Crash.net:
What experience have you got driving WRC cars?
BC:
Not a lot at the moment. I have done a couple of shakedowns for M-Sport and I did a rally day at the Chatsworth Rally Show [in September last year], doing some demo runs. But that is about the limit of it. Hopefully we will be able to get a lot more experience before June.
Crash.net:
Any idea how many tests you will do before Turkey and when they will be?
BC:
Not at the moment. I really don't know. It all depends on what is available and what we can pull together and what Malcolm says to it. Hopefully they will let me do some more shakedowns and some rally days. There could be some PR days too and we might get a run in Greystoke forest or whatever. Anything we can do and any chance I can get to be in the car I will be up for.
Crash.net:
How are you going to approach the events in Turkey, France and GB?
BC:
The main aim has to be to finish the rallies and gain experience. The guys I am competing against have been on these rallies for years and years. They know the stages and they know the cars inside out. I can't hope or expect to be in right beside them. I just have to take a steady approach, use my head and drive sensibly. I want to get the experience, but I will push where I feel I can and put some good times in on the stages I feel comfortable on.
Crash.net:
Will the fact you are nominated to score points for the Munchi's team increase the pressure in Turkey?
BC:
No, not for me. I will just do my own thing as I would anyway. Turkey is a really rough gravel event and the attrition rate will be quite high. We will take it steady and see how we get on.
Crash.net:
Have you spoken to any of the other Ford drivers' yet to get some information about the car and the new Pirelli tyres?
BC:
Not yet. That is all going to be done obviously before. Hopefully I am going to get out to some of the rallies and work with George [Black] - the tyre engineer - and learn an awful lot from him. I want to work with the car engineers and learn about the car and the different set-ups for the different surfaces and different events too. Obviously I will speak to the drivers' as well. I know Matthew [Wilson] reasonably well and Scott [Martin] is obviously navigating for him. Scott co-drove for me last year and I will try and learn as much as I possibly can from him.
Crash.net:
You said you are hoping to do some events in the BRC earlier. What else can you tell us about that?
