Well, could have been worse for Tanak.
As we could see last year, we can be worried about the reliability of this Fiesta. But he did it to the end and cut by half the points lost to Rovanpera and Neuville in Monte compared with last year (and both did better than last year).

Anyway, for Tanak, the question is to survive until Croatia (included) by limiting the loss in the championship to the very minimum and get used to the car.
If he succeeds to do so (let’s say being in the 10-20 point range below the championship leader after Croatia), the true championship will begin with the series of 7 consecutive gravel rallies from Portugal to Chile.