Citroen privateer
Conrad Rautenbach is looking forward to getting back on to familiar territory this weekend in Sardinia.
Rautenbach has had something of a rollercoaster ride to the year so far and while the high was undoubtedly that fourth place finish in Argentina, he came back to down to earth with a bump in Jordan, when he was involved in a head-on collision with
Sebastien Loeb.
Now the Zimbabwean will want a less dramatic event and with good experience of the Rally d'Italia he at least won't have to worry about learning yet another new round.
"It goes without saying that the last rally in Jordan didn't go the way I had hoped or expected; round five came as something of a wake-up call after the high of finishing fourth in Argentina," he stated.
"That said, I did take positives from Jordan – particularly the time I spent in the car on the Sunday. Saturday [in Jordan] and the crash with Sebastien Loeb was a bit of a nightmare. There's no getting away from that, but as soon as it had happened, I was looking to get back out in the car straight away.
"All I want, right now, is time in the
Citroen. It's such a great car to drive, and I feel I'm understanding more about what makes it tick.
"Sunday was the longest day of the event, I was really pleased PH Sport managed to get our C4 WRC ready.
"Given that I'm using the same car [in Sardinia] I drove in Jordan, it's good for me to know that the set-up of the C4 WRC was spot-on on Sunday afternoon. We'd had a few issues on the Sunday morning, but I wasn't sure if that was me or the car. When we got back to service we had a look at the data and made some changes. After that, the car was great and Sunday afternoon's stages were a blast.
