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Service P - Sotico: Final reaction

Marcus Gronholm (Peugeot) - rally winner: "I'm delighted for me and the whole team. It's good to win like this after our funny victory last year. Since yesterday morning the car has been perfect and I have been confident all day today."

(Subaru) - second, +40.4s: "Six points is good, it sets up the perfect situation for Rally GB. I couldn't have done much more here. I tried hard, but Marcus was seriously rapid yesterday."

(Peugeot) - fourth, +1m30.9: "I'm happy with my driving. I thought before the rally that it would be easy to remember the stages, but that hasn't always been the case. It's good to get so many points for Peugeot because that was our real aim here."

(Ford) - fifth, +1m40.0s: "It's not been a good event for us. We should have been on the podium here without any problem at all. I still really can't understand why Garry Connelly (clerk of the course) did what he did at the end of the day one, but it ruined the rally for us."

(Subaru) - seventh, +3m41.2s: "I'm very happy. I've got lots of experience here and I'm really looking forward to next year."

(Ford) - eighth, +4m59.2s: "I always knew I had to push hard to win the rally, but I knew after the first day that it was game over. I tried right to the end, but unless the others had problems, we had no chance. We've still got the manufacturers' championship to push for in Britain. It's a shame we made our only mistake of the year here (he hit a post on the first day), but that's life."

(Peugeot) - ninth, +5m09.0s: "I had one small scare in the water splash at the finish because my engine nearly died. But I'm very happy with my driving."

(Mitsubishi) - 11th, +7m53.0s: "It's been a strange rally for me. We had to run quite far up the order on the first day, but we did some good times on the second day, before I had my battery problem. The most important thing is that I've got a good feel for the car on gravel now."

(Hyundai) - 12th, +8m15.7s: "I did learn a lot from running first on the road, but it still wasn't particularly pleasant. It's been a frustrating event."

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