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New Zealand, Official news | Sat 30th 2008

Rally New Zealand, day 2

Petter is signing autographs, Rally New Zealand 2008. Photo Kati Koskela.

Tactic on the final stage of the day, send Latvala on top of the leader-board, when day 2 finishes. But Hirvonen and Loeb are only seconds behind, and it will be a thrilling third day on Sunday. Petter is still holding 7th position.

Henning, who lost a lot of time yesterday with power-steering problems, really took advantage of his road-position today. He is now 13 in the overall classification, and set the fastest time on 5 of Saturday’s stages.

- Things has been a lot better today. We are fighting on the fast and flat sections, but cannot push on the twisty parts. It’s all about grip, Petter says from New Zealand. But, we are learning a lot here, and are improving all the time.

Rally New Zealand continues with 5 more stages Sunday.

Overall classification, day 2 Rally New Zealand

1.  Jari-Matti Latvala, Ford    
2.  Mikko Hirvonen, Ford     +9.3
3.  Sebastien Loeb, Citroen     +13.3
4.  Dani Sordo, Citroen     +15.7
5.  Francois Duval, Ford     +1:40.9
6.  Urmo Aava, Citroen     +2:49.8
7.  Petter Solberg, Subaru     +2:52.8
8.  Per-Gunnar Andersson, Suzuki    +4:31.0

Happy birthday, Phil! Photo Kati Koskela.

Petter's getting a neck-massage from Ken Rees. Photo Kati Koskela.

Petter Solberg, Rally New Zealand 2008. Photo Kati Koskela.

4 Responses to “Rally New Zealand, day 2”

  1. moktar says:

    hello petter
    don’t worry petter even the stage you got now good try to be better next time to and coming true i have feel to get good time tomorrow u will be within three drivers in the podium

    I wish you good luck with all next rallies i hope i could see you in UK relly.

  2. Harald says:

    Petter fight, 5th place quite possible.
    I´ll keep my finger crossed !!
    Gooo Petter Gooo!!

  3. Geir says:

    Good luck for the final day! You can still climb a couple of places!

  4. payboaree says:

    Кто как думает, повлияет ли кризис на итернет? Я так подазреваю что безусловно, подвижки уже есть.И это очень печально(((

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