Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
Finally, Mikkelsen's Hyundai career could have hurt his reputation, when he made quite many mistakes and had rallies where he was out of pace (also on gravel), whereas one could have expected him to be on a rally-winning level having been at VW's team for many years.
This is the key point here imo. For some reason, all Rally1 teams seem to have lost faith in Mikkelsen, similar to Meeke, Ostberg etc. Still good drivers, but nobody is willing to give them another chance in Rally1.