Driver / co-driver: Andreas Aigner and Klaus Wicha (
Red Bull Rally Team-Mitsubishi Lancer).
Press conference.
Q:
Congratulations Andreas, your first-ever win in the P-WRC. How does it feel?
Andreas Aigner:
My feeling is very, very good. After the off in Sweden the pressure has been a little bit higher already, so I’m really happy to be here and I didn’t expect that I could win; but, I’m very happy with the three days. We were only pushing on the first stage and especially in the first two stages, and after that, we tried to keep the gap like it is. And I am here and we have one minute left to the second place, so it’s quite okay.
Q:
Certainly you seemed like a very confident driver this weekend. Did you experience any problems at all?
AA:
Not, at all. We are very strong, quick as well. The team prepared the car very well and we had only one small moment in the last stage - El Cóndor - where we hit a stone but nothing broke on the car so everything is okay.
Q:
Klaus this must feed your confidence for the remaining rounds in the PWRC. We know that you both want to go for the title this year. This is a great confidence boost, isn’t it?
Klaus Wicha:
Yes, I think we try to get the title or at least to match the other guys. It’s a strong Championship so normally everybody in the Championship can win, and like Andreas said, after the retirement in Sweden this was a good opportunity to come back and fight against all the others. Yeah, I’m looking forward to Greece and even Turkey.
Q:
What was it like inside the car this weekend because you both were leading for the majority of the rally? Was it quite stressful inside the car?
AA:
We started the rally okay. The weather conditions in the whole weekend were completely difficult and we took it, let’s say, quite carefully in the first one pushing a little bit better on the second one, Ascochinga, and then we won there a little, and after that we tried to keep the gap and tried to keep all the guys behind us.
![Andreas Aigner (AUT), Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX [Production Car WRC]. Uddeholm Swedish Rally, February 7-10th 2008.](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/405613.jpg)
