Quote from Tänak after 1st loop: "it was easiest loop of the rally".

And from this Safari-religion-discussion, I like those changes as well, but from competition perspective it's not nice situation when you have only 6 of 11 WRC cars can survice 7 stages and 9.5min loss still gives you 7th place. And this one can get worse and boring to watch how everyone nursing their cars through. But this is just what someone like or not like, If you don't control rules and situation, you just need to adapt.