Quotes&Notes from the shakedown

Thursday, June 11

(4,36 km; 25°C; very good attendance)

Car #1 - S. Ogier / J. Ingrassia: "No problem. This surface was quite soft, very representative of race conditions. Car went well on hard tyres."

Car #2 - JM. Latvala / M. Anttila: "Car setup is ok, I went for hard tyres and I am very motivated."

Car #3 - K. Meeke / P.Nagle: "We set a very good time. Everything went well, a part from a little damage on the rear right tyre. It will be a very long and tough rally."

Car #4 - M. Ostberg / J. Andersson: "I experienced a very good feeling with the car. I tried hard and soft tyres and I am satysfied with my setup. Rally Italia Sardegna always is a very tough race but I like it and I feel good with the race and the island."

Car #6 - O. Tanak / R. Molder: "Everything went well, good feeling with the car. We had hard tyres but we could make different choices for the race. I feel confident, I love Rally Italia Sardegna and I even finished on podium three years ago."

Car #8 - D. Sordo / M. Marti: "It went well, shakedown was representative of the rally, Car setup is ok, we went for both hard and soft tyres. I am happy with my time and I am confident."

Car #9 - A. Mikkelsen / O. Floene: "I had some good loops, shakedown was very dusty and I tried different solutions mixing hard and soft tyres. We will see if we will repeat this during the race. Car is ok."

Car #14 - R. Kubica / M. Szczepaniak: "It was a very tough shakedown, with difficult conditions in its final part. Everything went well and car setup is ok. We tried new solutions and they worked in the right way. As per the tyres, with Pirelli we have only hard tyres."

Car #37 - L. Bertelli / L. Granai: they experienced an engine overheating in his third loop.

Car #32 - S. Lefebvre / S. Prevot: "First time on the Regional Car. It is another car than R5's, but here I can not understand the real difference between them."

Car #42 - N. Al-Attiyah / M. Baumel: they are using Michelin again after they used Pirelli in Rally Portugal.

Car #81 - E. Brazzoli / M. Barone: they overshot a junction and did some little damage on the car.

Car #69 - A. Crugnola / M. Ferrara: to avoid any damage, they did three pass only.

Car #71 - F. Andolfi / S. Scattolin + Car #72 - G.Testa / E. Inglesi: both ACI Team Italia crews had one loop only. Testa / Inglesi suffered a dumper issue.