"Everything is a bit crazy right now. It's incredible. Until the 11th stage, I was ranking third and I knew it would be tough. But I thought about what had happened to Peterhansel in Sharm El Sheikh. This rally is really tough. We had our fair share of trouble. We had bad luck sometimes and we had some tricky situations too. But we were able to make the right decisions and - more importantly - we benefited from a fabulous car. We have made a lot of progress since our huge disappointment in 2007.
Of course, I am sad for Carlos (Sainz) but I am above all relieved that both of them are ok.
Before the last 227km special stage, I had told Dirk (Von Zitzewitz) that we had to stay really focused. We did not even push hard but we got the best clock. We will celebrate that by having a few beers with the guys."