You’ve got to ask, would Ogier or Neuville say what they’re saying, if it was them on the cusp of the title? Especially Neuville!!

Evans, if he wins, will be worthy. He’s had the same hand as everyone else and yes, luck has a bigger effect with less events, but he can only do what he can do without external intervention and he’s simply done a better job.

TBH, it’s a bit shit of Ogier or Neuville to play the championship down, it’s been a crap year for many and they should be fully congratulating the winner of the championship, whoever that may be, not adding negative spin, given the dreadful circumstances.
They’ve got a role to play in terms of representing the whole of the WRC, given their history and status and they should maybe consider not talking out on this one.