For your info Marcus did Rally Show Monza which is 180km on tarmac... but he said to me there, he was little bit rusty :D but still retired.... When I asked him about Swedish he said yes, but still retired :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
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For your info Marcus did Rally Show Monza which is 180km on tarmac... but he said to me there, he was little bit rusty :D but still retired.... When I asked him about Swedish he said yes, but still retired :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
After many years of bad luck, I think things will change for Petter in 2010.
Now he has a good car he could win, but I think he will only win if the works drivers have problems. But anyway, a win is still a win. :bounce:
Will there be a team presentation of the PSWRT 2010 before Rally Sweden?
I am sure it will be, rumor says black, white, red, yellow and…. Flames! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by pucky54
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Originally Posted by Viking
I reckon that Petter will beat at least Sordo and Latvala.Quote:
Originally Posted by Langdale Forest
Yeah, and if you have got a clue in your indefinite wisdom and knowledge you could reveal it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iskald
Feels a bit like a déjà vu, Petter comes out with big noise about his car and his chances, his fans gets carried away big time, it will be interesting to see, if it again this year will end up with mega crying, how unfair the world is. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Finni2
I think Petter will surprise many drivers in this years championship. The key factors that will contribute to that in my oppinion is:Quote:
Originally Posted by Langdale Forest
1. Petter has got his confidence back. After the stagewin i Spain, he knew that he could be competetive again, given he had equally good equipment as Miko and Seb.
2. He finally has gotten a car that suits his driving style and that he can push to the limit without loosing his confidence. The car is exactly the same as the one Seb uses, exepct for the gearbox.
3. He is his own boss and can do whatever he pleases when it comes to setup of the car and team strategy
4. He is planning extended testing this year, which I think is crucial if he is going to be able to push for victory. He has planed 7-8 more days of testing than Ford and Citroen.
I think his first win this season will come in Mexico. This is a rally that suits him and he has won it before. I don't think he will win i Sweden. Snow has never been his favourite surface, even tough he has won it once before. I think a top 3 will be posible here.
I can't wait for this season to start!
Who has been “mega crying” Petter? or us that still believe in him as a top driver?? Enlighten us…Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomi
his fansQuote:
Originally Posted by Viking
Well I think most of his fans know he is a privateer and fighting from below against works teams. Some podiums, maybe a rare win and a podium (third) in WDC would be a cracking season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomi
This year he really has the opportunity to win rallies, since he's in competetive machinery for the first time since 2004. If he won't be up there fighting for wins in 2010, the time gone since he had the confidence to push 100 % is too long - so this is his last chance I think. Time will show.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomi
Can't wait for the season to come!
Let's wait and see. I would be very happy if Petter starts to fight for the wins, but I also do not like (read: sometimes silly) excuses afterwards. But ofcourse I understand why norwegians get carried away a bit too much ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Halvis
I'll hope and knows he'll do well. Another thing to remember: He can't write off any cars.. I don't know if he cares or have the budget to do that, but I guess that will be in his mind a little bit.. Try to finish every rally on 4 wheels, and maybe push even more at the second half of the season.. ?? ?
Sure he can write off a car, he's got two ;)
Writing it off is perhaps a bit drastic, but he can certainly smash one up pretty bad without it becoming a problem. He can switch to the other one while the first gets put back together. He'll probably start off a bit cautious and try to rack up some points and show consistent performance to his sponsors though.
With all the testing before RS it looks more like coming out with guns blazing ;)
Team presentation is Friday..Quote:
Originally Posted by pucky54
Great to hear
Petter and Phil have achieved their goal regarding weight reduction, -4 on Petter and -8 on Phil - that is 6 times more weight reduction than the allegedly advantage of the newest gearbox :)
Much, much cheaper too.
The whole article in norwegian:
http://nrksport.no/motorsport/rally-vm/1.6974016
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLZ2hQYn3AI
5 min. intervieiw with motors tv.
Not really. You are shipping a car off to a long haul event so far in advance you cant afford to be demolishing cars. The cars take time to fix, you also need to be prepping them for events. To run the year with just two chassis is nowhere near as easy as you make out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha
Crashing a car is alway a bad thing.
They have blowed off the presentation on friday due to the small amount of sports journalists left in Norway. Most have already left off to Vancouver.
Former World Rally Champion Petter Solberg has commented that the WRC 2010 may be the last season
Running his own program this year as it did in 2009, the Norwegian has assembled a team he believes will give him another chance to repeat his title in 2003. But with tight finances, Solberg, 35, has only now been able to confirm a full season in his new Citroen C4 WRC.
"It was hard work, I must say," said Solberg. "But after being away from my wife and son two months, and after a series of phone calls with Citroen, we reached a very good plan. We will make the entire league and I really hope to have a good fight with the staff and large manufacturers. "
Solberg, who will start a 150 ° Mundialde Rally Championship next week in Sweden, said the amount of work out of the season had been tiring, but he was determined to take full advantage of the opportunity - what could be the last fight for a second title.
"Give me a couple of days of sleep and I'll be happy for the rest of the year - no problem," he said. "I'm ready, and at least I have a chance now. You never know, perhaps the last year that I'm doing it. Who knows? These are difficult times. So I will put every effort I can. I was pushing me, is very difficult - I'm thinner than when I was 17! "
I don't think Petter will still be here in 2011 if any of the following occur:
- he wins the WDC which is admittedly unlikely
- he has to be a privateer again
- WRC cars continue and not S2000 or 1.6T
If the new rules come in then there should be enough seats so that Petter won't have to pay and therefore should compete. If he has to do it himself with no investment from other drivers in PSWRT then this could be it. I hope for the best either way.
This is a rubbish explanation. Simply because its not true. No media are sending their journalists to Vancouver more than one week ahead of competitions.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennizw
I was thinking it sounded a bit odd too, but again norvegians and skiing you never know :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Iskald
Well, a big group of them left yesterday. Most of the journalists I know, left yesterday or today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iskald
Exactly. I am only quoting what Petters media officer, Tone Nesheim Tonerud, told me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gard
I know a bunch of Swedish journalists (SVT guys etc) left Sweden a few weeks before the olympics in Beijing, so I'm not too sure...Quote:
Originally Posted by Iskald
It's not rubbish, a friend of mine left thursday with many journalists and technicians... There are many left too, but I'm afraid there is some more important news going on then a WRC team launch..
I still think that this will be Petters lucky year! :D
What is this I see here? I can't open it because I'm not in Norway. Looks like Petter's new team in a brightly designed car?
http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/sport/spill/verdi/122883
Surley if he wanted luck, he would have painted hid C4 in Subaru blue.
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Originally Posted by alleskids
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._5299167_n.jpg
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._1243643_n.jpg
I dont know if you can see it?
Looks awful, but it might bring him good luck.
Quote Petter: "You never know, perhaps the last year that I'm doing it. Who knows? These are difficult times."Quote:
Originally Posted by Langdale Forest
It's not so sad or serious as the heading would make it seem.
Think it looks Ok.. I have seen alot of worse liveries, but also many who are better.. Well, anyway...Quote:
Originally Posted by Langdale Forest