You all remember that Lappi went to Hyundai on his own free will instead of staying at Toyota right?

Half a season on his best rallies with regular podium pace vs full season.......starting as slowest WRC of them all.

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It's not like that's the first time he has done that either (Toyota 2018 -> Citroen 2019).

Neither is he the only driver who had big downwards change in pace when going to Hyundai (Tanak, Loeb and Mikkelsen previously).

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My general conclusion is that just about all drivers are way too overconfident. Thinking it is so much in their hands and not that much about the car. While last 10 years or so it seems the opposite is the case.
But I guess you have to be a bit overconfident to drive rallycars at the speeds they are doing.