Gardemeister though last contested it in 2005 and so it will be very much question of re-acquainting himself with the Turkish stages after a three-year absence.
"I don’t know a lot about the stages, but I remember that they were quite nice and classic gravel roads. In 2003 it was very cold, and the stages were partly covered with snow and ice. When I did the rally in 2005, the recce was very foggy so it was difficult to have good pace notes," said the Finn.
"Hopefully the conditions should be a bit better this year. In terms of the car, we have definitely seen an improvement in the reliability recently - and our aim is to continue in this way for the rest of the season."
P-G Andersson was also happy with the team's performance in the extreme conditions in Greece. He has competed in Turkey three times - once more than Gardemeister - and while he has bittersweet memories, he won the JWRC class in 2005 and did it again in 2006, until he was disqualified for a trivial rule infringement, he is still looking forward to it.
"We’re definitely on the right road, and I’m want another good result in Turkey. Because the conditions are not as bad as the Acropolis, I think we can definitely aim to score some driver points. If the car is as reliable as it was in Greece, I see no reason why that shouldn’t be possible. Turkey is a rally that I like a lot, so I think we can push a bit," he added.
Production WRC:
Round 4.
Andreas Aigner currently leads the race for the PWRC crown following his second win in succession less than two weeks ago in Greece.
Aigner now has 20 points on the board, while Jari Ketomaa is second on 14 points, with Juho Hanninen third - 2 points further back. Ketomaa and Hanninen have both opted not to nominate Turkey on which to score Production points and as such Andreas now has a good chance to increase his lead.
The Austrian’s target is to do just that and he is going for points this weekend as opposed to pushing for a hat-trick of victories.
