Quote Originally Posted by Bigalstosh99 View Post
I also hoped for more from Breen. But maybe that was not a realistic expectation given that Hyundai typically benched him for much of the first half of recent seasons in favour of Sordo. Will be a fairer scorecard for Breen after Estonia/Finland/Belgium rounds.
Yeah, after failing in Sweden, it was clear he would have a bad time between Croatia and Safari considering his level on real tarmac and the fact he didn’t made world-level slow gravel rallies for a while. All the more than his road position is not good with Evans and Tanak having bad results and the shared 3rd car in Hyundai and Toyota.

With a better road position, it should be better in Estonia and Finland. Not that sure about Belgium because a lot of drivers now knows a little better this rallie so it will be harder for him than last year.
For the end of the season, it will depend how much he improves on slow gravel after having missed it so long. Then Catalunya should be hard (don’t know about Japan, it will depend a lot on the weather I think).