Petter Solberg WRT

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Originally Posted by Finni2

I met today a guy who is informant personel in Citroen. I asked about Petter's car and situation and the answer was that Petter had the same cas as Loeb and Ogier for the last third of the season including at least Japan and forward).

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I think that is correct info.
But Petter still did'nt have enogh money to have sufficiant with spare parts. They had to rebuild an run it longer than the works team.

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Originally Posted by nr7wave

I've heard some roumors that Mad Croc did'nt pay up all of the money at the end of last season and that was the reason Petter had to pay from his own pocket the last two rounds.
In the article I linked to, it says that Petter expects some answers from a couple of sponsors this week.

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It's not the first time I hear this kind of thinks regarding this company. I even heard that it had bankrupted.

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Originally Posted by G. Morales

It's not the first time I hear this kind of thinks regarding this company. I even heard that it had bankrupted.

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I heard some rumours about previous sponsorship of rallycross not delivering what was promised money wise, but now in 2011 Mad Croc is playing with the big guys in F1, with Sauber. Better behave in Bernie's playground, or the litigation will certainly bite. Shame, because the drink tastes nice as energy drinks go. I liked the coffee one personally.

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Originally Posted by nr7wave

I think that is correct info.
But Petter still did'nt have enogh money to have sufficiant with spare parts. They had to rebuild an run it longer than the works team.

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True, I remember the end of japan, petter lost that rally to ogier only because of broken suspension IIRC.

Although, with greatest respect to you and Petter Solberg 29, I find it hard to believe citroen would give petter, who is a genuine challenger to Loeb, an identical car....
I know I wouldn't do it :D

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Originally Posted by tfp

genuine challenger

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very genuine indeed in the last 5 years he managed to win 0 rallies in a straight fight with Loeb.... LOL

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

very genuine indeed in the last 5 years he managed to win 0 rallies in a straight fight with Loeb.... LOL

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Are you trying to start arguments? I may be a fan of Petter, but you seem to be hiding genuine, realistic perception of talent and speed behind your dislike for Petter/Norwegians/Petter's fans.
Firstly, who has beaten Loeb in a straight fight in the last 5 years? Only Gronholm, and Mikko on snow have been real contenders. Petter finished 2nd so many times last season that he is as bigger threat as anyone to Loeb, especially now he has factory support and an equal car (don't believe all this equal car rubbish about last year - as people have noted this means nothing when you can't replace parts and don't have access to team data). Even if he doesn't win the title, he will take points off the Citroen boys at many events next year and this could hand JML or Mikko a chance at the title. Citroen are sharing the points between 3 relatively equal cars - Ford shares between two.

was there something wrong or something not true in what i said ??? peter is not a genuine contender....he is fast enough and a good attraction and has his place in the sport...but there is a diiference between the two.

Loeb has proven that he is the best, car or not over the past years, but Petter on a charge is still one of 3 in WRC that can challenge Loeb on speed. The two others are Ogier and Latvala. But on the tactical side, Loeb has been superiour and will probably be that also in 2011.

But the WRC Circus will be a more boring place without the extrovert Petter !!!

The first few stages of Sweden will be exiting to see the speed of Ford and Citroen, and if the both of them are so equal that they can fight in the top, and that the rest is up to the drivers. Would be too bad if one is much quicker than the other !

i do not think sweden will be an indication...last year hirvonen won relatively easily with an inferior car, despite loebs claims that he pushed to the max...if Loeb wins in sweden then i guess there is no reason for ford to continue the season. Mexico will be a good indication for the speed of the cars but then again ford never performed on high altitudes....so portugal will be the real test of the cars...i just wish that both are reliable enough so the battle stays within the stages.

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

was there something wrong or something not true in what i said ??? peter is not a genuine contender....he is fast enough and a good attraction and has his place in the sport...but there is a diiference between the two.

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Do you not think that Petter could win an event this year? Even if he only wins one event, that surely means he's a contender in that he's taking points away from Loeb/Ogier. I'm not such a big fan that I think Petter is better than Loeb, but Mikko wasn't better than Loeb yet still ran him close. Now that Ogier and JML are real contenders, that means points will be shared between more drivers which gives people like Petter, Ogier, JML and Mikko to a chance to actually beat Loeb.