
Originally Posted by
AnttiL
Loeb was in 4th position at the end of Saturday. After the first Sunday stage Lappi could only take 1.7 seconds from the 14.1 second gap and it looked like he wouldn't overtake Loeb by driving only. It wasn't until the next stage where Loeb went off road that Lappi got past him. And after that he started cruising to secure finishing because no manu points scoring cars could overtake him anymore.
I can imagine the test debriefing meetings. Nothing much said & a lot of "Gallic shrugs" - and they wonder why they aren't getting anywhere! I think they need a good test & development driver...
Hyundai WRT