Subaru team le🦂ader Petter Solberg has admitted that he will need to build up his confidenc♕e again in Japan this weekend, following his spectacular crash on the Rallye Deutschland, which trashed his Impreza WRC.

Speaking in the build-up to the𓆏 event, the Norweigan reveaꦗled that caution would be the key at the start, especially as he has retired on the last three successive events.

"Even a week or🦩 so after the accident in Germany it still feels incredible to have come through without a scratch," he commented.

"I know why the accident happ꧅ened, and this is a different event, but my feeling ahead of this rally is that I'm not going to be pushing like crazy straight away.

"It's a new event, and I think it will suit the car and m💃y driving style, but to begin with I'll be ꦇfocusing on building the speed smoothly and building up my confidence too."

As for the fact this is Sub🌼aru's first ever 'home event' in the WRC, this merely increases its sign🅷ificance.

"To be representing Subaru in Japan makes it an especially important rally for our team," he concluded. "Phil [Mills - my co-driver] and I are going to be doi🍰ng everything we can to get the best result in front of the home fans."

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