Petter had a visitor in his garage today: http://www.pettersolberg.com/html/20...5692/#comments
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Petter had a visitor in his garage today: http://www.pettersolberg.com/html/20...5692/#comments
Whats this about? I cannot open the link, get an errorQuote:
Originally Posted by G. Morales
Michelin Norway are the new sponsors.
and 4th in number of views in the whole rallying section...Quote:
Originally Posted by Halvis
The Solberg truck
http://twitpic.com/3x2z9g
Looks good!!!!
Can't wait to see his car, should look awesome!
I cant load the twitter page :( . what colour does the truck have?
In Dutch: het is zwart met een zilvere golf van links naar rechts over de truck/trailer.Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
any pictures of the car?
Black with a chrome ribbon type stripe. see Petter's home page http://www.pettersolberg.com/html/official-news/Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
Looks like Petter is moving back towards the livery he had in 09, more stylish than the 2010 one, that I thought was too crowded and messy.
I was wrong, at least for Sweden, here is a sneakpeak:
http://www.pettersolberg.com/html/wp.../CIMG0348c.jpg
More testing for Petter?
He said something in an intervjue last week about him working on geting another testing day before sweden. In the same intervjue he talked about som problems with understeer in long corners and that he would like some more time to figure this out. Only one day of testing is'nt much before a specialist event like Sweden...
It's a bit weird - I like the chrome part of it but disappointed its not got more black parts. Also, a lack of sponsors at the moment - hopefully a podium in Sweden will attract a couple more.
I like this "This is my life" part :s mokin: :s mokin:
looks inspired by the Mclaren F1 car...
Petter´s truck is much nicer than the DS3!
Anyway, it is better if they look good, but the only important thing is how good the times happen to be at the SS.
The livery looks unfinished and lacking sponsors, hope he gets some for mexico, he is confirmed in the DS3 WRC in the entry list by the way
I’ve got the impression that understeer is a feature of the S2000 and WRC cars without a central differential. Also Loeb mentioned the understeer of the DS3 in the beginning of the development (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB5YF...layer_embedded, at 4:30).Quote:
Originally Posted by nr7wave
Of course it’s also about setups but I would remember seeing a test video where the car wasn’t thrown into the corner and then the car understeered.
Does anyone else have the same impression?
Could it be that the plan is to team up with Kimi from Mexico, was it not rumours on that?Quote:
Originally Posted by jonas_mcrae
It`s like in the old gpA days, car doesn`t turn if it isn`t thrown in the corner. I think it`s more a problem of drivers, because the cars don`t have any active center diff / any center diff at all. It just asks for a different driving style, one that fans were missing the last decade :) . I mean not many of current drivers have had experience of preWRC cars. Even gpN Evos & STI ask for a smooth driving style.
Everyone driving S2000 is used to that ;)
I agree with mm1. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by mm1
Yes to what you say here, this is now exactly what rally concerns. It was for that driving style we went to the rallies! The last years we saw the WRCcars to drive as a train. If you want to see that go to F1!!! :p :
Luckily they'll adapt to the new technique and we'll be able to see who raises to the top.
+ 1 !Quote:
Originally Posted by Brother John
I just saw this photo:
http://www.pettersolberg.com/html/wp...1-113003-1.jpg
Look on the hood: EuroLotto. Another sponsor?
Indeed. Eurolotto are a new sponsor, however there are fears that Eurolotto doesn't comply to Norwegian regulations and therefore they may be closed down.
Don't think so. I don't think "Petter Solberg WRT" is registered in Norway. Also the car isn't run in Norway (apart from a few kms in this Rally). When Petter drove with Subaru the "555"-logo on the side of the car appeared and disappeared depending on the regulations of the country they were currently in. Tobacco is more high profile than online gambling so I don't think Eurolotto will be a problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
Petter Solberg World Rally Team is a manufacturer team for the rest of the season.
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre...1-ent-upd.aspx
http://www.wrc.com/news/more-teams-r...nts/?fid=14186
WRC.com is wrong. They say that Oliveira cannot score points in Portugal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viking
He can:
A WRC Team:
7.3.1 Undertakes to take part in a minimum of 7 nominated rallies including two outside Europe with
one or two cars of the same make. These cars may be of any eligible class (see Article 4).
Article 4.
CARS ELIGIBLE TO ENTER WRC EVENTS
- World Rally Cars complying with 2011 Appendix J.
- Group A cars including S2000 cars conforming to 2011 Appendix J Art. 254A and Art.255A.
- Group A Kit Cars with a corrected cylinder capacity of less than 1600cc.
- Group RGT cars conforming to 2011 Appendix J Art. 256
- Group R cars.
- Group N cars. These cars may use FIA regionally homologated components (RVO) as in Article 4.4.3.
- Regional cars
- National cars
This WRCar restriction is only for those who take part all events with 2 cars (manufacturers).
The silver side of the DS3 on Petters car reminds me a lot to Markko Martin's helmet. Nostalgy... :(
New sponsor for Petter is official today.Quote:
Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
Eurolotto will be one of the main partners in 2011.
Petter testing on gravel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zoO8yCEtnU
Petter/Brynildsen venture
Norwegian
http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/ostfold/1.7582597
Googlish... Dijk?? where did that came from?? :)
http://translate.google.com/translat...582597&prev=_t
The DS 3 looks very low in the back, almost like an old RWD car. Quite different from the Fiesta.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fide
It rather looks high in front than low in rear, so I think that´s an illusion because of the long way travelling suspension needs way for the wheel in front.
Petter Solberg was nice yesterday for an interview just after the test session for Argentina :
http://www.worldrallyisfree.com/2011...etter-solberg/