The events of last Thursday night ensured that the 2017 Monte Carlo Rally was always going to be a mixed bag of a rally, one that no amount of on stage drama or close competition would ever be able to completely nullify. Everyone involved with or who follows the championship knew the potentially devastating implications of the tragic death of a spectator mere miles into the start of the opening round of the WRC's new era, and this was compounded by the fact that Hayden Paddon‘s accident, a slow speed slide on an icy left-hander, could've happened to anyone and in any rallying era. Crowd control has always been one of the biggest challenges facing any rally organiser, and the Monte...
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