Quote Originally Posted by wia5958 View Post
He was on mikklesens heels the whole of Finland and only slower than him on Sunday and was faster than him on Friday he was never gonna be allowed to push on Sunday so as to let neuville past him so don't paint it as a rosy picture where mikklesens was faster the whole weekend cause he really wasnt
Breen was 0,4s faster after Friday with better road position. Since then he has been slower and ended Saturday 2 positions behind.
He totally was allowed to push on Sunday morning since he started 6s behind Ogier and if he crashed Neuville would just get his spot anyway. He even said so after first stage that he needs to push. First after 2nd he gave up.
So yes Mikkelsen was faster. Just like for example Tänak was faster than Neuville in GB even though the difference was small.

Breens contribution to teampoins from two starts was 0. So speed and likely results alone aren't the only reason.

Btw. Adamo was asked who will drive in Australia in Catalunya press conference and confirmed Mikkelsen. So either he lied or something changed.