Petter Solberg WRT

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

he slowed down for Burns so i cannot see why he wouldn;t for Loeb.....but better hire an up and comming driver than a HAS BEEN paper champion.

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Lousy....... you makes me sick.

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

he slowed down for Burns so i cannot see why he wouldn;t for Loeb.....but better hire an up and comming driver than a HAS BEEN paper champion.

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It must be the bitterness and envy of not once in history having a greek world class rally driver to support, that makes you write crap like this. :disturb:

Translation for the video posted earlier (NRK.no):

Petter: "That was the best run yet, it worked well right off the bat. The car is so beautifully balanced."

Commentator: "...This year he'll be fighting on equal teams with the works Citröen drivers. Q: Will you be allowed to win?"

Petter: "They have said, and we have agreed upon that I can fight and fight to win. There will be no team orders or anything like that since we're driving the same car. And I have to trust them when they say that."

Petter (after playing around about eating or not eating the sausage): "I've planned 26 days of testing this year, which is nine days more than Loeb. So we're trying to do everything better with regards to both car testing and physical fitness."

I for one wish him the best and I love to see how he is really doing an effort to compete instead of giving up or making scarce appearances at selected rounds. I will support him this year.

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Originally Posted by Iskald

It must be the bitterness and envy of not once in history having a greek world class rally driver to support, that makes you write crap like this. :disturb:

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That's a bit unfair towards others (read: normal greeks), isn't it? :)

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

Mr Solberg should stop living in his own universe and realise that if he was good enough he would be chosen by a manufacturer....now that he is a HAS BEEN with no future or present in the sport he has to realise that he cannot get the same equipment for free....this is a plus for him since all the yes men and himself have excuses ready.

No other privateer in the history of the sport cries like that all the time....its getting ridiculous....if he likes rallying and wants to stay in the frame he must shut up and enjoy driving. Generating excuses all the time leads no where.

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I am looking foward to your reaction when he does win a rally! :p

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Originally Posted by Iskald

It must be the bitterness and envy of not once in history having a greek world class rally driver to support, that makes you write crap like this. :disturb:

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I think I will agree with that. ;)

That is a 'N.O.T excuse' :uhoh:

To continue the thread: Petter Solberg confirmed today that he is ready to take part in the "Svully Rally Dahbi" event coming saturday in Norway. Here he will meet (among others) Marcus Grønholm in direct competition.

"Svully Rally Dahbi" is an invitation rally, based in the little community Svulrya in the Finnskogen area, close to the border of Sweden. It has in earlier years been a central point and service area for the "Rally Finnskog" european championship rally. The unique thing about this rally is that it has nearly no road sections at all. Three different stages will be run around Svulrya in a loop, and the loop will be run three times. Total number of stages is nine, totalling 140 km SS-distance. Road sections will in total be something like 10-15 kms. So competitors will actually drive a full WRC-event one-day SS-distance with nearly no road sections at all, in only a few hours.

In addition to Petter Solberg and Marcus Grønholm, Andreas Mikkelsen, Patrick Sandell and PG Andersson wil also drive in this event - as it is a great opportunity to test ahead of Rally Sweden. The location of the "Svully Rally" is - as mentioned - close to the swedish border and not far away from stages in the swedish WRC-event. Road caracterics are quite similar to Rally Sweden.

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Originally Posted by Iskald

To continue the thread: Petter Solberg confirmed today that he is ready to take part in the "Svully Rally Dahbi" event coming saturday in Norway. Here he will meet (among others) Marcus Grønholm in direct competition.
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Link to follow the event ??? :confused:

Don't think there is one. I've searched far and wide with no luck.