Petter Solberg WRT

Whatever the name, I`m so glad he`s in!! I will follow the championship with interest now!

Nice to see Petter where he belongs, RALLY-RALLY and RALLY!!! :up:

Some thoughts about Petter and his new deal with Citroen.
I´m glad that he will again drive in the WRC but I wonder if he will be “allowed” to win when a chance presents itself.
I also wonder if Petter is a back-up plan from Quensel in case Ogier continues to crash and the manufacturers title is in danger…
All the above maybe wishful thinking but I cannot get them out of my mind :)

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Originally Posted by Leon

Some thoughts about Petter and his new deal with Citroen.
I´m glad that he will again drive in the WRC but I wonder if he will be “allowed” to win when a chance presents itself.
I also wonder if Petter is a back-up plan from Quensel in case Ogier continues to crash and the manufacturers title is in danger…
All the above maybe wishful thinking but I cannot get them out of my mind :)

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Its strange, I'm sure Citroen could easily pressure him not to win, if they'd do that is another question.

I don't think Ogier will crash, but its a good point, Petter is there is something goes sour

I don't think Ogier will crash but he will try his hardest to beat Loeb and we've seen many times what that leads to, so Leon's idea sounds rather reasonable.

i see on Crash.net that Van Merkjstein has decided to skip sweden and start their WRC campaign in Portugal to alloy Petter the chance to start Rally Sweden... Very noble of him must be to allow time to build a new car for Petter? Any thoughts?

Yes, very noble imo :)

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Originally Posted by manta400

i see on Crash.net that Van Merkjstein has decided to skip sweden and start their WRC campaign in Portugal to alloy Petter the chance to start Rally Sweden... Very noble of him must be to allow time to build a new car for Petter? Any thoughts?

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Noble yes, but he had no chanse to score points in Sweden

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Originally Posted by Hartusvuori

That is part of the IRC's charm that the entry lists and leader boards aren't identical from round to round, surface to surface. IRC still holds the local heroes factor (Andreucci, Magalhaes, Valousek, Feghali, to name a few from last season, even Loix to a degree), which has been very typical in the history of this sport, and also crucial for its support. Sadly that local heroes thing was changed to pay drivers finally when teams were changed from three seats to only two seats. OK, it can get very confusing if the entries change - and perhaps the potential modern fan would prefer stability - but how I see it, it's a breath of fresh air, wish WRC would have it more. Still, most IRC rounds include most of the top driver. Since Monte Carlo have started the series, the contrast with next few rounds have only been too big (Monte will always be the biggest).

With WRC you'll get 4-7 top drivers this season and rest of the bunch will be picking up what's left - it've been like that for too long. I don't say that WRC wouldn't be the absolute top of this sport, but over all, with IRC alongside, as a fan you definitely get more.

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Then how in the name of all things rallying do you, as an IRC fan, keep track of who is in and who is out as each rally goes on?

You have to be very keen i.e. check this forum or ircseries.com very regularly. If it wasn't for checking this forum multiple times a day I would have little idea what's going on outside Petter Solberg and Andreas Mikkelsen's careers!!