Quote Originally Posted by Backa View Post
I would push if I would be Tanak. Chances for drivers title were slim but if Thierry would have some car issue or made costly mistake and Tanak still would lose by 1 point due to safe approach, it would be even bigger fuck up.

We saw crazy things on sundays this year. Tanak win in Sardegna, Rovanpera retiring in Finland and many more. I don't believe Thierry and Ott care about manus title that much to not fight for first or second drivers title.
Ott was the only Hyundai at the front coming Sunday though, he had the responsibility to deliver for the team, especially with title hopes being very slim. I wouldn't blame Tanak if he had 0 titles to his name, like Thierry had - might never have another chance to be world champion, you have to push. But with already one title, in my opinion he should have played it safer.

I'll say this though: I don't know how much Tanak was overpushing and how much it was the notes' fault for not warning about the tricky muddy corner. Moreover, Hyundai is wrong if they blame everything solely on Tanak: his mistake was the biggest, but if Neuville's turbo wouldn't have failed and if Mikkelsen didn't superrally (sorry for him, he gave it all on Sunday but wasn't enough), Hyundai might have had the manu title as well.