Quote Originally Posted by mknight View Post
I see that as totally expected since both his WRC starts have been a bit of a disaster. Last year he was behind Rally2 even without major issues. He was also slower than Fourmaux in Rally2 before Fourmaux got a puncture.

Probably a combination of not expecting a good results and not wanting to put extra pressure on him.

Perfectly fine and logical, just slightly at odds with the MSport PR angle.
I mean, I would have chosen the same, but I'm interested to know how it was explained to him.