Quote Originally Posted by TypeR View Post
Wonderful comment indeed.

What I meant was that driver like Meeke(experience wise) doesn't need some extra recce(only) experience. If he is doing recce, then he is competing. (Ewrc had the information, wrc had article about it and there was an empty slot with the same team he just drove for.., only start list correction came a bit later)
You’d be surprised at the number of times people do the recce, sometimes to get notes ready for a future attempt, sometimes to help teams (setup, tyres etc) or younger drivers and/or co-drivers.
Or even just for a bit of fun without the expense of competing.