Quote Originally Posted by wrc2017 View Post
Hold on, is Meeke not ahead of Latvala (and Lappi) on the standings, and has only 7 months in the car. Latvala is in his 3rd year. Tommi just said yesterday, about Tanak, you need time the car to become 'connected' to your car. Joukki can't say, this or that, about Latvala over Meeke, about an incident that was small, and almost identical, and one driver was more lucky than the other. Its manager talk. Still think Meeke has more upside available than Latvala at Toyota, just needs to tidy up the loose ends. He hasn't destroyed cars like Lappi, Neuville or Evans, it's just small stuff, than can, maybe, be contributed to seat time.
Can you describe Meeke as team-player?

You should not concentrate on the fact that Latavala was more Lucky than Meeke. To hit that stone, they both ignored Mäkinens instructions to "manage the pace and do not try to match Tänaks pace". They both failed.
The difference comes from next episode. Latvala backed-off, took it to "confortable level" and lost some speed. But this was exactly what team expected. Conclusions made, job well done. Meeke meanwhile.. did another stupid mistake.