Rally Mexico 2018

**focus206** · 8th March 2018, 20:00

Originally Posted by jparker

He didn't play golf during those 6y. I think trying different things in Motorsport may further develop rally skills. His age however is disadvantage, his brain and body will have hard time in the next 3 (I hope) days. I think nobody (even Loeb himself) knows what to expect out of this, but if he wins, Ogier has tough years ahead if he wants to do better than Loeb.

I don't think that touring car racing, GT racing, Dakar and rallycross can add anything to the rally experience that Loeb developed in 10+ years of WRC plus the earlier years in the national championship. For sure it's better that he has been racing rather than playing golf, but it's not the same as rallying in the WRC... we will see what he can do, it's hard to tell indeed. I'd only be happy if he could fight for a podium.

**eib1** · 8th March 2018, 20:05

broken suspension?

**racerx1979** · 8th March 2018, 20:06

Stage rallying is a completely different beast. Co-Driver and pace notes carry a lot of weight. Lets hope Elena is on top of his game, which I am sure he is.

From the looks of it, Toyota already struggling with a few issues. Lets hope Loeb does better than 5th for the sake of Breen who if I were to bet on a position for this rally it would be 5th for Breen.