It may be like a Rautenbach situation at the Junior Team i.e. car is run by the team, but he is a 'free' driver.
BUT if he's nominated for points then there must be another explanation.
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It may be like a Rautenbach situation at the Junior Team i.e. car is run by the team, but he is a 'free' driver.
BUT if he's nominated for points then there must be another explanation.
To run better car with his own team must be focus or back to xsara again 'cos citroen doesn't sell c4 WRC..
Citroen isn't going to give hem a car that will beat Loeb, he would be better off in a Skoda...
Conrad is not totally free!!!Remember in Poland that he stopped in a stage for some minutes to hand Loeb one more point for the championship....As for Petter his move is a waste of money in the Junior team...Quote:
Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
it was nearly half hour :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Psycho!
yes but solberg with his magical powers behind the wheel doesn;t need a better car to beat Loeb so its ok...and thats the reason that Citroen don;t allow Solberg to move to a team other than citroen. in order to give him downgraded cars and keep him under control in order not to expose that fake champ they have all these years...Quote:
Originally Posted by Saabaru
Drunk again?
Lets not kid ourselves, Petter would not be brought into the junior team if he wasn't under orders. Can you really imagine Citroen putting themselves in a position where they could cost the team the drivers championship (actually they did that in Australia; let me rephrase, they wouldn't knowingly put themselves in that position).
This whole Solberg-Citroen deal is going to be very interesting to follow. I'm guessing Petter will totally lose it and change to Ford for next season. :s mokin:
Absolutely right, he will not be allowed to win if Seb is still in the rally and fighting for a win. The Citroen team want of course Petter to be in front of Hirvonen, behind Seb.Quote:
Originally Posted by curry
My guess is that he will have an almost identical car as Seb, within the rules for the junior teams, it MUST be that if he shall challenge the Ford boys. If you try to be objective, Petter should have no chance of beating Seb (if none of them runs into mech probs), who has tons of experience with the C4. If that very unlikely should happen, I will be very, very surprised and even more disgusted by the fact that Petter have wasted his best (?) years in the Subaru.
Petter will of course drive flat out, trying to show his true pace in a competetive car - I think he knows that he won't be allowed to win in the end if Seb needs the 10 points. Petters bonus is, as I said, that he will be able to show what he can do - hence, be in a better position to get sponsors for 2010 and beyond. It will also maybe help him choose what car to try to get in 2010.