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Official news, Rally Norway | Sat 14th 2009

Rally Norway, day 2

Petter Solberg, Rally Norway 2009. Photo Tony Welam

Another thrilling day of Rally Norway is over, and Petter is holding 6th position in the overall classification. Today Petter and Phil had to tackle 120kms and 8 stages trough beautiful Norwegian scenery. But, the day has also been challenging for the guys. On the first stage after the midday service, Petter had to stop on the stage with an overheated engine. Phil jumped out to remove the snow from the front that they thought caused the heating, but it was caused by a small piece of kevlar – in the wrong place. Later, they had to try to repair and oil leak from the gearbox on the roadsection.

Sebastien Loeb is leading the rally going into day 3, but Hirvonen is close, only 15 seconds behind in second place. Henning is fourth.

Rally Norway continues with 6 more stages Sunday.

Overall classification day 2
1. Loeb, Citroen
2. Hirvonen, Ford +15,0
3. Latvala, Ford +43,2
4. Henning Solberg, Ford +2.41,3
5. Sordo, Citroen +2.53,3
6. Petter, Citroen +4.50,9
7. Wilson, Ford +4.53,2
8. Aava, Ford +5.18,5

7 Responses to “Rally Norway, day 2”

  1. Jævelig uflaks Petter,men stå på i morgen,vi vet at du kan bedre,Ønsker deg lykke til videre

    Roger B
    Spydeberg

  2. darren moore says:

    doing well lads,keeping a lot of newer machinery at bay,keep up the good work and show them tomorro jus why you are 03 world champions,
    darren

  3. valérie Graby says:

    Hello Petter and all the team members,
    Good, to the results of the day!
    In france, we wish you a good luck for the final stage and we want to see the park closed tomorrow!
    Hope that the problems on the car , today are solved!
    keep the motivation through!
    you are all winners!!!! ” never give up…!!”
    Good luck to tomorrow

    Valérie

  4. Tomas says:

    Great driving guys,and great work by all the team! Come on champ- bring it home safely. All the best. Tomas & the girls

  5. Kostas,Lithuania says:

    There is something with you,Petter.I don’t know why,but you don’t have luck any more.Xsara is one of best WRC cars.But when you drive it-oil leak,working only three cilinders,and so on.Something wrong… :/

  6. Dale says:

    Well done for your progress so far petter, with setting up your team, learning a new car & having to repair it – 6th position is fantastic. I hope today’s stages are not too eventful and that you reach the finish ok.

    If you see hirvonen -tell him to get a move on – we can’t have another Loeb win!

    Dale

  7. Bjorn says:

    Hei, det ser ut for at du har fått et dårlig eksemplar av en Xsara WRC bil. Du burde kanskje ha to biler , og bruke denne som trening/reservebil? Er det Loeb som har lurt deg igjen ?

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