Jari Matti Latvala meanwhile will drive the second car, his third outing for the team. His last excursion with the Stobart team was back in April on the Rallye de France-Tour de Corse, when he crashed out on day two, while lying seventh overall. That off left him needing surgery on his thumb and as a result he had to sit-out the event in Argentina. Although he wasn’t due to compete there for
Stobart, he was down to continue his assault on the Production Car WRC. Since then though his thumb has healed well and he was even able to compete in Greece just prior to the summer break, when he finished sixth overall in the PCWRC category in his Group N Impreza.
Speaking prior to what will be his penultimate outing with Ford’s B team, he noted that there is no room for error in Germany: "I think that this can be a difficult rally because of the weather. I’ve done it three times before and I like it a lot, but it needs a lot of concentration,” he warned. “You have to be careful as the roads change a lot. On the first and third days you can cut the corners a lot which means there can be a lot of gravel and mud on the road which makes it tricky if it’s wet. On the military roads you cannot cut so much, especially with the hinkelstein. The grip is not so good on the military roads, it feels more like a Finnish gravel rally."
In addition to running cars for Wilson and Latvala, the Stobart squad will also be in action in the
FIA Junior World Rally Championship and the Fiesta SportingTrophy International with Barry Clark.
Red Bull Skoda:
[Mattias Ekstrom, car #11 and Andreas Aigner, car #12]
Red Bull Skoda team boss, Armin Schwarz has revealed that the Austrian-based squad will utilise new components on the Fabia WRC this weekend.
Red Bull Skoda have been testing extensively for the Rallye Deutschland and as such they are hopeful Mattias Ekstrom and Andreas Aigner will be able to finish in the points and add to the team's tally. Thus far this season they have managed to score 14 points.
