I think everyone is being harsh on Lappi. Yes, he has had two bad rallies in a row, but a great podium in Sweden did just what he was there for (get the points for the team), he set fastest times in Croatia (with better position, but on tarmac, a historically bad surface for him), and he might have had bad luck in Portugal but he was very much on the pace. For having jumped back into WRC after a year in R5, into a completely new car, speed wise he has delivered (and the reigning champion himself has had a bad spell as well, esp. Sardegna).

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