Petter Solberg WRT

I was told that since Sordo rattled Loeb on the very first Monte outing of the C4, (jan 07 I think) there has been a Loeb C4, a Sordo C4,and now the Junior Team aka Rich Kids Rallying specification. I suspect Petter will be offered the specification that will ensure he slots in neatly behind Loeb, and Sordo.

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Originally Posted by Fide

Question : Is it just a matter of money for Solberg to run a C4 ? If not; in case it is possible to run a private C4, how far in terms of setup it could be from a) Official team b) Sttobart team c) Munchi's team.

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But what for?! Atkinson paid 180 000 euros for Ireland rally and music over.. P.Solberg at least has his own car..

I think all that C4 xsara peugeot lada wv talk over peters name is just a publicity trick....i mean since his driving doesn;t provide anything to talk over at least all that publicity crap of changing cars does keep him in the wrc picture....smart guy.

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

I think all that C4 xsara peugeot lada wv talk over peters name is just a publicity trick....i mean since his driving doesn;t provide anything to talk over at least all that publicity crap of changing cars does keep him in the wrc picture....smart guy.

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You don´t like Petter do you?

I´m sure Petter wouldn´t get a C4 that could match Sebs if his stagetimes were so fast he would threaten Seb. The team should fix that in services if needed. I would hope it wasn´t so but after reading all on this forum I think there is people here that know so much that so would be the case.

Hope though that Petters integrity will prevent that. :mad:

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Originally Posted by Rallyper

You don´t like Petter do you?

I´m sure Petter wouldn´t get a C4 that could match Sebs if his stagetimes were so fast he would threaten Seb. The team should fix that in services if needed. I would hope it wasn´t so but after reading all on this forum I think there is people here that know so much that so would be the case.

Hope though that Petters integrity will prevent that. :mad:

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he strugled to match atkinsons times last year when he was the No1 driver at subaru.....i doubt he could match Sordos times in a c4

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

he strugled to match atkinsons times last year when he was the No1 driver at subaru.....i doubt he could match Sordos times in a c4

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On tarmac you are probably right, but I doubt that Sordo can beat P.Solberg with same car in EVERY other surface.

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Originally Posted by MJW

I was told that since Sordo rattled Loeb on the very first Monte outing of the C4

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Errrr sorry for my poor English, but what means "rattled" ^^ ?

I can clearly say that in Monte 2008 they had the "same" car, but when Sordo was going to threaten Loeb his engine blew up. Weird uh ?

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Originally Posted by Helstar

I can clearly say that in Monte 2008 they had the "same" car, but when Sordo was going to threaten Loeb his engine blew up. Weird uh ?

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I know that teams tune down enginepower for some drivers but that they take the cost of an blewn up engine on purpose i strongly doubt.

A very dissapointed Petter Solberg was refused a new car by Citröen for Finland, after a long dialog.. Wonder why? Are they afraid that he won't follow teamorders?

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Originally Posted by JFL

A very dissapointed Petter Solberg was refused a new car by Citröen for Finland, after a long dialog.. Wonder why? Are they afraid that he won't follow teamorders?

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Possibly... they may be worried that he could end up ahead of Seb and/or Dani which would be a bit of an embarrassment to them since they are being paid by Citroen to drive.

But it kinda seems like Citroen has little to gain by giving Petter a C4 unless they nominate him for factory points instead of Dani, or for factory points on the Citroen Junior team in the hopes that he ends up ahead of the Fords. The latter isn't very helpful though because it's fairly certain that Mikko and JML (if they stay on the road) will be ahead of Dani, thus even if Petter could beat the Fords (big 'if') he'd still be taking a factory point from Dani.

Petter will be better off in an S2000 car in the IRC or racing LeMans series in 2010. I'm sure a 'new' manufacturer will appreciate what Petter can bring on terms of marketability. Ford (Malcolm) wont let bygones be and Citroen are Loeb and Ogier focussed.