Toni Gardemeister [Suzuki WRT]:
"I started the rally feeling really ill but it gradually got better over the next couple of days, which was a big relief as on Friday afternoon it felt nearly impossible for me to drive. On the whole the car was good and we made a lot of improvements over the course of the rally. Today's stages were nice and I really enjoyed myself, but for us it was mostly just a question of driving safely to the finish and making sure of the point. Now we get back to gravel in Japan, which I am looking forward to a lot!"
Conrad Rautenbach [PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC]:
"I was really looking forward to this one. I was pretty confident of points coming to this event. I knew the pace we had driven at in Catalunya and I knew what I was capable of in Corsica this week. It's just so frustrating. The first puncture came not far after the start [of SS9]. There was a tricky right over crest into a first gear left-hander. I was concentrating on the first part of the sequence and we hit something with the front-right. I guess it's something I should have picked up on the recce. We stopped the change the tyre, but then David [Senior – my co-driver] had trouble undoing the straps which hold the spare wheel in place, so it took us three minutes to change.
"As if that wasn't enough, we then clipped a kerb with the right-rear tyre in stage 11 and caught out second puncture of the day. Actually, this was our third as we'd left lunchtime service with a slow puncture on the car as well. We stopped to change in 11. The good news this time was that we improved our tyre-changing time by one minute! This just wasn't what I'd expected from this event at all. The way things have gone, we'd have been right in the points, but that – as they say – is rallying. It doesn't make it any easier though. Now it's Japan and another new one for me. Then again, it's a new one for everybody – let's get over there and see what we can do."
Henning Solberg [Stobart VK M-Sport Ford WRT]:
"I like the stages here especially with the twisty, narrow sections and my driving was really coming together on the last day. The rally went well, apart from the two punctures, and my final result doesn't exactly reflect the advances we have made and the good times we set today. I'm not a big tarmac fan and am definitely looking forward to Japan and to getting back onto gravel."
Per-Gunnar Andersson [Suzuki WRT]:
"The biggest problem I've had on this rally is with my confidence. I went off the road on the last rally in Spain and unfortunately the same thing happened again here. So on the last day I really wanted to make sure that I had a safe run to the finish with no further setbacks. Luckily the car felt very nice and I had a good feeling with it by the end. I tried some softer suspension settings as well, which gave us some interesting results. We're learning new things all the time, so I think we can head to the last two rallies with confidence."
Martin Prokop [Citroen C2 S1600: [JWRC - winner]
"It's been a good end to the season as we've won three rallies. I'd like to congratulate Sebastien Ogier [on winning the JWRC title]."
Sebastien Ogier [Citroen C2 S1600]: [2008 JWRC champion]
"Finally we've done it, here in Corsica! It was the best place to win this first world title. It's incredible and I'm so happy. What a weekend! It's been so difficult just to drive at this pace and focus on my main rival only."
