Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally team:
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Gigi Galli, car #7 and
Henning Solberg, car #8 and
Matthew Wilson, car #16]
Stobart trio up for Greek challenge.
After finding a level he was happy with on his home event earlier this month, Stobart Ford's Gigi Galli now wants to continue his electric gravel form on the Acropolis Rally.
Galli managed to increase his tally to 17 points following his fourth place finish in Sardinia and he will be after another strong finish on the Acropolis to try and close the gap to Dani Sordo, who is fifth in the drivers' championship - four points in front.
While this will be only Gigi's third attempt at the Greek event - and he last competed on it back in 2005 when he finished seventh, the Italian did the reconnaissance in both 2006 and 2007 and that should help to diminish the disadvantage he will be at having missed the round these last two years.
"I am looking forward to the Greece Rally as we found a good level of consistency in Sardinia and hopefully it will be possible to keep this going," he noted.
"Although I haven't competed in this event for a few years, we did the recce for the last two years and so have a good understanding of the stages and the rocky conditions.
"Even so it is still sure to be a tough event, the stages are rough and demanding and I expect the temperatures to be hotter than in Sardinia. It's definitely going to be a hard test for the car, crew and the Pirelli tyres, but I'm confident we are all up to the challenge."
Galli's team-mates Henning Solberg and Matthew Wilson meanwhile are both looking to do better in Greece after pretty lacklustre results in Sardinia two weeks ago.
Henning, who was having another 'guest' run under the Munchi's banner in Italy, brought his Focus RS WRC07 home in seventh place, but the 'Expert' man wants to break into the top-five this Sunday, something he has only achieved twice this year - in Mexico and Jordan.
