddon and to a slightly lesser extent Sordo proved that.
In short he can go for it, maximum attack, only his own personal result is what matters.
He has talked the talk, now he must walk the walk.
If he wins, well that is what is expected because of the reasons stated above.
If he bins it then he has exceeded his talent
There can be no excuses, he has to be like a light switch, either it is on or it is off, there can be no maybes in his performance.