Quote Originally Posted by Danny0405 View Post

For Cais, considering his season, no way he can be in Rally1; too weak still on gravel with a calendar less and less tarmac-oriented, don’t see how he could finish better than Fourmaux in this situation.
Atm, only reasonable youngsters with no WRC experience are IMO Rossel, Lindholm or Huttunen (well, forgetting in outside WRC RC1 drive and his Finland outing).
Gryazin has the speed but I don’t see how it could finish better than Novikov (and the Russian context cannot help). And Ingram, for the moment, is not really able to play RC2 podiums (or is a bit short for it).
All the rest is too far in RC2 today to play in Rally1.
Yes, definitely, need to get more solid WRC2 starts on all surfaces and rally types.

It's a weird situation with people like Greensmith, Fourmaux, Loubet, Katsuta and Solberg in Rally1 when they should maybe still be in WRC2, and on the contrary people like Mikkelsen, Östberg, Suninen and Paddon sitting in WRC2 waiting for Rally1 seats. As for new drivers, I would say Huttunen is the top choice. Lindholm and Rossel are not ready yet. I can't see Gryazin progressing into a main team right now even with a big bag of money.