[Jeff Higgins]

Isn't next year when the cars change dramatically? That could well shuffle the deck with the drivers. Some drivers do better in certain kinds of cars. Some do well in precise, constrained, relatively docile cars where others do better in hairy chested he-man uncontrollable beasts. Rally experience seems to help with the latter, and I believe Bottas has some? I believe next year moves towards that harder to drive end of the spectrum, after the flatulant blat of the current crop was routinely drowned out by the snoring emanating from the grandstands.

This should also serve to reset the clock with the manufacturers. Maybe someone else will get a technical head start as Braun did at that big rules change, enabling another solid mid-pack driver to sneak in a championship before the rest can react.