Mexico : Subaru World Rally Team - Leg 2The Subaru World Rally Team's quest for points continued on the second day of Rally Mexico, with Chris Atkinson/Glenn Macneall ending the leg in fifth position. Although it was a tough day, Atkinson felt he learned a lot more about
the characteristics of the Impreza WRC2007, which is still being developed by the team throughout its first-ever World Rally Championship event.
With four special stages left to run, Atkinson is on target to achieve the team's pre-event target of a top-five finish.
Richard Taylor, SWRT MD
“We continue to be very pleased with the performance of our new car here in Mexico. Chris is still in a strong fifth place, only 12 seconds off third, despite losing a few seconds this afternoon with an intermittent drop in power. We will fix that tonight in service so, with more than 60km of stages to run tomorrow, a podium finish is still a possibility.”
Chris Atkinson
“We're still in the fight, that's the main thing. We had a bit of a technical problem on the first stage after service this afternoon. It cost us a bit of time on the subsequent stages as well and we haven't been able to push as hard as we wanted to. Somehow we're still only a few seconds behind the guys in front, so if it's working well tomorrow, then we've still got a chance of a podium finish. We'll just have to wait and see how it feels on the first corner. For sure, we'll do all we can to get the best possible finish tomorrow.”
Source SWRT
