Quote Originally Posted by danon View Post
YET...

they all have UPs & DOWNs...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADPRs_AswDQ

... and PEAKs
Then how did the rest of 2012 go? Remember Mikkelsen had a full 2011 of Skoda familiarisation under his belt - was he able to match Ogier?

Fast forward to 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OHZHxde8RE

He makes mistakes from time to time but fewer than the competition over the course of a season and he is a challenger on every surface. He has beaten Latvala and Mikkelsen for 4 years without having to invoke the Loeb gambit! He is just better and like a maestro can make an old fiddle sound like a Strad!!