Rally reactions: Swedish Rally - Day 3.

Sunday, 10th February 2008

"Henri Toivonen is a big hero of mine and in my dreams I wanted to beat his record, so this means so much to me..." - Jari-Matti Latvala.

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"As for the Citroën Sport Technologies drivers, Conrad Rautenbach and David Senior continued to familiarise themselves with their Xsara WRC, while Urmo AAva and Kuldar Sikk targeted a gap of 1s/km compared with the front-runners for their debut outing with the Citroën C4 WRC. They finished 0.8s/km down, which is a very satisfactory and highly encouraging result."

Nobuhiro Tajima [Suzuki WRT - team boss]:

"I am very happy. Toni and Tomi have brought us our best result to date in our short world rally career so far, and we have also finished in the points again - for the second time in two rallies! It's a very proud moment for everyone. Of course, I am very sorry for P-G and Jonas who would also have deserved to finish in the points again, just as they did in Monte Carlo. It's clear that we have a long way still to go but the car has been born well, as the results to date prove. This rally could not have been much more difficult for us, as all our limited preparation was based on snow. Even without it, we have managed to bring home another result. Congratulations to everybody now we are already working hard for Mexico. It will be a completely different event but the objective is the same: to bring back both cars in the points."

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Paul Hembery [Pirelli - motorsport director]:

"We had to face some very gravely conditions this year in Sweden, because of the lack of snow and ice: this meant that our tyres had to face a much wider performance window than we expected. For that very reason, it’s important to underline the fact that our Pirelli Sottozero tyres were a pleasant surprise for everybody in Sweden because of their strength and adaptability in the variable road conditions. Pirelli has been able to supply all the teams with a product capable of delivering the best possible performance even in these unusual circumstances compared to the normal winter weather that could be expected in Sweden."