The current tarmac rallies are all tricky. Japan, Croatia, CER all have unpredictable grip levels. And of course Monte Carlo you have dangerous black ice.
Taka did well to bring his team max points on Sunday after a bad season that saw him taken out of TGR’s lineup for Chile. He did his job as third driver very well especially given Ogier’s crash.
A cheaper regulation maybe. But Group A? Group A would mean pretending the last 30 years in car technology never happened. You would have top category rally cars that are more primitive than road cars today.