"We had a good start and we were fighting with Jari-Matti and Petter but then we had a puncture which lost us time. Once we had the puncture and I was down I just took it quite safe and easy. In the end I could have pushed for the last day and a half and I might have beaten Petter after his two punctures, but you can never know that and we might have got a puncture anyway so that's life. It's been a good weekend though as we were on Petter's pace before the puncture yesterday. I've driven a good rally and it's good to get some points. I think Petter and I are pretty close on tarmac at the moment. He's got an extra point or two out of these last two rallies but we've had a little bit of bad luck. I think we're both pushing quite hard and that's good for my driving still."
Urmo Aava [PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC]:
"It's been a good weekend apart from a few technical troubles that we had on Friday. We didn't push at all today, the goal was to keep seventh place."
Matthew Wilson [Stobart VK M-Sport Ford WRT]:
"The last two days have been extremely positive and after our problem on Friday when we lost time, it just shows that anything can happen on a rally. We have had some good battles in climbing back up the leaderboard especially this morning when we got past Tirabassi into eighth place. It's been a very useful rally to learn more about the tyres and how to drive on these twisty, technical stages and a great boost in confidence to have set decent splits and have a really solid two days."
Mads Ostberg [Adapta WRT Subaru Impreza WRC]:
"I'm pleased even though we've just missed out on eighth and one WRC drivers' point. I didn't drive very well today but our mechanics have done a fantastic job all weekend. I think I've made a lot of progress on asphalt during these two rallies. Next we'll be at the Wales Rally GB."
Barry Clark [Stobart VK M-Sport Ford WRT]:
"I'm really very happy; to get up into the top 10 in my first tarmac rally in a world rally car is absolutely amazing. I have just really built things up over the weekend and focused on improving my driving and making it to the end of the event. It was also a surprise to be beating some of the full time manufacturer drivers along the way. I prepared well for this rally and it all paid off."
Andreas Mikkelsen [Ramsport Ford Focus RS WRC]:
"After our puncture there was nothing left to fight for. So the important thing was to concentrate and continue to learn how to drive on asphalt."
Khalid Al Qassimi [BP Ford Abu Dhabi WRT]:
"I made changes to the car's set-up this weekend and I'm nearly happy with that now. I have more to learn about my driving style on asphalt. I have a little knowledge, and I will gain more, but in general I'm pleased with the weekend."
