Right away in Sweden, Hussi faced a significant challenge as she read pace notes for Lauri Joona in the demanding snow-lined stages.
Conditions varied frequently during the rally, but Hussi kept her cool. However, the Finnish co-driver admitted that the jump to the World Rally Championship side was significant.
“It was big,” Hussi told DirtFish.
“Of course it was big. It was way more challenging than I thought,” Hussi admitted.
In the World Rally Championship, the special stages are longer than in smaller classes, presenting a new kind of challenge.
“Obviously, the rally was longer (than those I’ve done before), so it took the physical readiness – you know, you have to be in good shape and I was able to do the whole weekend – but, of course, the mental side was longer and harder,” Hussi said.
Hussi’s transition to co-driver has been discussed repeatedly. Hussi herself is still amazed at how quickly everything has happened.
“It’s still incredible to think that I’m here doing it. I was doing this job, working on the radio, I had a nice clean job inside the studio and all of a sudden everything has changed. What happened?” Hussi wondered.
“That’s the thing: I feel life is so short, you just have to do what feels good and go at it at, like 100%,” Hussi continued.
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