Petter 4th in Poland

Rally Poland is finished and Petter Solberg ended 4th. Mikko Hirvonen won the event, and is now leading the championship. Dani Sordo ended second and Henning Solberg third.
Petter, who has been flat out every day trying to keep the same pace as the other drivers, got a surprise when the dip-stick for the oil suddenly came off. - About half way through the stage, we had to turn on the wipers to clean the wind screen for what we thought was water. Instead it was oil, and it made it almost impossible to see anything, says Phil Mills.
But the biggest drama came on the final stage of the rally, the 2,5kms super special. Jari Matti Latvala was second, and he just had to drive safely trough the stage and secure is place. Instead he hit a barrier, damaged a wheel and suspension, and had to retire.
- This has been an unbelievable fast rally. We have been absolutely flat out all the time and totally on the limit, but it was never enough. Our old car is lacking power, compared to the new ones and it is almost impossible to keep up with them on the fast sections, says Petter Solberg. And the oil leak costs us a lot of seconds, without it I’m sure we could have kept Henning behind us.
Petter gets 5 more points and is fifth overall. Mikko Hirvonen now leads the championship, but only 1 point ahead of Sebastien Loeb. Next event is Rally Finland 30 July – 2 August.
Overall classification Rally Poland 2009
1. Mikko Hirvonen, Ford
2. Dani Sordo, Citroen +1.10,3
3. Henning, Ford +2.05,7
4. Petter, Citroen +2.24,3
5. Matthew Wilson, Ford +4.17,5
6. Holowczyc, Ford +4.33,9
7. Sebastien Loeb, Citroen +19.15,1
8. Conrad Rautenbach, Citroen +19.20,6





















