"We started off this rally with everything feeling good. The car was perfect and my feeling with it was great but my times were slower than I thought they would be," added Villagra. "But I knew it would be a tough event and didn't want to push anymore than I should. Then the mechanics made some changes to the roll bar and it transformed the handling.
"The times improved towards the second half of the rally and by the final day there was no real reason to push hard. We had reached a good overall position and I concentrated on not making any mistakes.
"It was important for me to get more points here and, together with our second driver for this event Barry Clark, we have strengthened our position in the manufacturers' championship."
The Munchi's Ford WRT now has 19 points on the board and with
Suzuki failing to score, the gap between the two has increased from 6 points to 9. The Argentine squad now has four events remaining in its ten-round campaign and the next rally, Rally Finland, sees
Luis Perez Companc joining Villagra as they take on the challenge of the ultra-fast Finnish roads.
