Drivers / co-drivers: Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia (Volkswagen Motorsport), Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul (Hyundai Motorsport) and A🐲ndreas Mikkelsen and Ola Floene (Volkswagen Motorsport).

Team principal: Jost Capito (Volkswagen Motorsport).

Press conference

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

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

Q:
The final𝐆 stage is where we saw the rally won. What were your thoughts going int🍷o that?

Sebastien Ogier:
I've had some similar situations before, but today it was someho🧸w easier to manage because I knew we had to go flat out. 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 weekend, I'꧂m sure for everyone. When we need to push like th𒆙is 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 challenge and a huge battle, how would you sum♉ up the weekend?

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

Q:
Thierry, you leave Sweden w✱ith seco☂nd position - but going 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 weekeဣnd.

Q:
At one point Nicolas, your co-driver, had to tell you to 'calm dow🐎n a bit' - diꦐd you listen to him?

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

Q:
We return to Mexico now where you pi💖cked 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 looking forward to🐽 it.

Q:
Nicolas, what was the♏ atmosphere like in the car? Are you happy with second?

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

Q:
Andreas, yo💟𝐆u were leading 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 ಌreally fast. Coming into the day wasไ really interesting. We decided to go maximum on the last stage, we knew we had to do it to be able to win.

Q:
Ta🔯lk us through what went wrong in the 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 are huge positives to take away from this weekend, can you turn the disappointment of the final stage into ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚsomething that can help you in the future?

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

Q:
How did you find this weekend, how is i♈t from your view?

Ola Floene:
I love the sport, but in a situation like this🐼 I hate it. Butജ I still love it back here!

Q:
So many people were watching the battle this weekend. To have the interest bac🎃k for the WRC, that's amazing, isn't it?

Ola Floene:
It's good for the sport and in this rally there's bee💞n so much interest for the sport and this event.

Q:
Jost, it's been an amazing f♍ight, a show🐓case for the WRC.

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

Q:
What have you though🌞t of Andreas' performance this weekend?

Jost Capito:
Andreas' performance was outstanding and to be in a lead like this was really impressive. If you end up in a snow bank you end up in a snoꦓw 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 game🙈s. They have sho♛wn they are really the right World Champions.