Drivers / co-drivers: Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia (Volkswagen Motorsport), Thierry Neuville and Nicol𓆉as Gilsoul (Hyundai Motorsport) and Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Floe💜ne (Volkswagen Motorsport).

Team principal: Jost Capito (Volkswagen Motorsport).

Press conference

Q:
Sebastien, what an📖 incredible battle through three days of competඣition! Is this the hardest fight for the win you have ever had?

Sebastien Ogier:
It feels great of course. It's been a very, very exciting weekend. I knew I had to take some risks toꦡ be able to win so I pushed hard all the way.

Q:
The final ♍stage is where we saw the rally won. What 𒁏were your thoughts going into that?

Sebastien Ogier:
I've had some similar situations before, but today it was somehow easier to manage because I knew we had to go flat out.꧙ I drove as fast 🦩as I could, and of course I understand the frustration for Andreas but I'm sure his victory will come soon.

Q:
Did you enjoy this year's rally?

Sebastien Ogier:
It was a very exciting weeke♚nd, I'm sure for everyone. When we need to push like this we all love to drive. It's great🍒 for the show, it's great for the fans but I hope the next one is not like this!

Q:
Julien, congratulations - a tough 𝓀challenge and a huge battle, how wo💮uld you sum up the weekend?

Julien Ingrassia:
Of course it's the same thing from a co driver's perspective, no mistakes are🤪 alಌlowed. But I had time to enjoy all the stages here in Rally Sweden.

Q:
Thierry, you l⛄eave Sweden with second position - but go෴ing into the final stage no one was sure which position any of you would walk away with. Happy with the result?

Thierry Neuville:
It's okay, it's a good🅠 feeling for me. We were very strong and they (Volkswagen) are hard to beat. I tried to avoid mistakes and I managed to only lose like 15 seconds on those mistakes the whole weekend.

Q:
At one point Niജcolas, your co-driver, had to tell you to 'calm ꧙down a bit' - did you listen to him?

Thierry Neuville:
The conditions were horrible. I pushed very hard and Nicolas asked𒐪 me to slow down n🔯ot to make any mistakes.

Q:
We return to Mexico now where 🐻you picked up a podium last year - the same aim again this year?

Thierry Neuville:
For us it's a special event. It was our first podium in WRC so we're really lo🥀oking forward to it.

Q:
Nicolas, what was the atmosphere like in the car? Are you 𓃲happy with sꦺecond?

Nicolas Gilsoul:
I'm very happy from🐓 the beginning to the end. We were lucky with our tyre pl✤an, so we made some good decisions.

Q:
Andreas, you were lea🃏ding going into the final stage but a mistake dropped you down to third. You gave it everything you had - what are your feelings now?

Andreas Mikkelsen:
I look at this weekend as a positive one. We had a gap but made a mistake. We tried to fight hard, Thierry and S?bastien were really fast. 𒐪Coming into the day was really interesting. We decided to go maximum on the last sta♛ge, we knew we had to do it to be able to win.

Q:
Talk us through what went wrong in th🐷e last stage.

Andreas Mikkelsen:
In a left hand corner I got in a little too fast and the rear caught the corner and made us spin. Luckily 💝there were spectators there to help us but of course I feel unlucky not being able to win.

Q:
There a⛎re huge positives to take away from this weekend, can you turn the disappointment of the final stage into someꦉthing that can help you in the future?

Andreas Mikkelsen:
I think we learn a lot this weekend and hopefullꦿy we can take this with us into Mexico.

Q:
How did you find this weekend, how is it from𒆙 your view?

Ola Floene:
I lov🌊e the sport, but in a situation like this I hate it. But I still love it back here!

Q:
So many people♚ were watching the battle this weekend. To have the interest back for the WRC, that's amazing, isn'ღt it?

Ola Floene:
It's good for the sport and in this rally there's been so much interest f🎉or the sport an💎d this event.

Q:
Jost, it's been an amꦓazing fight, a showcase for the 🦹WRC.

Jost Capito:
It was an incredible showcase for the sport. A really fantastic rally and interesting for everybody. I think this 🍒can make for a great꧑ season.

Q:
What have 𒊎you thought of Andreas' performance tꦰhis weekend?

Jost Capito:
Andreas' performance was outstanding and to be in a lead like 🔯this was really impressive. If you end up in a snowꦚ bank you end up in a snow bank; sometimes you just have bad luck.

Q:
Seb said he was going to hunt the oth⭕er guys down, and he did. What's your thought on our World Champion?

Jost Capito:
In the fin🍃al stage it all comeꦉs down to mind games. They have shown they are really the right World Champions.