Quote Originally Posted by mknight View Post
This year he was the only driver bare the top 3 fighting on podium in every rally he started, and he was also never the slowest Hyundai.... both until Chile
It's clutching a bit to say Mikkelsen was "fighting" for a podium in Monte. He was nowhere in terms of pace compared to the top 3 drivers and Meeke, and when he retired he was behind Loeb (who'd just finished a Dakar and driven the car for a day and half) and only 2secs ahead of Latvala. He was third for one stage after Meeke got two punctures and Tanak got a puncture, but lost it on the next stage.