Andreas Mikkelen says “a weight has been lifted off his shoulders” after he claimed his maiden WRC victory in Spain's RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada. Mikkelsen was busy fighting for second with Jari-Matti Latvala on the final day and had just come through the event ending Power Stage quickest to ensure he took the runners-up spot, when news filtered through that Sebastien Ogier had crashed out, gifting the Norwegian the win. Speaking afterwards, the Volkswagen Motorsport II pilot revealed that he never thought his first WRC win would come in Spain and that the enormity of it all has still to sink in. “Coming into this weekend, I had one strategy and that was to secure third place...
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