"But it is only by confronting the most challenging conditions that we will make progress. For many years the Acropolis Rally has been considered to be one of the most demanding events on the calendar, so we are eagerly awaiting this next challenge near Athens.
"Our objective remains to get both cars into the points, although this is a big task. In order to help us achieve this, our drivers will need to remember that the most important thing is always to get to the finish, by continuing the mature and measured approach they have adopted all year."
Toni Gardemeister and Per-Gunnar Andersson meanwhile have both confirmed that they will tackle the seventh round of the World Rally Championship in Athens with caution.
Gardemeister has competed on the Acropolis six times and while he missed it last year, he was fourth in 2006 and second in 2005. That experience should help him as he tries to put an end to a run of four successive DNFs.
"The Acropolis is a rally that I have always liked, but along with most rallies these days it is more of a sprint event than the marathon it used to be," said the Finn. "If we have the strength and reliability that we are aiming for, then it could actually be a rally that suits our car because the most important thing is to be there at the finish.
"I think we will approach the rally in much the same way as we did in Sardinia: there is no point in pushing flat-out everywhere. We learnt a lot in Sardinia, so hopefully in Greece we can finish in the points."
P-G Andersson, like Gardemeister, did not take in this event last year, but he did do it in 2005 and 2004 as part of his JWRC programme. While the results were mixed - he rolled out in '04 and won the Junior class in '05 - he is also focused on getting to the end.
"Although I've been to Greece before, I've never done the stages around Athens, as when I competed on the rally previously all the stages were near Lamia - a long way to the west of Athens," he added.
