“We do it on the phases,” he says. “There was by no means… like Dani says I perhaps took his seat at Citroën however even once we had been combating, there was by no means any [bad blood].
“I believe in rally you don’t essentially get that as a result of it’s not such as you’re on a observe racing collectively and if somebody hits you, places you off, you may get indignant with the opposite man. In a rally you have got the street, your self and it’s as much as you to do the job.
“Generally I failed and Dani did a greater job that 12 months and obtained the drive with Loeb, and I went again dwelling and labored in a rally college for just a few years and didn’t drive a rally automobile. However that was my accountability and my mistake, so it’s nothing to do with Dani.”
As evidenced by their huge battle in Portugal in 2025, and antics off the phases, the respect between Meeke and Sordo has all the time been sky excessive.
“He’s all the time blissful once I do one thing properly and sends me messages, and in addition for him I’m blissful when he will get a program or a automobile like he deserves,” Sordo says.