The 2020 WRC2 world champion, winner of last year's race in Pécs, Norway's Mads Østberg will of course come back to Mecs to win again as the defending champion.

„Mindig szívesen jövök Magyarországra és örömmel versenyezem a bajnokságban. Ez már a második évem, hogy magyar versenyeken indulok, és őszintén megvallva nagyon élvezem. Jók a versenyek, kedvesek az emberek, a nézők mindig lelkesek, nagyon szurkolnak nekünk. Érezzük, hogy sokan támogatnak minket, ami nagyszerű, és nagy örömet jelent számunkra.

I competed in Mecsek for the first time last year, and it was perhaps my favorite race of the year. Everything was fine, the field was also very strong, but we enjoy the fight and of course I always want to win. I have many good memories of that rally, it will be nice to come back here a second time.

I hope everything will be as good as last year, which I'm sure of, and it looks like the weather will be nice, we can expect very warm weather, as I see in your forecast, it will be a real summer atmosphere. I hope we can fight for the win, I think we were strong in this race last year, I want to repeat that.

I hope that the training will go well, so that we will feel at home on the stages. I'm sure it's going to be a big fight, but we're ready for it!”

FOTÓ: RallyeFeeling.com