Petter Solberg to SWRT; We’ve tried so many things with the car on this rally with different setups, and we have improved areas. That’s the problem of not having done any testing though – we make these changes on a rally. Some changes made the car better, some worse, but that’s how it goes. I’m happy with my performance on this rally though. We had a couple of punctures, but nobody could say I didn’t try!

Petter ended fifth in Corsica. Two punctures during the day made him loose a lot of time, but he managed to keep the fifth trough out the day. The third SWRT-driver this weekend, Brice Tirabassi, had to retire on the second stage of today with technical problems.

The winner of this year’s Tour de Corse is Sebastien Loeb, and this was his fourth win on the island. Mikko Hirvonen, who started the day in second position, picked up a puncture on the opening stage today and dropped down in the overall list. But with a little help from his team-colleagues he was back in second place by the end of the day. Duval checked in early before the final stage, Latvala late, and they both received time penalty, and dropped behind of Hirvonen.

Sebastien Loeb is on top in the Drivers Standings with 106 points, Hirvonen is second with 92 points. Petter is sixth with 40 points. Next event is Rally Japan, 31. October – 2. November.

Overall classification Tour de Corse 2008

1. Sebastien Loeb, Citroen
2. Mikko Hirvonen, Ford +3.24,7
3. Francois Duval, Ford +3.31,6
4. Jari-Matti Latvala, Ford +3.37,5
5. PETTER SOLBERG, SUBARU +5.35,4
6. Chris Atkinson, Subaru +6.10,4
7. Urmo Aava, Citroen +7.25,2
8. Matthew Wilson, Ford +9.02,2
9. Mads Østberg, Subaru +9.13,3
11. Andreas Mikkelsen, Ford +13.46,0