Quote Originally Posted by itix View Post
To call the crashes so far unlucky is to look at it with rose colored spectacles.
A crash caused by driving error is never unlucky, but the consequences can be classified as lucky or unlucky. For example, Ogier had luck in that sense, when he braked way too late in SS3 in MC. Hänninen on the other hand, was unlucky for somewhat similar error in SS5.

Quote Originally Posted by itix View Post
Regardless how you look at it, he crash too much and he did at Hyundai too and he did in the ERC too.
Not sure about the IRC/ERC/SWRC years, but sure, the season with Hyundai and the Toyota resume so far don't give too much to argue against that statement - although it must be said that in 2014 the "crashes" in Sweden (stone in the rut) and Finland (crash caused by a puncture) were something else than just driving errors.

But ofcourse, having said all that, if Hänninen can't justify his existence in WRC during 2017 (and I mean full season, not four rallies), then he's out and there's no-one else to blame.