Drivers: Bernardo Sousa, Eyvind Brynildsen

Press conference:

Q:
Eyvind, at the last event in Argentina you competed without your own car and had to borrow one – what exactly happened there?

Eyvind Brynildsen:
It was small mistake from the shipping company to send the car to Rio de Janeiro instead of Buenos Aires. We ended up renting a car from Federico Villagra. It was very nice of him to give us the opportunity to drive the car. The team only had a few days to prepare the car. Of course, it's not the best way, but we came through the rally and scored four very valuable points. I drove one stage flat out on Friday, but the rest I was on two cylinders or front-wheel drive. The important thing is that we're in Italy now.

Q:
Despite not having your car you still managed to pick up points from Argentina and you are still in contention for the Championship.

EB:
It's only four or five points between us guys at the top. I fight against [Production] World Champion Nasser Al Attiyah and Bernardo [Sousa] and many good drivers. We need to keep up the good work and it will be good.

Q:
We have seen you on the podium twice this year – but not yet with a win. Can you get one here?

EB:
It can be anywhere. It's really tough for us, when the guys with the S2000 are in the business. We have to speed up. Patrik [Sandell] will be very quick here and the other guys. I'm not sure. It's my first time here, it was my first time in Argentina and it will be in Australia. I've been to Sweden twice and Norway and Portugal was my second time. Each time I go somewhere again I can see my pace notes are better. I need to think with two brains: one for the Championship and one for the rally. I think we need to think for the championship, I've still got Australia and GB – you can't think too much about the guys like Nasser [Al-Attiyah] who are going so quickly.

Q:
Bernardo, you have had a fair amount of bad luck so far this season, can you turn it around here?

Bernardo Sousa:
We started the worst way today. We had a steering arm broken in the hairpin, there was no damage, but we stopped. This Championship is terrible this year. We hoped we could change it on this rally. It's started in the worst way, but we're hoping it will improve.

Q:
With the accident at shakedown in Portugal you weren't able to perform which means you haven't had a huge amount of time in the new car. You competed with it a few weeks ago in a different championship; will that experience help you here?

BS:
For sure, the kilometres we did on the Rally Azores were very important. We changed a lot in the car. The car's not in the best shape, we can still change a lot of things, but we do have some experience. There's a long way to go to perfection, but let's continue to work and I think we can make some good results.

Q:
It's your first time here in Sardinia, what do you think of the stages from what you have seen on the recce?

BS:
It's very tough. It's very narrow. The weather is also going to be tough. For us, the main goal is to finish for the first time this year. We had no problems, so we just want to finish. We need points at this stage of the Championship and we need more experience of the car.