Petter Solberg WRT

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Originally Posted by rallyfiend

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or even to keep the PS PR machine to work

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Originally Posted by Leon

or even to keep the PS PR machine to work

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He is good at as well !!

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Originally Posted by Sulland

He is good at as well !!

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Petter himself said at Martin Holmes annualy ''pirelli world rallying'' that he is trying to make stories for PR.He said that also the story with the engine vs Loebs car engine was for PR reasons only.

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Originally Posted by dimviii

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Petter himself said at Martin Holmes annualy ''pirelli world rallying'' that he is trying to make stories for PR.He said that also the story with the engine vs Loebs car engine was for PR reasons only.

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"...Actually in Jordan the specification of our car was pretty much the same as the car of Sebastien Loeb, same engine but the gearbox was different, although in reality the difference in the gearbox does not matter. There was funny story about the gearbox. The Citroen factory would not sell us the latest specification gearbox, which they said was lighter, so my codriver Phil Mills and I had to lose weight to make up for our heavier gearbox - but really that was a story we made up for publicity. Especially in Scandinavia, I really need publicity all the time! They always need stories... I cannot just be the driver, that is what life as a privateer means, sponsorship doeen't happe by itself."

Oh lol. But I liked the story of the $1 million gearbox shin is 4kgs lighter. Still love the man.

I was watching an on board from Cyprus in 2009 today, Petter had an issue where he stalled. Right after he passed the finish boards, he asks Phil the time. It was a few seconds faster than Sordo but that stall would have cost a couple seconds Phil replied. Then when TV interview him at TC he says he lost 15 seconds with the stall. So it does it a bit, all part of the mind games and getting people interested.

I love the mind games, it adds to the fascination of the sport. Like when Henning Solberg pulled up to Sordos stall in the service park, turned the wheels all the way over to show which compound he was running, then grinned and drove off. The tirechoice got even harder for Sordo and really got into his head. In the first turn Sordo put his C4 off the road. Excellent stuff!

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Originally Posted by Hartusvuori

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"...Actually in Jordan the specification of our car was pretty much the same as the car of Sebastien Loeb, same engine but the gearbox was different, although in reality the difference in the gearbox does not matter. There was funny story about the gearbox. The Citroen factory would not sell us the latest specification gearbox, which they said was lighter, so my codriver Phil Mills and I had to lose weight to make up for our heavier gearbox - but really that was a story we made up for publicity. Especially in Scandinavia, I really need publicity all the time! They always need stories... I cannot just be the driver, that is what life as a privateer means, sponsorship doeen't happe by itself."

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Did i said something wrong? :vader:

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Originally Posted by dimviii

Did i said something wrong? :vader:

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You quoted right about the PR thing, but I wanted to specify that Petter vs. Loeb engine thing was actually a gearbox thing in Jordan. Talking about Petter engine conspiracy goes further than that I think, notably like mentioned here lately to Rally Finland's Day 2 sudden lack of performance for instance.

http://www.motorstv.com/car/rally/wr...wrc-campaign-0

I don't understand is he gonna drive for himself or for a factory team??

Greetings Dimitry

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Originally Posted by SunDanceRanch

http://www.motorstv.com/car/rally/wr...wrc-campaign-0

I don't understand is he gonna drive for himself or for a factory team??

Greetings Dimitry

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Yes! :D