Is Sebastien Loeb really that great?

[silver bullet]

Now that Sebastien Loeb has hit 50 WRC wins, and the press is calling him one of the all time greats, I just wonder is he really that good?
Most of Loeb's wins have come in a car, and with a team, that is built around him, and in an era when he has no meaningful opposition.

Had Loeb been rallying 10-15 years ago with the likes of McRae, Sainz, Kankkunen, & Makinen, how many rallys would he have won then?
Going back even further when the WRC was perhaps at it's strongest, would Loeb have been able to compete with drivers like Blomqvist, Mikkola, Waldegard, Alen, Rohrl, & Vatanen?


I don't deny that Sebastien Loeb is an excellent driver, and head & shoulders above anyone else around at the moment, but IMHO the statistics are making him out to be better than he is in the all time rankings.