Well, I think that I have been through every emotion known to man as we take the win on the 2010 Isle of Man International Rally. After the battle we had with Mark Higgins last year, I thought I would never win this rally.

On the first loop of 3 stages I was frustrated as I knew the car should have been handling better and our times were not really what they could have been.

Then at the first service the TEG servicemen made a couple of adjustments that transformed the car and we were fastest on the next two stages. Then on stage six, where our intention was to take the rally lead if posssible, ourselves and Gwyndaf were the only cars to finish the stage as Alastair rolled and blocked the stage.

Gwyndaf also had a problem as he was off the road briefly and dropped over 2 minutes. So from there we led the rally and it was very difficult to pick a pace that was competitive as the conditions could only be described as horrendous.

I have certainly never before had to drive in such conditions let alone try to drive competitively.

What one forgets at times like this is that the conditions are the same foreverybody so when we thought that we should have been pushing harder but could not, Gwyndaf could not push either as the conditions were in control. There were a number of times over the last few stages where both Barry and myself were passengers in the car as it was aquaplaning everywhere.

It was important to maintain a pace that we were comfortable with under the conditions.

Thankfully, everything worked in our favour and now we hope to have  a good run in Ulster, where I've competed twice before and savoured the good and the bad as we won Gp N in 2008 but went off on stage 6 in 2009.

Hopefully we can continue a good run and save our championship!