Matton was right on this one. With 4 SS to go, letting Meeke to continue with the car in that state would be a risk: to him and Nagle, to other crews behind and even to open road users.
4? wasn't it just 2 SSS? if so, my bad, although you are right about those road sections, it would endanger the other road users. However, to be fair I think Mr. Matton has made enough wrong choices this past year, and I still do hope they
In Dirtfish article they say that Fourmaux is young gun - he adopts his style to what he has. Those old guns - they want to bend the car for their style. That is why youngsters like Rovanpera,...
R1 is also a Yamaha which probably isn't a great Rally2.
As an extra question, what happens to WRC2 in 2027? Maybe Rally3 becomes WRC2, which will confuse a few people, like when WRC3 was Rally2.
Tanak slower than Munster. But judging by how not grumpy he is, I'm sure he's not driving a Hyundai next year.
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