WRC 2003 Round 8 - Germany 

Loeb was the Tarmac Expert.

Not very likely, as he was still learning a lot during those years.

Nah he was still learning during those period. With the exception of some real stinkers (307 comes to mind), Top WRC cars’ performance level difference is much smaller than say F1. Driver makes a lot of difference in WRC.

@@Phantom5611 Not in those years (1999-early 2000s), where electronics dominated everything. The driver could do nothing if the E-differentials weren't mapped correctly, and sometimes even the team couldn't do anything if the original car had flaws, like the Cordoba. That's why I lost interest in WRC in those years: too much electronics and not much else.

@@Snarl616 Not really. Those are the last time WRC ever come up with a legendary cars. Cars like Evo, Impreza, Escort, etc. Then WRC moved into a 206, xsara, polo, C4 and other boring normal hatch which hardly get you excited when you see one on the road. Until GR Yaris came up. You don't have anything that screams WRC heritage from 2000s till today.

@@radityaindera3442 That's totally out of context from what we're talking about. Also, if you talk about the Escort, you are referring to 1997 to 98, probably 99, where WRC were still mechanical or at least not that sophisticated. Here we're talking about 2000 and beyond, where electronics were so prevailing that every race became a matter of electronics and almost nothing else. No wonder many old heads retired after a few years but kept racing here and there.