Petter Solberg WRT

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Originally Posted by A.F.F.

Because she has earned it.

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Nobody's perfect you know... ;)

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Originally Posted by Halvis

In 2004, Petter was clearly the fastest driver/car-combo, but unfortunately for him the Impreza wasn't reliable enough, it was amongst others the year with watersplash problems. He lost a lot of points due to that.

If you look at stage wins in 2004 it is absolutely clear:

Petter: 94 stage wins
Grønholm: 69 stage wins
Loeb: 67 stage wins

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Ah, I see- I thought that wasn't until 2005. It's been a while since I saw these seasons. Wish I could buy them on DVD, but they seem impossible to obtain over here in Canada.

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Originally Posted by A.F.F.

I'd be highly interested to see if Petter is able to maintain steady top speed and keep up with Sebastien and Mikko if given the right tools??

Petter is still fast, we all know that but is he fast on couple of stages only or throughout the rally? I'd like to believe he'll be a winner option.

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Judging by some of his performances this year, I suspect he could surpass Seb and Mikko on gravel if he had a C4/focus. Although I wouldn't count him out entirely even if he's still in the xsara, as long as its performing at its best. We'll have to see what he does with it for the last two rallies, especially GB.

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Originally Posted by LCD

Nobody's perfect you know... ;)

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I don't understand what I said wrong?? She is from Greece, right? She is little, right? And what I heard, she is very girly looking, hence the girl. :p :

Much better than calling him as Mr.Mousefart :D

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Originally Posted by serial jeff

Judging by some of his performances this year, I suspect he could surpass Seb and Mikko on gravel if he had a C4/focus. Although I wouldn't count him out entirely even if he's still in the xsara, as long as its performing at its best. We'll have to see what he does with it for the last two rallies, especially GB.

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With all due respect serial jeff, not much can be judged by his performances this year. That unreliabe his car has been. But I agree that rally GB will be an interesting one.

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Originally Posted by A.F.F.

With all due respect serial jeff, not much can be judged by his performances this year. That unreliabe his car has been. But I agree that rally GB will be an interesting one.

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True, there haven't been enough trouble-free rallies to be certain, but Argentina, Greece and Cyprus spring to mind. He set some good times on the gravel sections of Cyprus, and that was before the car had received a few significant upgrades (eg, diffs and intercooler). And in Argentina or Greece he was often just a couple seconds away from the top stage time.

Still, I agree that judgment must be reserved for GB/next year. :p If he can't get a factory seat in a world rally car I'd be kind of curious to see him switch to S2000 if it could mean he'd have a vehicle matched to those of his competitors.

Interview with Petter
http://audio.crash.net/radioplayer.a...URL=150910.wma

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Originally Posted by SubaruNorway

Interview with Petter...

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Thnx 4 the link!

QUESTION:
What does Petter mean, when said In the begging of this Interview,
that rally Finland ''..went better than expected...'' for him ? :D

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Originally Posted by LCD

Thnx 4 the link!

QUESTION:
What does Petter mean, when said In the begging of this Interview,
that rally Finland ''..went better than expected...'' for him ? :D

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Petter didn't think the xsara was good enough for podium speed. But citroen surprised with a good engine on friday. Too good... apparently

Day 1 start, was dreamy for Petter Indeed!

I doubt Petter could have maintain that pace. Not as a driver but more importantly, that Xsara is slowly falling a part.

Somebody already said it here but IMO also Petter's smartest move for next year would be change to S2000 :up: