Peugeot's latest WRC recruit Mark Fisher has com🎃pleted his preparations for the Acropolis Rally, 𒐪and hopes that the event itself will be as enjoyable as his first taste of Greek rallying.

The 27-year old Ulsterman, along with experienced co-driver Gordon Nob💧le, put the finishing touches to a three-day recce for the gruelling event yesterday [Monday] and, with a day of rest before the rally begins in earnest has been able to reflect on his elevation to the big time after a year of driving a Peugeot 106.

''We have had a very enjoyable recce, with no real problems,'' Fisher revealed, ''We used a rally-prepared 306 - w꧂hich was similar in size to the 206 WRC - which should be a help. The car had no air conditioning, meaning that we had to acclimatise to the heat, but we are using this as preparation for the rally itself, when we will have🔥 to face very high temperatures in the car, under greater pressure.

''It's been a tight schedule to follow but, with our only delay being a puncture on day one, there have been no dramas. It's been a bit dusty, ꦕbut it's the heat which is our main concern.''

''The stages have been very rough,'' added co-driver Noble, ''So much so that I had to borrow a pillow from our hotel to give me a better surface t൩o lay my pace-note book on, in order to even out the bumps in the car, as I was writi🔥ng all the notes from scratch. Mark is able to relax today, but I'm still re-writing the notes to ensure they are legible!''

Tomorrow [Wednesday] sees the Irish duo putting the actual 206 WRC which they will use in the rally through its final shakedown, before the rally starts for real on Friday. 🤪Thursday is taken up with scrutineering and press conferences, but all eyes are now on the three-day event that lies ahead.