Cheers - I thought that was already known so was surprised to see it come up as 'breaking news'!
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Cheers - I thought that was already known so was surprised to see it come up as 'breaking news'!
Petter Solberg signs with major sponsors.Quote:
Originally Posted by MJW
Petter Solberg have now signed up with two major sponsors; EnterCard and TOOLS. Both have been with the team since the start in 2009, and the new deal makes EnterCard and TOOLS a big part of the team for 2011.
- I am very pleased that both EnterCard and TOOLS decided to stay with us in the Petter Solberg World Rally Team for one more year, says Petter Solberg. – It is important for us to have dedicated and professional sponsors, and our podium in the Championship last year would not have been possible without them.
EnterCard and re:member have been well displayed on the rallycar for the last seasons, and will also be a big part of the team in 2011. TOOLS are also supplying the team with all the tools and equipment the team needs to run a rally-car.
The first event this year is Rally Sweden, 10 – 13 Februar 2011, where Petter will compete in a Citroën DS3 WRC.
Official news
Fri 14th 20111 Comment »
http://www.pettersolberg.com/html/?lang_pref=en
Great news for Petter's future :cool:
What happens with Solberg's mechanics do they service the car wearing PS overalls or CR overalls ?
I heard Quesnel has confirmed Petter will start Sweden with a DS3 and will run all 13 rallies this year with the french card. Does anybody know the terms of the agreement and how will interact Petter with Ogier and Loeb ?
Loeb and Ogier are Citroen Total Red Bull factory drivers, scoring points for Citroen Total WRT.
Kimi Raikkonen (ICE 1 Racing),
Petter Solberg (PSWRT) and
Peter van Merksteijn (Van Merksteijn Citroen WRT) are all 3 privateers, scoring points for there own teams. They hire the car and the engineers from Citroen racing, who prepare the and after the finish take the car back to Citroens factory in France. Raikkonen, Solberg and Van Merksteijn only have to come to the start of the rally with their pace notes and navigator (and money), drive the car and go home afterwards without their car (and their money). In fact, they will have a lazy year :lol:
Guess the bad thing about it is that Petter probably won't get as much testing as Loeb and Ogier... Last years he could do more than them.
I read on a norwegian website that Petter is testing the DS3 this upcoming weekend. But it's only for one day!?! That seems too little, especially since he has never driven it before. He wont have much time to find out of the different setups during only one day. That brings me to the question: Has Petter access to the "database" of setups that Citroen has gathered during the tesing of the DS3? I mean, since he now has Citroen engineers and rents the car? If not, I'm really worried he will not get the time to get properly aquinted with the car and find the proper setup and as a result of that, he will be forced to use the first day of the rally for testing. And finally, is the limited testing a result of lacking finacial funding, or is lack awailability og DS3 testcars?
15 days before the World Championship beginning in Sweden, confirms Solberg to NTB that he is still missing 30 percent of the money it takes to fight for World Cup title in 2011.
http://www.vg.no/sport/motor/artikke...artid=10037764
Didn't he had same problems last season? But tbh, 30% doesn't sound that bad. I'm sure he'll attract some major sponsors during the season.