World Champion Petter Solberg maintained his overnight third position to record his best ever result in Sweden and collect six WRC Drivers' and six Manufacturers' points yesterday. His team mate Mikko Hirvonen was ninth, to secure two WRC Manufacturers' points for the team. Despite both losing time with spins in Leg two, the Subaru duo delivered a string of impressive times and demonstrated the competitiveness of the Impreza in some demanding conditions.

Petter Solberg"It's been incredible, I'm very, very happy. It's been a real adventure to drive over the past few days, very hard work and our luck has been up and down, but third is a good result. There's much more speed now and I'd say that my performance on snow has increased 100 per cent. I have to admit that before this event I was a little worried by my previous record here in Sweden, but I enjoyed this event and to have some points early in the year is good news."

Mikko Hirvonen"I'm very happy, my speed has been good and the car has been perfect. I lost a few places yesterday with a spin and without that it would be a very different result. But, I'm learning more about the car with every kilometre and I've got some points for the team, which is great."

David Lapworth, Team Principal"The most important thing is that we've achieved our objective of getting Petter onto the podium. Perhaps it's not been quite as straightforward as planned, but the result and our competitiveness here have been pleasing. We've been able to set good times in a wide variety of conditions. Mikko too should be very happy with the way he's performed. He was unlucky to lose so much time after such a minor incident - especially when you consider the number of spins that the leading drivers have had. He's shown a good pace, and I'm sure has learned a lot."