Mknight, I think you should leave the spreadsheets alone tbh. 106pts between Neuville and Mikkelsen is total domination.

Paddon has been totally dominated by Thierry for two years now in these new cars, and the results speak for themselves. Trying to argue against that is weird.

Everyone knows Evans is in the same boat regarding how he compares to Ogier, just on an even greater scale. However Evans has never been on Ogier's level, whereas Paddon and Mikkelsen had been on Neuville's level in the past or had been/seemed to be better at times. How times have changed now though...

That's why I said they've both been smashed to pieces by Thierry. They look beaten and lost at times. What the Belgian has done in making them both look pretty ordinary in the same machinery is impressive - whether you like Thierry or not, or are a Mikkelsen/Paddon fan.

There was a spell where Paddon seemed to be establishing himself as the main man in that team and Thierry was all over the place, but he's turned it around over the last 3yrs. He's made himself the undoubted 1st driver. It's Thierry's team now. Even Mikkelsen who moved to Hyundai to win the title (his words), is back in the same place he was at VW. Getting mostly dominated by the teams 1st driver.

That's one of the reasons I feel Paddon has to move, and I'd feel that way even if he had a full season at Hyundai (although it'd be less critical). The fact he's only been doing half a season makes it pretty important he moves elsewhere imo.