It felt cool to get to drive again after a long time and it was great to get a feeling to the new car. It was an okay weekend. We didn't face any bigger griefs at any moment.
It looks like we are closer to the top. It's good since it means we have gone forward again. We do however know that we still have a lot to do.
We got to test the new car only for a day. Okay, the car felt good but when you have a race with difficult conditions right from the beginning, the start was only training for us. It was quite tricky when we spun and got a puncture just like that when driving in the track.
After that it started to go well. The driving was easy and the times came easily especially during the second round in the afternoon when I found a good laidbackness.
Of course we are still in the stage of learning. I have to pay even more attention to the notes. There weren't many corners that went wrong but there was a place that needed to be changed. If a situation like that comes up then it has always been tough to keep the car on the road. I just have to look more carefully at the notes in the future.
In Sweden our spinnings limited to that one spot on Friday. After that I didn't have to wipe sweat after the stage thinking "whew that we managed to finish it". I'm fairly satisfied when we got to drive a completely normal drive to the finish.
After the race you are always left with a feeling that it could have gone better. But it's cool when you have already learned something and improved from the earlier times.
Let's just now see how the continuance goes.
The result is okay. I got points home and good points for our team. The gang did a good job and the car felt nice to drive all the time. It's quick and a bit smaller than last year's car. It kind of suits me better.
It's good to start the new season from here. Next rally will then be in Portugal and before that we will go testing to see how the car behaves with gravel setups.
Source: KIMIRAIKKONEN.COM
Courtesy: Nicole
