"The conditions don't get any worse than this in Sweden. The grip kept changing all the time and there was no way of knowing whether the next corner would be icy or just dirt. And there are no snow-walls to keep you on the stage either! You've got to be on your toes all the time."
Toni Gardemeister [Suzuki WRT]:
"When we went off it was like nothing I have ever experienced before in my rally career: instead of helping us the spectators accidentally made the situation worse! Otherwise, we could have been out of there in 10 or 15 seconds. It’s been a very tough day again, but I’m sure we can score some points so that will definitely be our aim tomorrow. It’s going to be impossible to catch the car in front so we just need to concentrate on staying out of trouble and not making any mistakes."
Conrad Rautenbach [PH Sport-Citroen Xsara WRC]:
"We are still learning and getting experience."
Mads Ostberg [Adapta Subaru Impreza WRC]:
"I’m disappointed after the problems this morning [the puncture in SS9 and the spin in SS10]. It is difficult to find the motivation [now I have dropped from P6 to P15]. I hope we can do some good times tomorrow."
Chris Atkinson [Subaru WRT]:
"We had a steady day. The car ran ok, and we had no major problems. We’re focusing on Manufacturer points so there was no need to do anything silly. Conditions were very tricky today and it was easy to make a mistake. Every stage was full gravel apart from SS11 so it’s a strange Swedish Rally. It was trickiest where you got unexpected slush on the inside of corners that changed the grip level. The car was better today and we were fastest at the beginning of the final stage. We’ll make some more changes tonight and have a steady day tomorrow."
![Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN) BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07. Swedish Rally. February 7-10 2008. [PIC CREDIT: FORD / worldrallypics.com]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/405528.jpg)
