Asked about the final stage - the repeat run through the long 31.03 kilometre Olympos test, where
Sebastien Loeb appeared to be a real threat to snatch the win, Malcolm conceded it was very nervous waiting to see how things would turn out.
"After 11 kilometres it wasn't looking very good. I knew the guys were going to try and look after the tyres - Jari-Matti in particular, of course. But when we saw Sebastien do the times he did, it was worrying," Malcolm continued.
"When they got to the 16 kilometre split and Seb had not taken more time out of them I relaxed a bit. I kept flashing back to the previous split on the first time through the stage to see that Mikko was on course.
"Then he dropped four seconds and Colin came on rally radio to say he'd had a puncture and we had no idea how much he'd lost in that last sector. That was all a bit worrying and a bit stressful then."
As for the season to date, Wilson reckons they are doing better than he thought they would be at this point of the year: "We are ahead of schedule. I didn't expect to be here at the mid-point. I always said the guys would be better in the second half of the season. It's a bonus to us and I guess we'll be sweeping the road in Finland!" he concluded.
