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[mknight]

Mr Adamo has gamed the rules extremely well, and earned his manufacturer title.

And it's not like Rovanpera did badly or anything. [Fifth in the drivers' championship, 7 points behind the Neuville in the big 4, almost two thirds as many points as Ogier who won it. Just... Hyundai played their cards right.

Still, it's not obvious that Toyota should change. You would expect Rovanpera to improve in his second year.

Unless Neuville is on the table...

I agree Rovanpera wasn't bad, maybe a bit better than expected. Though definitely not as good as predicted by many people after Sweden.
A tiny nitpick is that off course Rovanpera ended 5th... cause he was only competing with Lappi and Suninen for that as Hyundai's part time drivers couldn't get all the points in few starts. (if you sum Sordo, Breen and Loeb you get 91 vs Rovanpera at 80, they got road position advantages though)

Only different option for Toyota next year is to change their mind on rotating drivers and get some drivers for the rallies that Rovanpera is still not so good at (slow gravel, maybe tarmac). But doing that is actually quite big change in mindset so I don't expect it.