Quote Originally Posted by PLuto View Post
I think Lukyanuk, Solberg and Breen had big advantage in the first leg with their starting position. Who knows what should be the situation with qualifying which should allow Bonato and Ares (and some others) to start earlier in the field.
There was no real advantage for the first crews as earlier stages were wetter for them, due to previous night rain. Anyway, with so many cars 'polluting' the stages, first crews advantage would only exist on the first loop, never on the entire leg.

Quote Originally Posted by PLuto View Post
I think you have also forgotten to Emil Lindholm, who was surprisingly fast (but unfortunatelly crashed very early).
You're rigth: Lindholm was flying in the SD, but sadly he only run SS1 without problems (touch on 2, crash on 3).