Hirvonen and Loeb relaunch the WRC

Since Jari-Matti Latvala's victory in Sardinia, the Ford team seems to be in a positive spiral. This weekend in Greece, it was his teammate Mikko Hirvonen who placed a Ford Focus on the top step of the podium. Jari-Matti Latvala took third place and allowed his team to score 16 new points in the championship. While we thought that this one was definitely decided after Sébastien's five consecutive victories Loeb, the Ford team is more than ever back at the forefront. Having returned to 15 points in the manufacturers' ranking, Ford can now hope for something other than runners-up and intends to play a role on both counts.

Mikko Hirvonen can thus hope to dream of a first world crown even though he is only seven points behind Loeb in the general standings. “ We are back in the fight for the championship “, he said. " The last five rallies will be exciting. The next two events, in Poland and Finland, are on fast dirt roads, which suits me », predicts the one who won his eighth success in WRC this week-end.

Malcolm Wilson was obviously delighted with this result. “ Our championship hopes were a little dashed before Sardinia but we didn't give up and we are back in the battle “, he concluded. The next event will take place in Poland from June 25 to 28 where the drivers will discover a new rally.