Q&A with François Delecour

You’ve competed on the Sibiu Rally before. What will it be like now it’s part of the IRC?

“It will be nice again – I have very good memories of the rally last year. It’s a beautiful rally; it reminds me a little bit of Greece but I mean the nice bits of Greece: not the parts that are really rough.”

What’s the key to success in Sibiu?

“There is a definite rhythm to the stages, and you have to understand that rhythm in order to be fast. So it’s a rally where you need good pacenotes so that the car really flows: you want a smooth style, nothing too aggressive, and a neutral set-up. You make the car work for you and not force it, because that is best for the nature of the stages on this rally.”

How confident are you of a strong result this year?

“I really don’t know, because I am really facing a big challenge now by going up against people like Andreas Mikkelsen, who are very good drivers with a lot of experience of these Super 2000 cars.”