Drivers: Michal Kosciuszko/Maciek Szcezpaniek (Suzuki)
Q:Michal, this is your second win of the season in the Junior World Rally Championship. It propels you into the lead of the series now but you've come here with no experience of Argentina before. Did you think you would be able to take a win here?
Michal Kosciuszko:Yes, that's right. This is our first Argentina Rally. We had no experience here but we thought our speed was enough to fight for winning in the JWRC. We had technical problems on Friday, we had a SupeRally, so I didn't expect to win this rally. But we pushed a little bit and our opponents also had technical problems so it was possible to get back on the leaders.
Q:Only three Junior drivers here, of course, but all three of you had SupeRally this weekend. What were the problems you had?
MK:We had a broken steering arm, we couldn't continue, we tried to repair it on the stage but it took too much time and there was no point to do it. We retired and were back on Saturday, we pushed a little bit and won eight stages, so that was good.
Q:Has it been tougher here in Argentina than you expected?
MK:Yes, for sure. It was tougher than I thought it would be. We couldn't drive 100% because we had to take care of the car. Some of the stages are quite similar to the Poland Rally, that was last year, so I could speed up a little bit but this was a really nice rally and the spectators were really amazing, a lot of them, and they were excited as well.
Q:Maciek, Michal mentioned the problems. Did you imagine that you'd be able to go on and win after going into SupeRally?
Maciek Szcezpaniek:Yes, I've been in the rally so long that I know that everything is possible. Of course, Friday afternoon, late at night, we came from the last stage at 1am; winning seemed to be very very far away. But of course we tried to put some pressure on Alessandro (Bettega), and we pushed on Saturday. It seems that he tried to push us and he got some problems. So then we were able to fight till the end of the last stage. In every rally, everything is possible until the end of the last stage. So, it was exactly the same here.
Q:All the drivers have told me how rough it is. From the WRC drivers, PWRC drivers, but it must have been tough in a 1600cc car?
MS:Yes, that's true. Sometimes we talked to Sébastien Ogier. In a WRC car you can go really flat out because they are almost unbreakable, but as you can see it's possible to break a WRC car on these stages. But in our small yellow car, you really have to think about the car. Not only to keep the throttle full.
Q:Michal, you moved into the lead in the Juniors. You've been fighting with just three drivers here. When we get to Italy it's going to be a different matter, are you looking forward to an old fashion fight?
MK:Of course I am looking forward for Sardegna Rally, we won there last year after an amazing fight with Martin Prokop; this year will be similar. It won't be easy because Martin is fast now as you can see and the other drivers are speeding up a little bit. They drive very fast. We will have a tough fight there but we are ready to take the chance and try to fight.
Q:It makes things in the Championship look very good for you, doesn't it?
MK:Yes, we are leading by 10 points but Martin (Prokop) has one rally still to go, so we can count it to be equal, so the fight will be on in Sardegna, Poland and Finland, so it will be a really interesting Championship.
