Quote Originally Posted by Rallyper View Post
I think you mix up different drivers situations.

Some drivers have full backup finacially and just have to concentrate on driving without thinking of consequences. Some have funding problems and gets random drives and still expected to be close to the top.

Turkey was PT first gravel event in WRC17 car. What did we expect? Honestly, I did expect him to be even closer. But thinking it over one more time, you have to see the whole picture. Turkey, one of the hardest events, and we want PT to be top five?
That wasn´t fair to expect.
He needed miles and miles in that car. He got it now. We have to wait for Wales and then judge him.

But still - all guys in WRC have had so much more drives before they started getting proper times, believe me.
Tell me just who had full financial backup and had not to worry about consequences excl. wealthy norwegians??

What I'm telling you is that the likes like Neuville, Ogier, Tänak and Latvala were setting fast times right out of the box and actually cannot remember anyone who was setting uncompetitive times and went on to challenge podiums and wins on constant basis. Just the history of rallying does not back up your theory Per.


I'm not writing him off but even Greensmith is looking more promising at the moment. Hopefully we can see Pontus's real speed in Wales, I really really hope so.

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