Adrien Fourmaux remains hopeful for fourth place: "You never know what can happen up front."

Adrien fourmaux regained its rhythm during the third day of the Rally From Sweden, he stayed close to Oliver Solberg during the second loop after encountering a shock absorber problem in the morning. Sixth in the overall standings, the Frenchman trails Solberg by 19,3 seconds and Esapekka Lappi by 11,1 seconds.

Fifth, or even fourth place, remains within reach for the crew Hyundai. " We'll need to optimize tomorrow. I'm happy with the car's progress this afternoon. It was quite positive. he rejoiced on the AUTO microphonehebdopresent on site. I'll keep this feeling in mind tomorrow, right from the first stage, to play my part on Sunday and try to catch up with Lappi. You never know what can happen up front. Even Oliver could be struggling. We'll see. It's a rally right to the end, it's full of surprises. We'll see what happens. »

A minor blunder in the fifteenth special stage cost the Frenchman some time, as he was the only driver to start with just five wheels on his Hyundai. This was so as not to be too disturbed by the car's balance. explains Fourmaux. If there was one loop where I could do it, it was this one. I had to ease off a bit in the first one, unfortunately, because it was hard on the tires. So in the gravel section, I tried to take it easy on the tires. But in the next three, I gave it everything I had. In the last one, unfortunately, I made a small mistake at a junction, but otherwise, the time was pretty good. »

Adrien Fourmaux now has three special stages on Sunday to make up ground on his rivals in the overall standings. He can also pick up up to ten additional championship points thanks to the Super Sunday and Power Stage.

Interview conducted by Pierre Barré, in Sweden. 

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