Rally Poland 2016 is a rally usually remembered for Tänak’s penultimate stage heartbreak when he picked up a puncture. The narrative, broadly talking, is that Mikkelsen inherited that win.
However Browne isn’t so positive.
“I believe Andreas doesn’t get the credit score he deserves for that one as a result of he did a very good job,” he argues.
“He was in all probability second or third within the championship, he wouldn’t have had the street place and he saved in contact, he saved combating and on Sunday when the climate received actually moist, we did an enormous, huge set-up change for floor clearance as a result of we had an concept that the sand would get fairly rutted.
“So we went loads of floor clearance – I believe the others didn’t actually do as a lot. Tänak hit a rock that was buried within the ruts and he received a puncture. We hit the identical rock, we dented the rim however the tire stayed up – perhaps due to our floor clearance and experience peak – and Andreas picked up that rally win.
“He undoubtedly deserved it and he fought onerous for it. And Australia ’16, combating to the demise in opposition to Ogier for the final Volkswagen win and like I used to be saying about Sweden, that was three days of on the sting, completely flat out [driving] – not simply each stage however each break up was a large struggle.
“This time Ogier made the error and Andreas took it, so for positive the expertise of Sweden paid off then as he had that have to ensure he’s not the one who breaks.
“4 incredible years of rally that’s for positive with an amazing group, nice automobile, nice drivers – actually, actually fulfilling.”
As with the whole lot in life, the numbers actually do solely inform half the story.
Look out for an extra characteristic subsequent week exmaining one other space the place Volkswagen’s WRC success was unparalleled.
