Looking through his results most of his WRC tarmac placings are around 5th-6th, so while he hasn't been challenging for wins on tarmac he has been generally finishing rallies and taking consistent points from them (and the occasional stage win from memory).

I do agree that it would help his driving to spend more time gaining tarmac experience though - I was suprised Hyundai didn't run an R5 this year for Paddon and Sordo to take turns driving when they aren't in the WRC car, seemed like it would be a smart thing to do.

Many of his sponsors are back here in NZ though, so he has to come and do home rallies as well for sponsor commitments etc. Plus the roads are better here.