Tommi Mäkinen direct words – was disappointed latvala’s performance: Jari-Matti did not then, however, I have been able to stretch in pressure situations

Toyota team boss Tommi Mäkinen wasn’t completely satisfied with Jari-Matti latvala’s performance in the Monte Carlo rally on the final day of Sunday.Jari-Matti Latvala unable to fight Monte three instead. Tommi Mäkinen to protect your Ott Tänak was the best. The archive image. AOP

the Monte Carlo rally four to the last stage and start to fight for race number three instead of the Hyundai Sébastien commissioner loeb and Toyota team mate Ott Tänakin . Latvala’s final sprint to fail, as he bend both his opponents and left the competition in fifth place.

Tänak drive a wedge between the Finnish guarantee race three, and nine-time world champion Loeb took nelostilan.

Jari-Matti yet it wasn’t able to stretch like that in pressure situations and hard in the race situation. In that sense, it was a little disappointing that he couldn’t stretch, Hilly said directly.

the competition I decided to party a Power Stage -a special stage Latvala was still the possibility of trying to get loeb’s ahead, but finn lost to the French a trouper to the end results of 1.7 seconds.

the Hilly drew attention to the fact that Latvala left the decision to a piece of nearly ten seconds a new team of comrades Kris Meeken a base time.

– the time Difference Krisiin was big, more than half a second per kilometer, while below was the same tires.

– Well, but all of our cars are however in the finish, Hilly look at the situation from the positive side.

Friday galling still

the Hilly fretted still, that team had suffered on Friday a special stage cancellation. Toyota had built the ring tactics of his cancellation of the special stage on the basis.

We get the strategy wrong, and I think that it a little also affected the drivers the best ajomotivaatiota. On Saturday we had again the two fastest cars of each piece, either Ott, Kris or Jari-Matti. Saturday was very similar conditions as Friday, so I guess the result could have been a little different, Hilly around.

Toyota got a reasonable score in the season opener rally of Tänakin third place and latvala’s fifth farm. Hilly led a team to share Citroen with manufacturers MM series two to 25 points.

Hyundai leads the series by 30 points.

Tommi Mäkinen presented the evening newspaper, how Toyota rally car will be built. Jari-Matti Latvala second Toyotansa the finish line in fifth place. EPA/AOP