Stobart man looking forward to Greece.
After finding a level he was happy with on his home event earlier this month, Stobart Ford's Gigi Galli now wants to continue his electric gravel form on the Acropolis Rally this weekend.
Galli managed to increase his tally to 17 points following his fourth place finish in Sardinia and he will be after another strong finish on the Acropolis to try and close the gap to Dani Sordo, who is fifth in the drivers' championship - four points in front.
While this will be only Gigi's third attempt at the Greek event and he last competed on it back in 2005 when he finished seventh, the Italian did the reconnaissance in both 2006 and 2007 and that should help to diminish the disadvantage he will be at having missed the round these last two years.
"I am looking forward to the Greece Rally as we found a good level of consistency in Sardinia and hopefully it will be possible to keep this going," he noted.
"Although I haven't competed in this event for a few years, we did the recce for the last two years and so have a good understanding of the stages and the rocky conditions.
"Even so it is still sure to be a tough event, the stages are rough and demanding and I expect the temperatures to be hotter than in Sardinia. It's definitely going to be a hard test for the car, crew and the Pirelli tyres, but I'm confident we are all up to the challenge."
M-Sport boss Malcolm Wilson meanwhile is looking forward to seeing what Gigi can do and is expecting a strong performance. He also thinks his son Matthew Wilson, who will be back in the 'third' car and Henning Solberg, who ran under the Munchi's banner last time out, will be able to do pretty well too.
"The Stobart team have put in some fantastic drives over the last couple of events to close the gap to Subaru in the manufacturers' championship and I think in Greece the plan is basically to try and do the same," added Wilson Sr.
"All our drivers finished in Sardinia without any problems and I think this was important as it will give them good confidence for the event this week. Gigi has found a strong, consistent pace now and I'm excited to see if this can translate into another fine result on this tough event. This rally, as always, will demand a lot from the drivers and cars and I'm confident that we are all up to the job."
