One the other hand, anything less than a dominant win (like 2016), will be a true measure of the deficit of the shortcomings of the car. If he does manage to pull the rabbit out of the hat... well... what do you say... he is a legend in Finland, or they have sorted the car? Suppose it depends on his advantage over his team mate. Still dont quite understand why Mikkelsen is not entered in Finland? It it truly because there was no car, or Mikkelsen really didnt want to do it? Still, I think the team needs to give a very clear public statment of what they want from Meeke, but at the minute it looks like they are pushing him for a win, to pull them out of the PR shithole.
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Anyway on the topic of Meeke in Finland. No matter how he performs people will always point out that they were right and others were wrong.

If he does well
- fans will say it shows he should have never been dropped
- the other side will say it shows that getting dropped made him more stable

If he does bad
- fans will say it's because of the pressure after he was dropped
- opponents will say it shows it was right to drop him and that he has serious issues

But clearly for his future not only at Citroen but also in other teams It will be rather important. Worst he can do is push and crash along the way, even if it's from 1 min lead on last stage. That said driving carefully and ending 8th without any top positions probably won't help either. Anything above 6th (or more precisely after Neuville, Ogier, Latvala, Tanak, Paddon but before all the rest), should be ok. Top3 result beating 1-2 of those will be like a win.