Quote Originally Posted by Allez Andruet View Post
To offer such deal - especially in M-Sport's case - to a driver who has zero rallies in a Rally1 car and hasn't driven in WRC's top class for three years doesn't sound like a smart move.
When Breen got the "deal" he has not driven Rally1 car either (so unknown), has not driven more than 4 rallies per year for 3 years and had close to zero experience on half of the rallies in calendar.

Other available options have proven they can't drive Rally1 car with good speed and any reliability (Fourmaux, Greensmith).

So yes it would be a risk, but out of those available hiring anyone else than Tanak is.

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Imo drivers that are used to driving cars without active difs like 2016 and earlier WRCs or Rally2 cars should do better in Rally1 than those that only drove 2017 WRCs with 3 fancy diffs.