Remember, he was talking about last year's shakedown & stages. Mikkelsen just said that this year's shakedown is the most representative of actual stages in the whole championship (due to amount of snow & snow banks, IMHO), which wasn't the case last year, I believe.
It seems a bit slow to be comparable to the actual event, av.sp "only" ~96kph
i think trying to find a balance is a good point. when we think about the past, about format, heritage is all true. but we have to take into account that things were different, and sport has evolved...
Yes, every single thing they from eating breakfast to having good sleep they do so they can do the best performance. So yes, they are working 24/7.
WRC mainclass from 2027