Drivers / co-drivers: Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia (Volkswag🐟en Motorsport), Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul (Hyundai Motorsport) and Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Floene (Volkswagen Motorsport).

Team principal: Jost Capito (Volkswagen Motorsport).

Press conference

Q:
Sebas💃tien, what an incredible battle through three days of competition! 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 to be able to ܫwin so I pushed hard all the way.

Q:
The final stage is where we saw the rally won.ꦡ Wh𒐪at were 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. I drove as fast as I could, and of course I u꧋nderstand 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 weekend, I'm sure f𝓡or 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 toug🦩h challenge and a huge battle, how would yoཧu sum up the weekend?

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

Q:
Thiꦍerry, you leave Sweden with second position - but going into the final stage no one was sure which position any o🐓f 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 manage🌸d to only lose like 15 seconds on those mistakes the whole weekend.

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

Thierry Neuville:
The conditions were horrible. I pushed ve🍃ry hard and Nicolas asked me to slow down not to make any mistakes.

Q:
We return to Mexico ꦆnow where you picked u🤪p a podium last year - the same aim again this year?

Thierry Neuville:
For us it's a special event. It was our first podium ജin 🦩WRC so we're really looking forward to it.

Q:
Nicolas, what was the atmosphere likeꦗ in the car? Are you h🧜appy with second?

Nicolas Gilsoul:
I'm very happy from the beginning to the end. We were lucky with our tyre plan, so we made so༺me good decisions.

Q:
Andreas, you were leading going into the final stage but a mistake dropped you down to third. You gav☂e 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. Coming into the day was really interesting. We decided to go maximum on the last stage, we knew we 💫had to do it to be able to win.

Q:
Talk us thr🔯ough what went wrong in the last stage.

Andreas Mikkelsen:
In a leꦑft 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 are huge positives to take away from this ﷺweekend, can you turn the disappointment of the final stage into something that can heဣlp you in the future?

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

Q:
How did you find thisꦕ weekend, how is it from your view?

Ola Floene:
I love 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. ꦅTo have the interest 𒈔back for the WRC, that's amazing, isn't it?

Ola Floene:
It's good fo🧜r the sport and in this rally there's been so much interest for the sport and this event.

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

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

Q:
What have you thought of Andreas' performance this weeken🤡d?

Jost Capito:
An♛dreas' performance was outstanding and to be in a lead like this was r▨eally impressive. If you end up in a snow bank you end up in a snow bank; sometimes you just have bad luck.

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

Jost Capito:
In the final stage it all comes down to mind games. They have shown they are really the right World Cha🧜mpions.