Petter Solberg WRT

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Originally Posted by serial jeff

Very true, but I think it's not all bad. I suspect Petter doesn't really care about getting 2nd place in the championship, he just wants to win rallies. It sucks to crash on the last stage, but at least now he's 5th in the championship, which puts him in a much better position to win Portugal. Being 2nd really screwed him over in New Zealand since he was forced to run first on the road on day 2 and end up way behind.

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second place is OK if you are Mikko, - Colin, Tommi Makinen, Marcus, Petter, Ogier and Loeb, I feel can drive "above" the limit. When you are in that zone, it is one of two, results..........(and Marcus certainly had a few of those -anyone remember Japan?)
Getting silver in an awards ceremony in Monaco in December would be an amazing result for a private team, (probably the only true private team when comapred with Kronos Citroen 2006, and David Sutton Rothmans Ford 1981) but Petter has had a few third places and a second already this year. I guess he would rather people remember him for a few wins as a privateer rather than finishing second to Seb and Citroen Racing in the 2010 world championship.
I for one am glad that we still have drivers with the balls to take the risks when they smell a victory.

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Originally Posted by jbmarcus21

Petter's son is now ready .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYw6iEeBOVs

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"you always need to do it two times"

What a great spirit! Oliver has a great future cleaning cars.

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Originally Posted by MJW

I for one am glad that we still have drivers with the balls to take the risks when they smell a victory.

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That's for sure! It's refreshing, although a pain to see Petter retire.

Here is video of Petter's off.. A shame.. He seems not to be too reckless, just fast, until that final bend where his speed is a bit too much, so no chance.. Assuming Loeb was also pushing on max here it's at least promising to see Petter's C4 able to keep the same speed, and even a couple of seconds quicker. I wouldn't expect his engine to have the same power.. but maybe it's not much difference (?) Well, it's just 5km, so not much to judge by perhaps.

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Originally Posted by bretddog

That's for sure! It's refreshing, although a pain to see Petter retire.

Here is video of Petter's off.. A shame.. He seems not to be too reckless, just fast, until that final bend where his speed is a bit too much, so no chance.. Assuming Loeb was also pushing on max here it's at least promising to see Petter's C4 able to keep the same speed, and even a couple of seconds quicker. I wouldn't expect his engine to have the same power.. but maybe it's not much difference (?) Well, it's just 5km, so not much to judge by perhaps.

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Oh, come on! Stop talking about 'Petter`s engine is less powerful' and 'Petter is privateer'. 2009-2010 Solberg`s situation is his own fault! If he doesn`t run from Ford to Subaru WRT now he could be at top position.

i think it was an unlucky off....it doesn;t seem to be any mistakes with the line or anything....just went to the ditch and gave in....if it was on a flat surface he would continue no problem...

The reaction of peter made me a bit sad at the end....he was pushing and the dissapointment in his voice was obvious...

The fact that he tried to the max at least shows he has a fighters spirit still and not a quitters attitude.

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Originally Posted by Xsara Fan

Oh, come on! Stop talking about 'Petter`s engine is less powerful' and 'Petter is privateer'. 2009-2010 Solberg`s situation is his own fault! If he doesn`t run from Ford to Subaru WRT now he could be at top position.

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Oh pull your head out of your ass!

What I say is that it looks like they have equal powerful engine. Something I wouldn't expect until I see proof, but this is at least indicative. But not easy to say without comparing the full onboards of both of course.

i think all of the norwegian fans are doing a mistake by blaming the car all the time...you are missing the big picture that way.

Petter's car has appr. 8 hp less then M1 cars, different gearbox, and some other small details.. Does'nt mean a lot.. 0.1 sec per km. maybe, but that turns in to a lot of seconds in a rally..
He has the closest thing to a top spec car you can get as a privateer.. And he did'nt get it easy..
So as he gets more and more confident in the car and it's limits, I'm sure he will be in the podium fight for the rest of the season.. Maybe a win or two also?

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Originally Posted by JFL

Petter's car has appr. 8 hp less then M1 cars, different gearbox, and some other small details.. Does'nt mean a lot.. 0.1 sec per km. maybe, but that turns in to a lot of seconds in a rally..
He has the closest thing to a top spec car you can get as a privateer.. And he did'nt get it easy..
So as he gets more and more confident in the car and it's limits, I'm sure he will be in the podium fight for the rest of the season.. Maybe a win or two also?

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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: , at least 5 sec/km, :laugh: :laugh:

What you saw in NZ was two drivers both of whom have gained the status of being world champions competing to be number 1 for this event. Both had to run a day at the front of the field & sweep roads, Both made errors of judgement while driving at the absolute limit. One made more errors than the other but was able to get away with it suffering minor damage and some loss of time. The other for a similar type of error became a dnf.

Two young drivers became caught up in their battle and could have finished in front of them both then one made a couple of errors in the final stage and finished second to the one who made no errors and finished with an undamaged car.

Could Peter or Seb have taken sufficent time out of the cars in front of them on the final stage, who knows. They were both certainly trying to but I don't think that the youngsters in front of them were prepared to give up their advantages over them easily.

Lets just remember Petters drive on this event as the drive of a true World Champion who was doing his absolute best to win an event outright.