Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
You say I cant let it go, well it was you who said the Shakedown wouldn't be reflected at the end of the rally, so I can answer that now the rally is over.

All I was saying, was that sometimes Shakedown CAN give an indication of rally pace. I never claimed that it provides the exact rally result.

And you cant predict crashes, punctures etc (like for Breen & Meeke) as well as the 1000 other factors that affect the speed of the car or attitude of the driver in the event.

If Breen hadn't rolled who knows what times he might have set later in the rally. Or if Meeke had needed a higher place for points, like when he was 2nd here last year...
But then you gotta factor in that drivers like JM and Andreas had a troublesome rally, even more troubled than Meeke. They were looking stronger in terms of pace too. All we can stick to now is what we know and that's only one driver from the top 3 in SD was on the pace. I predicted none but that's the way of life, you win some you lose some.