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16th September 2022, 15:06 #11Senior Member
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Again I have to remind everyone of the contrast vs Toyota in Sweden 2020 where Ogier did not get teamorders vs Rovanpera who basically risked a crash (and came close to it) on PS to overhaul him.
"We don't do team orders" was basically the whole story. Before at MSport Ogier was demanding and getting teamorders already in Sweden on second rally of the year, same at Citroen.
So it does seem a bit inflated, sure Ditfish inflates it to create some buzz, but Tanak seems a bit like a spoiled child.
One good point in this article is that there is a huge contrast between Adamo/Penasse times and this. During their reign all kinds of team orders were applied, restarting drivers dropping minutes mid-stage for different road cleaning, team orders on who could push on PS etc etc.
Yet when Toyota didn't win it was more about their own mistakes than due to these tiny Hyundai things. (in 2019 it was as much about Meeke and Latvala loosing a lot of points unnecessarily due to own mistakes, in 2020 Toyota putting Rovanpera in his first season vs Breen+Sordo+Loeb combo).
It is not as straightforward "correct" decision as Dirtfish tries to make it.
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