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Midday Quotes, Rallye Monte-Carlo, Day 2
“The feeling has been very good this morning. We have one of the best gravel crews and Ilka [Minor, co-driver] is delivering perfect pacenotes. I am feeling really confident. Yesterday I was maybe a little too careful, but now that I am pushing a bit more the rhythm is much better.
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“The conditions are very tricky, but they are also very enjoyable to drive. You have to be always sideways and very strong on the brakes. I think it is possible to go a bit faster, but then I will be driving on the limit and this is for sure not the best time to do this!”
Juho Hänninen (7th) said:
“The middle stage [SS6] was much easier – if there was any grip out there, then that was where it was! On the other two stages [SS5 and SS7] the grip was really changeable and I was not so confident – they were really different from SS6 where the grip was more consistent all the way though.
“For the moment I am just being patient – trying to learn and get used to everything. It is so easy to make a mistake in these conditions, especially if you are not fully confident. The best plan is just to take it stage by stage.”
Mads Østberg (9th) said:
“Today has been a lot better. I was thinking a lot last night and decided to take a different approach. I knew yesterday that I was the problem as I tried to change the car a bit but nothing really helped. I looked specifically at my driving style to try and understand why and where I was losing so much time. Now I know that I have to push more where there are clean lines. Where there is snow, but clean Tarmac lines, I need to look outside of these lines to find better grip.
“It seems to be working a lot better today. I changed my mentality having started the rally thinking that I just had to get through to the finish – it has been a long time sine I have approached an event like that and I just couldn’t get it to work. I think for me I need to push a little bit to make it work. It feels a lot better now that we are focussing on trying to catch [Bryan] Bouffier and Juho [Hänninen].”
PaddockTalk Perspective
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