Atkinson achieves the best performance of his career!

Chris Atkinson delivered the best performance of his career this weekend at the Rally Mexico. For the third round of the 2008 season, the Subaru driver achieved a very impressive performance by finishing second on the podium.

This result, coupled with the podium already achieved this season at Monte-Carlo, allows him to take fourth place in the drivers’ championship, 6 points behind the leader, Mikko Hirvonen.

More reserved last season, the Australian, from the Loeb generation, thus gets the upper hand over his teammate Petter Solberg, who was world champion in 2003.

Atkinson began the final day of the Rally Mexico in second position with a lead of more than a minute over the third-placed Latvala. With nothing to gain, he secured his position in the last three special stages to bring his Subaru Impreza back to Leon without any issues on Sunday afternoon.

« This is an exceptional result! » comments Atkinson.

I want to thank everyone on the team and at Subaru, especially those who prepared my car. They did a very good job. It’s a good start to the season for me and the team. I hope we can continue. We have made progress, the car was performing well this weekend. We worked on the shock absorbers after Sweden, it was a great help. They held up in the intense heat.

« From now on, I will focus on the Rally of Argentina to continue in the same way. The sooner I can win a rally, the better it will be. » concluded the Australian.

The 28-year-old Australian joined the Subaru team in 2005. Until now, he had achieved two third-place finishes since his arrival in the WRC, one at the 2005 Rally Japan and the other this year at the Monte Carlo Rally.