Quote Originally Posted by er88 View Post
In 2017 a measly point or two in a power stage wasn't the reason Neuville lost the title though. He chucked away over 50pts when in commanding leads in Monte and Sweden. The only person to blame for losing that title was Neuville himself - not the car and not his team mates taking one or two points from him in the power stages.
This was in 2018 a few points actually mattered a lit cause it meant Neuville had to finish ahead of Ogier in Australia.

But sure rest is spot on. It can mean Adamo has maybe a little bit higher risk of loosing driver title to Ogier but it should mean manu title is decided...
But you never know for sure. Hyundai did look like by far the biggest favourites for 2017 manu title as well and actually did have the fastest car most of the year, yet MSport won it with rallies to spare.