Chris Atkinson:
Well, it has been a great step forward although I don't think we can fight for wins just yet. But we were about on the pace in Greece and we would have been in contention without our problem. Here the car is already feeling better for me and every step you make takes you closer to the front.
Q:
Were there any glitches during shakedown?
CA:
No, we just did three runs and parked up quite early because the feeling is good so no point in hurting the car.
Q:
Is there a lot of work to be done with the car over the summer break?
CA:
I think it will mostly be small things from now on - fine tuning, work on the diff settings, that sort of stuff. Those improvements get you the last few tenths of a second a kilometre that put you right at the top. Each improvement takes you nearer.
Q:
When in your opinion will we see the car winning rallies?
CA:
Hopefully soon: Everyone in the team is waiting for that moment. I think it might come a bit later in the year and if we can get both cars in the top five here, that will be great.
Q:
We have seen some great performances from you so far this season and you still lie in third position in the Drivers' Championship but
Jari-Matti Latvala is chasing you down. Can you stay ahead this weekend?
CA:
Greece was unfortunate for us. Without our problem I think we'd have taken points from Jari-Matti. Here will also be difficult on the first day, running third, especially tomorrow when guys like
Gigi Galli running further down the order will be very fast. Hopefully we can make sure we don't lose too much time and then we can attack the next two days.
Q:
The SX4 has recently completed rallies without the use of SupeRally, with you in Italy and Toni (Gardemeister) in Greece. How much would you say the car has improved since its debut in Monte-Carlo?
Per-Gunnar Andersson:
It has been making small progress all the time. Today we had a small problem with the gear change but now it's all OK. All our development has been on the rallies but this time here we have some new parts which should help with both the speed and the reliability.
