by Rob Wilkins

TO HEAR THE INTERVIEW IN FULL WITH FRANCOIS DUVAL: 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:CLICK HERE

Francois Duval was the ♓star of the recent Rallye Deutschland, securing the runners-up spot on the final day after a tru💝ly fantastic performance in his OMV Kronos-run Citroen Xsara WRC.

wuqian0821.com Radio caught up with the Bel𒊎gian recently to chat to him about that event and to find out if he is going to be able to do any more e💮vents during the remainder of the season...

wuqian0821.com:
Francois, I guess you must still be on a high following that drive in Germany, which w๊as just outst🌌anding. How pleased were you with your performance there?

Francois Duval:
𝕴Yes I am very happy. It as was a really good performance for me. I hope I can do the rallies in Spain, Corsica and the RAC [Rally GB] now, but that is dep𝔉endent on getting the budget.

wuqian0821.com:
Obviously it was only your second WRC event of the season - and your first with the Citroen Xsara𒐪 WRC, since 2005. How difficult did that make things?

FD:
The Xsara is a really good car. We had the active differentials and we had no problems at all. I stalled the engine once, but durin💯g the rest of the event we had no issues. It is a nice car.

wuqian0821.com:
Whaꩵt did you make of the OMV Kronos Citroen team and your team-mate, Manfred Stohl?

FD:
It is a good team. I am very h🐭appy with Man🤪fred - he is a really nice guy. Everything was OK.

wuqian0821.com:
On the fi🍌nal day you were quickest in every single test aꦓnd seemingly pressurised Marcus Gronholm into a mistake. It was a very strong end to the event for you...

FD:
It was a go𓄧od final day. On the last day I went really quickly. I managed to put some pressure on Marcus for Sebastien and he gained some extra points [as a result to close the gap a bit more in the drivers' championship]. The result was really nice for me, for Citroen and for Seb.

wuqian0821.com:
Did you have an𒀰y problems with the cow on the last stage, likꦓe Marcus and Petter Solberg?

FD:
No, I drove all of the last stage flat-💝out. I didn't have the splits to Marcus - no information on him - and I pushed all the way to th♌e finish.

wuqian0821.com:
W🅰as it tough to get back in the Xsara after such👍 a long break from it?

FD:
No, the confidence came back quickly.

wuqian0821.com:
Ho🐽w important was it to put in a൲ good drive in Germany?

FD:
I like this event. It is my favourite event.

wuqian0821.com:
Did you feel under a lot of pressure to deliver thou🤡gh?

FD:
No, there was no pressure at all because 🥂I was drivꦇing for a private team.

wuqian0821.com:
You said at the start of this interview and in the post-event press conference that you now hope to do Spain, Fran♏ce and Rally GB with Kronos. Can you give us any more information?

FD:
No, there isn't any more information at the moment - but if we do secure the budget then I will drive with Citroen and the Kronos ꦫteam again.

wuqian0821.com:
Are you going to get in any tes🥀ts prior to those outings, if they go ahead?

FD:
No - no tests for the moment.

wuqian0821.com:
Final two questions: assuming you can do those three events - what is the target, because obviously yꩵour performance in Germany means expectations will now be very higꦐh?

FD:
I will have the same target. If possible I will stay on the road and if finish in the top five it will be really good. Of course in Catalunya and Corsica the roads are rea🃏lly fast and if it is dry, I hope the cars performance will be really good, the same as it was on the Rallye Deutschland. But it will be more difficult in Corsica because my car is older and the C4 and the new Focus are the latest evolutions.

wuqian0821.com:
Will it be possible to win in Spain or France - because without those problems on day 2 in Germany it could have been very possible 🌸there couldn't it?

FD:
If it rai𝓰ns it is possible [I could win] - but if it is completely dry it will be too dif💯ficult.

TO HEAR THE INTERVIEW IN FULL WITH FRANCOIS DUVAL: 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:CLICK HERE