66. Rally Sweden 2018
15. 2. – 18. 2. 2018, Torsby • snow - ice 314.25 km • total distance including road sections - 1400.79 km • Other years
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SS19
"It was a team strategy. From our place in the order we had no chance. We tried to play a bit and get an acceptable position. On the Power Stage I made a few mistakes, I wasn't used to so much grip, but finally we archived out objective and took some points."
"It's an incredible weekend. We didn't expect to be so fast over here year, but the team and the car gave us the chance to fight for victory. We deserved it last year, even more this year. There are more than 200 people in the team, they are committed and gave us everything. I'm really happy with the weekend and looking forward to the upcoming events."
"I'm not going to cry this time. It's awesome, I'm absolutely on top of the world, a bit stepping stone this weekend. I have to thank every single person around me. It's been difficult this past year but the boys have made this thing work!"
"Nice to end up in the podium - my first with Hyundai. A clean stage. You really have to risk everything to get the maximum points on the Power Stage. That's a fine line when you're in a podium position."
"Annoying. A small mistake, I just stalled it and it wouldn't restart. It is what it is. Plenty of positive to take away anyway. We're not in championship contention this year. We can be positive going forward."
"An amazing weekend. So nice to be back at Citroen. I've really enjoyed it but I felt my lack of experience in this car. But to be here after just half a day testing, to be so competitive, and bring home points, makes me really pleased. I'm just crossing my fingers for the future. I want to do more rallies in this car."
"It's been a tough one but we are here, we got the points - that's the most important thing."
"We learned a lot, the positive thing is we are fastest Ford, but I'm not satisfied to finish eighth. Now we try and take these leanings into the rest of the year."
"I didn't see him before the stage. Maybe Seb is playing some games to get a better start position?"
"We had a bit of a go here but it was very slippery at the start, a few little errors here and there."
"I stalled the engine and couldn't get it restarted. I thought it was broken!"
"It pushed all the loose snow into the ruts. If my time is within half a minute of the fastest time I'll be happy."
SS18
"A clean run through with no mistakes. I'm in a position where I'm unable to fight. That's it."
"I really was trying, not so much more to do."
"This stage we pushed very hard. We had a half spin in a slow section, so not so much time lost. Otherwise very good."
Any chance of points on the Power Stage? "Absolutely no way. We're first on the road."
Will he be pushing to take bonus points on the Power Stage? "Definitely not. No, no, no. We have increased the gap now and can go carefully."
"Sorry if you're fed up hearing this, but it's so much fun, it's just a pleasure. We've been fighting for a year to get back in this rhythm. One more stage to come, I could do another three or four days of this."
"I thought I had a puncture on the front left. The car wouldn't turn well to the right. It never got worse, so I drove normally again, but it cost us some time."
"It felt better, a step in the right direction. We'll see. The Toyotas are fast on this stage. We have a little gap for the last stage, we'll certainly try to defend it."
"Okay, more tricky conditions now, I just tried to be very clean. I thought I was careful, maybe too careful?"
"The car is similar to earlier, not perfect but it feels better when the grip is increasing. That did help a little bit here. Not perfect but okay, I was pushing."
"The feeling is there, I'm happy now. More difficult on the second pass than the first. When you break the ice, the snow on the side makes it more slippery."
"Better now, I was using the car more, getting used to the new set-ups. Small problems with the wipers, but okay."
"We will try on the Power Stage. We tried to be extremely careful here to keep a good set of tyres. Let's see what's possible."
"We hope the conditions on the Power Stage will be okay. That is the only target for us now."
"It will be very difficult to salvage any points from the Power Stage in this road position. We'll try. Never say never."
"Lots of things in the road. A lot slower than before, but that's how it is being first on the road."
SS17
"Clean run here, too much to catch Pontus."
"I'm trying."
"No pressure."
"I spun. Caught the inside of a snow bank and went round. I had to drive back up the road before I could turn around."
"I was quite careful in this one. We confirmed the pace notes for the second pass. Should be fine."
"A nice rhythm. Pace notes a bit slow in places. A few changes to make before the second run."
"A clean run, one small mistake but an okay run. A few set up changes and the car feels good."
"Not good. We did a small mistake and we ended up being similar to yesterday morning. A misunderstanding with the team. A shame. I struggled to drive the car."
"For me not good enough. I don't know this stage and in many places I was in the wrong gear. I was so fed up. I will push harder next time."
spun
"The team has done a very good job the car, it's handling very well now. There was a problem with the front differential. Everything is right now but I was hesitating a bit."
"Happy with the car, some improvement to the set-up. More grip than I expected."
"Not so bad, the grip is quite consistent."
"I need to look after my tyres for the Power Stage, but with the amount of snow around they should be okay."
"A clean enough run but vision is a problem here as it gets light. Not dark enough for the lights, not easy to read the road."
"Not easy but I try my best. Fantastic conditions out here now."
SS16
"We should be happy with the day, okay, struggling a bit on the second loop but finishing well here. All going according to the plan."
"I will try my best in this situation. We will see."
"These last two stages were slippery and tricky but I enjoyed this one, perhaps too much, I was a little too aggressive. Still three more stages to go tomorrow. I will keep good concentration and keep pushing."
"It's already better than last year! A really lovely day for us. The car was working great, okay a small issue today that we could fix, other than that a good job. Good tyre management I think, I'm really pleased and big thanks to the team."
"Okay, a clean stage again, we had to wake up after the long road section. We paid a high price for our mistakes today."
"We got half stuck in a snow bank near the start. The car over rotated on a hairpin. We hoped for more from today."
"Difficult to keep the car in the line. Not the best end to the day but we have to be happy with our speed."
"I forgot to shut my door in the stage and in the first corner it flew open! I'm lacking experience in this car. My set up from the test is the one I'm using - it's the one I know best."
"I was a bit careful in here - a lot of ruts under braking."
"It's been a steady performance through the rally. I'm very satisfied if we can do top five times almost all the time. A good fight for tomorrow too."
"The first part of the day was nice, second half not so nice. A tough rally. From our position in the road order tomorrow we will have no chance on the Power Stage."
"Very few positives to take from today."
"I'm happy with my drive today. I've done what I could. Not much to catch today so I did a clean day with no mistakes - that's the only positive. The Power Stage is all I'm thinking about now."
"It's been an okay day. Difficult to be at the front. I am old, but I learned a lot. Tomorrow? Flat out."
SS14
Stopped in stage
"I touched the bank a bit over Colin's Crest. Last year I took it easy and went out. Now are in a fight so I'm pushing."
"I just tried to keep it clean. A very good run for me. I'm happy with that."
"Surprisingly slippery. Great to see a lot of fans out here enjoying it. It's fun to fight in these conditions."
"More snow in there. With just one spare I think we made the right tyre choice for the loop. Two icy stages to come but I'm reasonably happy."
"It was a nice feeling for sure. When I'm more confident the jump is less important. A good stage. I'm back to basics now with the set-up and I'll probably keep it like this until the end."
"Difficult stage. Just need to improve and do a better job."
"If I can catch Ostberg for sure I will try, but it's so equal. It's not easy to make big differences."
"This car is not okay, there is something strange with the transmission system. It's oversteering and understeering, the engine almost stalls on the gear-change too. We have to see what the problem is. For tomorrow I will change the differential. It has been horrible to drive."
"How disappointed am I? I'm really happy."
"A fair few studs missing from our tyres now. We'll asses the situation now but maybe two spare tyres could have been a better choice."
"Maybe the jump was the only fun part of the stage. At least we enjoy on the first loop. Now, not much we can do. "
"That was a bad stage. Lots of snow and I had problems with the brakes from the start."
SS13
"The engine just stopped 2km before the finish. We were driving in a bumpy section and suddenly it stopped. We had to wait five or 10 minutes before it would restart."
Retired for today
"Such changeable grip. Not the best. I was too careful in the beginning."
"Very loose in here, difficult to follow him in these conditions. If it was cleaner I think I could catch him."
"The stage is much worse than the first pass. I tried to push. Happy at the moment."
"I had quite a big push in there, the car worked well. I kept the rhythm and it seems like it is working well."
"A clean stage no mistakes, happy with that."
"Not bad. A lot of gravel in the middle section. Can I get back on the podium? Anything can happen."
"A lot of gravel in there. Just trying to manage the tyres and not load them so much. The most tricky stage of the rally so far."
"It was a little bit better. I've changed back to my original set-up."
"Shame for Tanak. Quite okay for us, but difficult to drive in the ruts."
"I nosed into a snow bank and when I got back out everything was okay. Then Ott tried to pass me, I was half in the ditch when he hit me and went off."
"Very difficult with a mix of snow and gravel. I did what I could. Passing Kris cost me only two or three seconds."
"I caught Kris, tried to get past in a narrow place and he pulled back and hit us off the road."
"We had a pretty big spin in there, not ideal. The car is working better now, giving me more confidence. Perhaps a bit too much."
"Not so fun this time. Difficult conditions. The kind of stage where WRC 2 cars are going to be faster than us again."
spun
SS12
"I had a good push here, maybe too hard because I went wide in places. It's a hard battle."
"Good to be back in the lead but it's not easy in these complicated conditions. I tried to push but at the same time I made three mistakes. The feeling was not so good."
"An okay run. He has two spare tyres and we have only one. We knew we would lose some because of that but I will have fresh tyres for later in the loop."
"A nice fight. One mistake here but other than that a clean stage. The lines in the road from the car in front were crazy, he's pushing hard."
"Better, but it's more difficult today. The rear-wheel-drive cars have created ruts, and I can't place the car where I want to."
"A little bit yee-haa! over the jump. So much fun!"
"I have a lot of movement. I'm trying my best but I cannot find the right feeling. I don't know what thing to change. I'm looking for the right feeling, but I'm looking for a feeling I cannot find."
"Now it feels a bit better but the conditions are difficult, no ice for the rear tyres and we are sliding about. Can Kris catch me? Let's see."
"Good, good. A few mistakes, not crazy big ones, otherwise quite a clean stage."
"We had a very bad time. I don't know how Ott can be so quick. An incredible time. I can't stop him. He's doing really well."
"I'm trying, but the conditions seem to be the same as yesterday. It's very tough. We benefit from a few cars ahead but it's a big problem."
"Suninen is dropping back a bit, so maybe I have the opportunity to take a point here. The roads on this loops will clean a lot. I expect the guys behind will annihilate our times."
"The car set-up is better but the conditions are still difficult. The road is improving with every car."
"We're going to lose a lot of time here. We had some fun this morning at least."
"Not easy to drive first - I'm not in this position normally. Ogier told me "you'll see"."
SS11
"I felt we lost a lot in here. The car is set-up too aggressively for this stage. I like that set-up and it will be better for the afternoon loop. We have to be patient."
"It's been a good morning, I'm just trying to push on. We have a good pace, but I'm looking at the Toyotas coming behind me. For now I'm loving it - 200kph with my best mate by my side."
"We hit the snow bank a bits, so not a great stage."
"It narrows more than two years ago. At least somebody had taken out the snow bank! A clean stage but the time is not so good it seems."
"I did a big mistake in the first corner - I came far too fast. We used to do it in fifth gear, I did it by memory and went wide. I lost the speed and couldn't get it back."
"A good stage, really slow and technical. It looks like every car is pulling snow onto the road, its slippery. For me not so bad."
"A lot of snow banks in here, and it's easy to get caught. A reasonable stage for me, but for sure it will clean. I'm concentrating on the points, that's all I can do."
"Not the best stage for us. We need to keep hoping to find something. It didn't like a bad stage but the time is not good."
"I tried. I had fun in the car, it's a beautiful stage, very clean. I cannot do better with this start position. For sure others will be faster."
SS10
"The transmission is working, I fixed it, but I had a spin in the stage - a 360 degree. There was nothing I could do to avoid it, I'm pretty sure Andreas destroyed a snow bank in front of me."
"I had a good stage. Loose snow at the start but the end was good. I'm happy."
"Okay, this is much better than the first one. I made one mistake in a snow bank otherwise quite okay."
"I had a spin, maybe lost 15 sec. I touched the bank a bit, I had to reverse. Not good."
"Struggling to find the line between underdriving and overdriving."
"Okay, difficult to judge what speed you're at in the car. We'll see how it is."
"Horrible. I struggled with the confidence and I don't know why. We have made some changes but there's nothing more I can do before service."
"That was a bad stage for me - I spun."
"I'm just too careful. I'm trying to stay out of the banks and it seems it's not enough. I can see the cars ahead are using them. I'm not brave enough."
"Ott is going very, very fast at the moment. I'm running as hard as I can - I need to think about what I can do."
"Maybe not such good conditions as the previous on, but reasonably okay. Overall quite enjoyable today."
"Really nice. Conditions are much more consistent today. I just try to enjoy it, not much more for us to do."
"I still didn't feel massively comfortable. The balance in the car is changing from oversteer to understeer. We'll keep working on it."
"It was narrow, a bit more fresh snow, but okay. No problem for us."
"It seems to be okay. Not easy to be first on the road, but if the car is okay, then I am flat out."
SS9
mechanical
rolled
"A clean stage, no problems, just trying to get into a good rhythm. It's a long day, just need to drive and keep the concentration high."
"Okay, fair play they've done a good stage. Maybe I was too cautious. Nothing to worry about, we can push on in the next one. Our set up works better on the repeated stages."
"An really awesome feeling in the car, it's sticking! The notes are a little slow in places but we'll keep on throwing the kitchen sink at it."
"A really fast stage but I didn't manage to get a good rhythm. The car felt good, it was more me. I'm a bit disappointed in myself."
"We had some problems." Car problems? "Ah. Maybe the driver."
"I think it was okay. I just try to keep it on the clean line where there is grip. Third fastest? That's not good enough. I don't want to push harder and hit the banks."
"Better rhythm than yesterday, there's lots of grip, a really enjoyable stage to drive."
"Conditions are lot better than yesterday, the road is cleaning really nicely, in a normal way, consistent grip."
"Only three cars to beat at the moment, but okay. Better conditions, a lot better than yesterday, more consistent grip. I don't feel I have the speed to challenge the leaders, my only aim is to take a point off Ogier."
"Better confidence for sure, different conditions to yesterday."
"There is not so much we can catch in a regular fight now. I enjoyed this stage though, I celebrated my win with the Polo here in 2013."
SS8
"The surface was polished and we went off close to the start. Today the throttle on my car has not been so happy, we stopped in Rojden twice. Quite a tough day for us but getting better and better."
"Today was quite a good one. A few mistakes but otherwise it went well. Tomorrow I need to calm down and stay on the road. I have more to learn but I want a good result too."
"Quite nice, slippery and very funny to drive. My first time here and I need to learn."
"Disappointing to lose time here, the stage was very messy, but overall pleased with the day."
"It will be a good fight tomorrow. I was pushing in here. The fight is on. We continue like this."
"Wow. Lines on the road off in every direction, I don't understand how anyone got to the end of this one. Considering I've had just over half a day of testing in this car I am very pleased to be here on this pace."
"Not really good. We lost our light pod in here. Today would have been okay, but I was hoping for more. I need more kilometres to find a good rhythm."
"I followed some lines near the start, went into a bank and nearly fell off the road. A very tricky stage. Not a bad day. I can't wait to get my teeth into it again tomorrow."
"Okay, I'm pretty happy with the day. Clean driving and a good pace. Looks like we have a job on tomorrow, to fight for the win."
"Quite messy. Very messy. A lot of lose snow and the guys ahead have gone everywhere. I'm impressed they have not got stuck in the ditches. This is going to be an interesting Power Stage."
"Glad to get it over with. A tough day for sure. We need to have a rethink tonight and come out fighting tomorrow."
"I try to give my best, the car is working well. It's not easy, I'm fighting with the guys behind. I try to get the speed without taking risks."
"These are not the conditions in which to build confidence. We're not too far behind the pace Latvala, but I don't have the confidence to push hard."
"I was hoping to be stronger but there is no chance. Even here I tried but it was very messy."
"A very difficult day, I'm not sure I've had anything like this for a long time. Looking at the times, I've had no ability to drive at all. It's not nice, but we need to accept it. There will be a next rally. The car is nice but the road position is not in our favour."
"Not much I could do today, for sure."
SS7
"I enjoyed it. It's fast and good and there is a great atmosphere in the stages now. Neat and tidy."
"I need to make changes to the car to be competitive, it doesn't feel good and I need to take risks on my set-up. I made quite a big change and I could really feel it. I'm not sure if it was better or not."
"The road position is helping us. It's always the same for me in Sweden, I struggle on the first pass on Friday and get better on the second. One stage to go and then a big push tomorrow."
"Not a clean run. I struggled a bit to get the same rhythm. Not too happy but I'm trying. It's pure class out on these stages."
"Difficult enough. So slippery off line. Trying to keep in the ruts."
"I'm fighting with the guys behind, trying to do the best in the conditions I have and fight for victory. It's tricky because sometimes I'm making a faster line to the benefit of the guys behind."
"I need to say sorry to the organisers about what I said about the ploughing. We are sportsmen, trying to do our best, anyway, I'm sorry."
"More difficult conditions than we have seen here for years."
What happened? "Nothing, all good." But your splitter is missing? "It can happen,"
SS6
"Very pronounced ice ruts in the road, very hard to read. Compared to the previous stage I had to pull it back a little bit."
Tricky, like Cool Runnings you just get in the ruts and go."
"I felt in the last 5km I had a puncture. The car felt really strange."
"We went wide in a junction into the snow and blocked the air filter. No grip on the braking. That's it. The engine is down on power now."
"It was going better but I spun and it spat us into a snow bank and I had to reverse."
"Another good lap, but we have to see the times of the guys behind. They're going to use my lines and go faster I think."
"Whoa. A couple of big, big moments. Not through trying too hard. Sometimes it sticks, sometimes it doesn't. Not easy."
"We are going to lose time now, it's incredible how much the road is cleaning and getting better. We will lose time, but it's like this. We do the best we can."
"Terrible. Nothing else to say. That's just how it is. Sometimes we have some hard days."
"It's like a joke!"
SS5
"We had some problems in the service park but all is okay. I'm doing the best I can."
"A lot of gravel appearing now, and maybe I was too hesitant in the new car. I also wanted to look after my tyres in the gravel."
"The first half was really, really good and I could drive exactly how I wanted. The road is cleaning and we have to make the most of that. I struggled more in the last five kilometres."
"I was struggling a lot with the rear - difficult to keep it in the ruts."
"Bloody tricky but good fun! I'll throw the kitchen sink at it, If I have fun the times always come!"
"A good stage from Lappi. We had a good ride too. Now we must continue."
"Sounds good. Quite surprised. I felt that I didn't have grip, there was a lot of gravel, it felt more slippery than this morning. In these conditions if you push hard, no chance. You have to be slow, slow."
"We had a good stage but I never know about the rhythm. The grip was good at the beginning but not at the end. We know we have quite a [road position] advantage."
"When I have a rut to follow I don't need the chassis working, so when it's like this I can attack a bit more. But when it's smooth I struggle. My only target now is to say ahead of Ogier."
"A lot better than before but still difficult. I didn't remember driving on the line being so difficult. The line is very narrow and there is lots of loose on the side."
"It's really bad, a lot worse than the morning. Quite a big struggle but that's what we have. We have to cope."
"Conditions were even worse. It's the same story every year. Following a national rally? Impossible."
SS4
stopped in stage
out of road
"Not easy. We need to clean the road a bit for the R5 cars because the track width is not the same [as the WRC cars]"
"It's tricky to learn the car in conditions like this. I did my best, for sure there is room for improvement. I just have to learn with every metre."
"This last section is very tricky, with more snow. There's a bit of a line, but its a bit like tobogganing - push too hard, get out of the line and you're in trouble."
"Better driving, and now I try to push a bit more. Tight competition here in Sweden."
"A good morning. This stage was tricky towards the end. The front runners definitely have a disadvantage. I'm not pushing to the max. So far so good."
"Not so good, I lost the rhythm, I hit something on the line in the middle of the stage. Front right - bang. I was sure I had a problem, a puncture or a broken wheel."
"In a really fast place there was a black clump on the inside of a corner. Never seen it before. No idea how it go there. A big surprise."
"I took it a bit more carefully, lots and lots of snow. The road is getting better with each car, so I tried to use my advantage."
"In a straight line I hit something on the right-hand side. I thought it was a puncture. It's like this when there is so much snow - it can hide something."
puncture
"Quite okay, but the last six kilometres had not been ploughed very well. Almost aquaplaning in the conditions, very tricky at this end."
"The organisers can screw themselves. No plough for the last six kilometres. It was already unfair to be first on the road here."
"It's normal for a Sweden winter."
SS3
"One big moment where we almost went off."
"Not easy out there but it's going good. I'm trying to get a rhythm now."
"An okay rhythm, but not perfect. It's been a long time since our last rally in GB. We improve a bit here, we'll keep going."
"I lost time in the end there, the car just started sliding, that's how it is. We'll have a look in service."
"Quite tricky, not a lot of grip. I struggled with braking and traction. I was fighting in there in a few places because it was difficult to stop for the corners."
"It's the same as the first one, you have to keep in the line, and I'm struggling to get the front end in. We will make some set-up changes to help the confidence."
"It was okay. A lot of grip. Better, but everyone is improving. "
"Trying to keep it really clean and tidy and neat. No mistakes. We're in the ballpark. We keep fighting."
"It was okay, you can push hard and gain time if you are prepared to take risks. There's a long way to to, so I'm happy with my drive."
"I enjoyed every moment. I think the time is good."
"Just driving my rally, I can see the lines in the road ahead, but I just don't have the confidence."
"Getting better. The first stage was difficult and now I've started to get the rhythm."
"A lot worse than the previous one. A lot of loose snow on the top. Very tough."
"Not good. First we stalled on the start line, then there is more fresh snow on the line here than the first one."
SS2
out of road
stopped in stage
"We had a spin in here, lost 10 or 15sec. The engine feels a bit down on power, we'll go and take a look."
"It's okay. I got stuck in a snowbank and lost some time."
"I really enjoyed this stage. My feeling was quite good. no mistakes."
"Really really tricky. We were off a couple of times, just little hits with the snow banks."
"I'm not so happy. We need to improve something."
"Wow. That's a surprise, actually. I didn't think I had a good run. Better for the guys behind I think."
"Okay. A bit careful but we are here with no mistakes. Now we work from here."
"It was okay. I took it steady. I wanted to get through this loop. Not fast, but I want to get through."
"Really tricky conditions, maybe I was too careful. I lost time at the end, I was slower there. I had a few moments near the start and I felt like I needed to take it down a bit."
"Difficult. Once you are off the ice strips there is no grip at all. In this light it's hard to see."
"Not the best one, struggling to find the braking points and apexes."
"I went straight in a junction and then sucked into a snow bank."
missing its rear bumper "A little bit here and there, the grip is tricky - up and down. Not an easy stage."
"It could have been better but okay, I'm still here. The roads is getting cleaner for the guys behind. An okay start but not so good."
"The road is getting messy now, lots of different lines. I tried to be neat and tidy but it's difficult to know where to push."
"In some places more grip and suddenly you lose it. Not the perfect stage for visibility, I was looking for the road a lot. Not a good rhythm."
"Just a bit too cautious, any time I got the rear wheels out of the line. That's what I expected."
"We didn't have a good run compared to him. I thought we were doing okay but it was slippery and I didn't have the confidence. I don't trust the car in conditions when there is loose snow on the top."
"The car feels good but there is a lot of loose snow on the top near the start. On the ice the car feels good. Ogier's lines are everywhere - he's pushing harder than I am."
"Difficult. There has been no snow plough in the road. I try my best, but there were a couple of moments. It's difficult."
SS1
"Not a good stage, I didn't drive well. A bad start but okay, we will try to do better tomorrow."
"It feels very nice to be back at Sweden in a rally car and not as a reporter like last year - this is where I belong,"
"It would be great to be able to fight for the victory but there are many good drivers. Tomorrow we will start and I hope I will wake up in a good mood."
"Okay, this was the first stage in the car and I don't have a lot of feeling. I need to learn more. I was quite nervous in here - I was afraid of making a stupid mistake. I'm glad to get it over."
"We will try to fight, this is one of my favorite events and especially this year with the snow conditions. Whatever, we will push hard, tomorrow is the key."
"The best winter conditions I have seen since 2014. An exciting rally in prospect."
"I never went well in this super special, I'm sure the others will go faster but the car felt surprising good in there. Tomorrow will be a different rally, if the snow comes tonight it will be a challenge."
"I hope I can manage the same way as Monte Carlo - except the next stage. I didn't feel so comfortable on the shakedown, I hope tomorrow's stages will be better suited for us."
"It felt like a long time away so it's good to be back. This is a good way to shake off the cobwebs. We'll give it a good push tomorrow."
"Nice to be back in this car. It's difficult to find the rhythm in this class."
"Okay, a little bit of a surprise with the rear again in some place, but I'm ready to go and play in the snow tomorrow."
"I'm going to put on a show - it's a serious job. I hope it will be good weekend."
"It feels really good in the car - a great package. I've done only 250km in this car but I'm ready for this rally."
"Really fun to see all the spectators out here, I really enjoyed it, clean through."
"A lot of fun, this place is where I'll feel the most comfortable in the rally! Nice to drive against Pontus here - very good."
"Absolutely fantastic here - good to beat Johan. Now we focus on the rally tomorrow."