|  1 | Grønholm, Ford |  |
|  2 | Hirvonen, Ford | +56,0 |
|  3 | Stohl, Peugeot | +2.39,3 |
|  4 | Pons, Citroen | +2.56,1 |
|  5 | Sordo, Citroen | +3.20,7 |
|  6 | Petter, Subaru | +4.57,1 |
|  7 | Perez Companc, Ford | +10.51,6 |
|  12 | Henning, Peugeot | +21.17,9 |
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The final event of this season is GB Rally Wales, and starts friday 1. december 2006.
Petter is still holding 6. position after leg 2 of Rally New Zealand have finished. He was hoping for improvement on his 32th birthday, but had to deal with a failed intercom on the first stage; he couldn’t hear Phils voice. A driveshaft broke on stage 3, and heavy rain and the muddy conditions made the tyrechoice extreme difficult. Brother Henning had a roll, but managed to continue driving. Teammate Chris had to retire from the rally after a puncture sent him off the stage. Valentino Rossi is on 13th place and Emma Gilmour is number 27.
There are six more stages to go on Leg 3 sunday.
Results after Leg 2, Rally New Zealand 2006:
| 1 |  Grønholm, Ford |  |
| 2 |  Hirvonen, Ford | +50,3 |
| 3 |  Stohl, Peugeot | +2.06,2 |
| 4 |  Sordo, Citroen | +2.23,1 |
| 5 |  Pons, Citroen | +2.38,4 |
| 6 |  Petter, Subaru | +3.25,1 |
| 14 |  Henning, Peugeot | +18.15,2 |
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Leg 1 of Rally New Zealand is completed, with Petter holding 6. position. With heavy rain during the night, the stages were extremely muddy and wet, and making the tyrechoice difficult. Both Petter and Chris chose the wrong tyres, and were struggeling to find the grip. Grønholm is in the lead with teammate Hirvonen only 31,2 sec behind. Henning is no. 7, after having trouble (again..) with a water leak. Valentino Rossi is no. 23 – 10.55,1 behind Grønholm. The MotoGP-champion was very carefull on the slippery conditions, but did better the second going (maybe he got used to having a person riding with him…). The partner of Chris’ codriver Glenn, Emma Gilmour, is also attending this rally, and is no. 19 after Leg 1 is finished.
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Results – Leg 1:
|  1 | Grønholm, Ford |  |
|  2 | Hrivonen, Ford | +31,2 |
|  3 | Sordo, Citroen | +1.16,2 |
|  4 | Stohl, Peugeot | +1.18,4 |
|  5 | Pons, Citroen | +1.42,5 |
|  6 | Petter, Subuaru | +1.48,3 |
|  7 | Henning, Peugeot | +2.43,5 |
|  9 | Chris, Subaru | +3.48,8 |
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I want to show you some pictures from my holiday in Bali with Pernilla and Oliver. After Rally Australia I went straight to Bali for two wonderful weeks with sun, swimming, fishing and relaxing. Together with us were our good friends, The Gill family.
 A big fish for Nils Petter…. |
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 But nothing for me…. |
 Can Oliver and I use this as a rallycar?!? |
I’m ready for rally on New Zealand now. This year it is a lot of new stages with a lot of curves. It is going to be hard, due to all the loose gravel on the stages.
 The penultimate round of WRC 2006 has started. This year the event is moved from Auckland over to the westcoast and the city of Hamilton and Mystery Creek Events Centre. New Zealand consists of several islands. The three largest is North Island, with the capitol Wellington and Hamilton, and also there are South Island and Stewart Island. New Zealand is about the same size as United Kingdom, but with only 4 million people. It is spring time there now and temperatures are expected to be 15-20 degrees Celsius. The timedifference is GMT+13hrs. Since this years rally has been moved, 13 of 17 stages are new. The gravel roads contain several corners, and the drivers need to quickly find the rhythm, in order to keep the car float from corner to corner. Average speed is about 100km/ph. The entry list shows 48 starters, including motorcykling champion Valentino Rossi, who will compete in a Subaru Impreza. Sebastien Loeb will be in New Zealand, but only for the recce. He is still not fully recovered after his mountainbike-accident.ÂÂ
On leg 1 Friday they will run 5 stages, 6 on Saturday and 6 on Sunday. 358 specialstages and 995km of roadsection, a total of 1354km over the weekend.  Itinerary (all times are local times): ÂÂ
 Friday, 17. november 2006. ÂÂ
SS1 0933 Pirongia West 1 20,38km SS2 1031 Te Koraha 43,88km Service SS3 1450 Pirongia West 2 20,38km SS4 1548 Te Koraha 2 43,88km SS4 1548 Te Koraha 2 43,88km SS5 1800 Mystery Creek 1 3,14km Service Saturday, 18. November 2006ÂÂ
SS4 1548 Te Koraha 2 43,88km SS6 0923 Port Waikato 18,18km SS7 1001 Klondyke 13,88km SS8 1034 Wairamarama 31,58km Service SS9 1518 Te Akau South 31,92km SS10 1601 Te Akau North 32,64km SS11 1815 Mystery Creek 2 3,14kmÂÂ
Sunday, 19. November 2006 SS12 0738 Maungatawhiri 1 6,69km SS13 0806 Te Hutewai 1 11,23km SS14 0834 Whaanga Coast 1 29,82km Service SS15 1203 Maungatawhiri 2 6,69kmÂÂ
SS16 1231 Te Hutewai 2 11,23km SS17 1259 Whaanga Coast 2 29,82km Links: http://www.rallynz.org.nz/ http://www.wrc.com/ http://www.swrt.com/   ÂÂ
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Results Rally Australia 2006.
Drivers points:
Next event is Rally New Zealand, 17. – 19. november 2006.
Results Leg 2 – Rally Australia 2006.
Today was not as dramatic as yesterday, but the fight between Hirvonen and Petter has been very exciting. Only seconds between them on todays stages. Hirvonen is in the lead, and Petter lies second, with six more stages to go tomorrow.
@Petter_Solberg #WRC CYPRUS 2009 Troodos Mountains http://t.co/9SVWI4tG
Junto a Petter Solberg... campeón mundial de rally! http://t.co/ajJ1B6AM
@Petter_Solberg Remember this ? #WRC CYPRUS 2009 , best holiday ever http://t.co/dvpLIpKr
Петтер Сольберг... http://t.co/BvWKosU6 #Все_про_Авто
RT "@damonf1: WRC Petter Solberg: Suecia y México serán determinantes: http://t.co/PKA2VVuH"
RT @damonf1: WRC Petter Solberg: Suecia y México serán determinantes: http://t.co/1f3b6OfL
WRC Petter Solberg: Suecia y México serán determinantes: http://t.co/1f3b6OfL
RT @starpainted: @Ingrridt Your English really isn't that bad. It could always be worse. What if your English was similar to Petter Solberg's. Ah, the shame.
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