Quote Originally Posted by steve.mandzij View Post
The Fabia wasn't the strongest, I'll give you that, but if it was able to reach podiums at the hands of a skilled driver it mustn't have been that bad. I also doubt a McRae would have taken a drive with a crap car.
The car had roughly 100+ Nm less than the top contenders. In the first events (summer 2004) the engine was even worse than that. And the engine was not the only area where it was lacking.