Wales Rally GB 2010

[Glee]

If Petter wins he will be the first victorious privateer for ages...

[Langdale Forest]

If Petter wins he will be the first victorious privateer for ages...

I think that was since Sanremo 1993?

[Jafry]

More photos from 2nd sunny leg HERE

[Juha_Koo]

I think that was since Sanremo 1993?

Nope, 2006 Cyprus Rally.

[Langdale Forest]

Nope, 2006 Cyprus Rally.

But that was not really a 'true' private driver because it was a 2 car team, (M1 team?).

[Barreis]

Nice photos..

[RS]

then its game over for him....his driving is ok for IRC but not for WRC.

Why have you suddenly turned against Ketomaa? Just because he has been slower this weekend than Mikkelsen?

Mikkelsen's not-so-great performance in this year's IRC was probably largely down to the tyres.

I think you're really underestimating the likes of Ketomaa-Mikkelsen-Hanninen. They have been setting some damn good times this year in cars which have less power, about 1/3rd torque and less sophistictated transmission than the WRCars.

[jonas_mcrae]

I remember manfred stohl finishing 2nd in cyprus 2005, of course he had some luck and was a few minutes behind seb, but it was a great feeling to see a real privateer so close to the top. Hope petter trashes seb tomorrrow!

[Francis44]

You guys are creating too much fuss around Mikkelsen at this time. Yeah he own the Golden Stage rally in Cyprus but who was the competition?! Al-Attiyah and Bouffier, are you serious?! Those two are great drivers but they are not on a WRC level. C'mon Al-Attiyah lost to Armindo Araújo last year and both Meeke and Hanninen were not present because if they were there, I think things would have gone differently. Mikkelsen might have the talent but he is not there yet, all this fuss around him is, in my opinon, premature.
And Ketomaa is fast aswell, but I dont see how an manufacter would invest in him at this point. It would take him 1 or 2 years to adapt to WRC machine and to get to speed, and at his age teams might scratch their nose.

[richy]

Some simply stunning photos, first i've seen of a rally car on Epynt not clean and in tarmac trim lol. Watching the coverage earlier and seeing the top guys on Burmah Road on a gravel set up was simply awesome!