Most of you in here have decided that Petter has to retire from the WRC. Just consider the environment he had to drive all year with Malcolm 1000% behind JML always supporting him and coming harsh on Petter when he had a retirement. There is no love lost between those two.. a lot of things happened 12 years ago when he left Ford in the middle of the season and that will never change no matter what. Its not easy to drive like this on the highest level possible when you have in the back of your mind that if you crash you have to deal with that ass.....le Malcolm back in the service park waiting to bust your balls... after all rallying is about driving on the limit and mostly over it and there a lot of things can happen really quick..The late Richard Burns has once said "when you finish a stage and the car is intact you are just not trying hard enough" But Petter in 2012 was always on the pace of the works drivers maybe sometimes the faster of the four just see his performance in rally GB(not fastest there but a really solid performance) . In my opinion Petter did not have fun and was not feeling relaxed in 2012 not like the 3 years before as a privateer and this is the only reason he had a bad year which is evident by just comparing his results as a privateer and as a Malcolm driver. and i think that is why M-Sport never won the drivers championship because of Malcolm's management and not letting his drivers feel relaxed, after all they are professional the best in the world with experience and they know what they are doing. Anyway i think contrary to Petter's comments that he will not pay to drive his best option is to become a privateer again try to find a lot of sponsors go back to the DS3 and rock the WRC and he will be right there fighting never giving up and we all would love him for that..
