Driver / co-driver: Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen (BP Ford Abu Dhabi WRT), Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia (Citroen Junior Team) and Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila (BP Ford Abu Dhabi WRT).

Team principal: Malcolm Wilson (BP Ford Abu Dhabi WRT).


Press conference.


Q:
Congratulations Mikko on the eighth win of your career and for sealing Ford's 70th world rally victory. You have made it look easy this weekend, how was it really?

Mikko Hirvonen:
I can't say it's easy, but it felt that I wasn't driving absolutely flat-out all weekend. I had to push hard, but you had to be careful all the time, not to make any mistakes. It went just like we planned before the rally. It's really, really good after all the second places – it's nice to be here in the middle [for the press conference].

Q:
There was a lot of drama yesterday – how were conditions for you?

MH:
It was a good day. For sure, it was going to be tough to keep the boys behind, with so many uphill hairpins, I thought we would definitely lose some time, but then things started to go wrong for everybody but me. I kept on with my own speed and it worked. The car was perfect, no problems at all. And no mistakes with Jarmo, it was perfect, the whole weekend.

Q:
This win puts you just seven points behind Sébastien Loeb in the Drivers' Championship; the fight is back on. Do you believe you can still win with five rounds remaining?

MH:
Yeah, really confident against Sébastien! At least we are back in the fight. It's good to be only seven points behind after what happened in Argentina. The rest of the season will be exciting and maybe we can put some more pressure on Sébastien. It's really good. It brings everything back alive again.

Q:
Jarmo, it's the first win of the season, how important is this win in the grand scheme of things?

Jarmo Lehtinen:
I can't think of anything more important. The timing is perfect when Sébastien and the whole Citroën team has problems. We have delivered maximum points for the team. That's the main thing.

Q:
There must have been some relief when you crossed the finish of the last stage…

JL:
Absolutely, it was long this morning, but it felt like a very long stage this afternoon!

Q:
Sébastien, congratulations on the first WRC podium of your career in what is your debut WRC season. It's been a tough season, and we know you have been under pressure to perform consistently. What does it mean to you have finished on the podium?

Sebastien Ogier:
It's the perfect feeling for us to be here on the podium. We did a bad start to the season and some mistakes. It's difficult to come here and fight with the guys who have been here a lot of seasons, but now it's a good feeling in the team.

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