https://www.iltalehti.fi/ralli/a/2013080217325788

Here Markku explains that in Portugal they asked how fast he is driving and with his limited English he tried to say flat out and said instead "maximum attack". I think that term also referred to Alen's capability and desire to attack right from the very beginning of the rally. In the age of long rallies, most drivers would take it easy for a day or two, watching how fast the others go and how many retire, but Markku attacked from the first kilometres.

Also if you look up Alén in Wikipedia, it's right up there, sourced from The Complete Book of the World Rally Championship by Henry Hope Frost and John Davenport, not your average forum posters.