Q:
Welcome Luis, this is your home event and the first of three WRC events on which you will be competing for the Munchi's team this year. What does it mean to you competing in front of your local fans?
Luis-Perez Companc:
It's a very good feeling and I was waiting for this rally. It's my first rally of this year; my last rally was Wales last year so I have to train a bit before this one, but the people here are very enthusiastic and it's a very fast rally and they support me a lot so it's going to be a very good rally.
Q:
Are you disappointed that you only have to time to compete on three events? Could we possibly see you on more?
LPC:
I would like to do more, but I have my family and my work. Argentina is far away from every round so it's 8-10 days being out of here so that's why I made the decision to do only three rounds. But I've been running for four or five years now and enjoying it a lot.
Q:
You have tested for this event, what was it like to be back in the car again and was it a successful test?
LPC:
Very good; you know is like riding a bicycle and I have 200 kilometres of testing and it was a very good test, so I feel confident for this weekend.
Q:
What are your hopes for the Munchi's team this year? This is the team's second year; could we see it as a permanent team within the WRC?
LPC:
I hope so. Last year we finished very well. This year we started scoring points with both cars in Mexico, so I hope also in Argentina we can do the same. It's going to be difficult but we are confident that the team could do it all year. But we will see, we have very good expectations tomorrow for the team.
Q:
Luis, you are going to be competing in the
FIA GT Championship I believe this year.
LPC:
It's a new challenge I'm going through. The next challenge is that I want to compete in Le Mans next year and so I think the training is good in this Championship. It's a different thing; I still like most the rallying but it's much less time to go to each event. It's a nice challenge.
Q:
Petter,
Subaru is equal second with Citroën in the Manufacturers' Championship going into this event. It has been a good start to the year; how is team morale at the moment?
