I also think at the moment Tanak is faster than Ogier but you have to take into account that Ogier is near the end of his career while Tanak is at his peak. Also in the past Ogier was not always the fastest, maybe also in part due to road position, but he was fast enough to get on the podium and error free, that's why he won a lot of championships, being the fastest is not the only thing that matters. Tanak has had the speed for years but only a couple years ago he started to be consistent. Maybe he learned some things from Ogier too?

Interesting in those stats about number of podiums for number of starts, Mikkelsen is doing well, sure road position counts but in a world where the top 3 are taken and also based on his past form in the Polo I would like to see him in a different car.