Quote Originally Posted by becher View Post
He will be the third driver on pace anyway. But of course it will take the spotlight off him and his season will probably be judged different even if he drives as well as this year because Neuville and Tänak are out of his reach.

It's always the same, strong teammates make one look worse than he is and vice versa.
It's all the other Rally1 drivers he'll be competing with and compared to. And he wont want to look slow, even though he's told by Hyundai to just finish in the points for the team.

A 3rd driver is better being an experienced guy on his way down than an ambitious youngster.