Quote Originally Posted by seb_sh View Post
Who was available that could score more? Lappi maybe if he didn't go to Ford? Whoever it was needed to beat Loeb in Turkey and Sordo in Monza, otherwise you need someone who can beat "the big 4" in other rallies. Maybe if Toyota went with multiple drivers to profit from road position, but again who was available? Paddon? Hyundai simply had the better cards this time.

When Rovanpera was decided to be 3rd driver it was supposed to be Ogier's last season. What I meant was that they put a young driver in a full factory seat and now they have another rally winner and a clear driver for the future.
Mikkelsen was available.

You know the guy that just ended 4th in WRC (narrowly) beating Evans with same number of starts. That Evans that went to Toyota from that 5th place and almost won title. (and both of them beat Latvala, Meeke and Lappi who did 2 more rounds).

This big improvement of Evans was actually what gave Toyota some title chance in the first place. If Evans performed more in line with his previous years Toyota wouldn't stand any chance.