Quote Originally Posted by focus206 View Post
Big congrats to Kalle, winning from 1st on the road on gravel. He's world champion already, championship's over.
Toyota almost 1-2-3 and still no reliability problems I recall in 4 rounds, it shows they're light years ahead.
As much as Katsuta is a nice guy, I can't feel sorry for him: he lost 3rd place to a rusty Sordo with an inferior car, and would have never been near the podium without Hyundais falling apart left and right.
On the other hand, I'm glad for Dani's podium and that he didn't need to drop places to Neuville and Tanäk. It's not like a Hyundai can win the championship anyway.
And yet if you'd told me 2 years ago, hell, even last year that he'd be fighting for a podium with Dani, one of the most experienced drivers out there, I'd think you're kidding, so huge kudos to him, sure he's still not exactly there yet but he's making huge gains as the time progresses, something you can't yet say about Greensmith for instance.

As for the championship, you could argue it's already in the bag of Toyota & Rovanperä, I think now it's just a matter of when & where they win their titles and not if, hopefully Hyundai can comeback fighting next year with 3 proper drivers & not 2 and a plus one that makes an occasional appearance, it's simply not enough against those Toyotas.