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
Good job Petter and Phill
Amaicing race this wikend a lot surprices, you have to think realy for a C4 or Focus RS 08, 09 and you win the next rally season .
your´s are the best….
It is clear to me now. If you are to have a car up to date, then you would be fighting for the drivers Championship by now. Keep up the good work and congrats.
never give up until the end …!!
for a good position to reward the very good job of steering
congratulations Petter, Phil and the Team
and congratulations to Henning
Val.
Yet again brilliant result, congratulations to Petter, Phil & all at PSWRT
4th place very good result for you,the team
and fans!
Congrats PSWRT a good result for sure and im so looking forward to finland!! keep pushing guys n girls!!
Matt
Another great result in an old banger of a car! I really hope to see you in better machinery come Finland, be it a Pug 307 or a factory deal. So unfair that Jari-Matti gets continued factory support despite all his errors, and your obvious pace. Grr…
So proud of you all, even when things went against you, you still kept going you still kept giving your best, you are doing a fantastic job, keep going!
Kate
Congratulations
I’ll see you next year in Poland! Greetings for all team!
BRAVO. A une marche du podium . 1 mois de repos et préparation pour la Finlande tout va super . Pas d’overdose de vodka et caviar !!! On vous soutient dans l’Ocean Indien.
BRAVO….petter
Good job Petter and Phill…i wish you always good luck in next rallies
4th position is very nice
Great job Petter!
This rally was so heated brothers battle!!!
Did you fun time?
I was spend have a so good time
Thank you for nice and hard work.
from Japan XXX
well done pswrt,great effort.hope you are able to get to the goodwood festival of speed.if you do manage to get time make sure you pass the richard burns foundation stand with some signed goodies to auction
Congratulations! The Xsara’s performance was not enough here, but Finland is the next, so I’m excited wich car you’ll choose. Better luck next
Keep pushing! 
Dear Petter:
The stairway is posible ascends steps by steps and you have arrived at most high of the stairway with this old car driving in this rally TO A LIMIT!!!
Petter: you are really the best, every rally you are showing us your genius, your mature us professional driver and your passion for this sport like your car says: “This is my life.”
You and your team have fought without rest and for it without any doubts, you will find soon the best car because you really deserve it.
You are the only driver of giving battle to Loeb, for that, go ahead dear Petter and Phil and: “Never give up.”
Once again “CONGRATULATION” excellent job!!!
Elda and family.
A great job …well done! I know you were flat out all the time….but you can hear the excitement in your voice and also the disappointment. Simply the car is not up to your talent! A good result considering your problems….I’m sure you would have liked to have beaten Henning though! However congratulations to Henning for his podium! Look forward to the next rally where you will fight again! Never give up!
We saw Petter flying (I use it instead of driving). Crazy!
You need to get 2008 spec car. Get somehow Focus in Finland (talk to Holowczyc), show your speed with it and I’m sure you will get place in BP Ford sooner or later instead Latvala.
Push!
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Kjempe bra dette! Ønsker dere alle sammen en riktig god sommer!!
Klem fra Thomas 9 år.
Nice result for a car from 2001(2006)
That’s remarkable, that you’re making no noticeable mistakes.
P.S. mr g, i think, Petter cant leave PSWRT: he has contracts with sponsors.
Although Latvala’s error was really disappointing, there is maybe only one man, who, maybe, can replace him: Henning (but Latvala seems to be faster, and Ford needs driver, who can beat Sordo to score more points than citroen). Other remarkable drivers can’t (or won’t) leave their teams, or have retired from motorsport.
Congratulation Petter!!!!!
It was amazing, You really CRAZY MAN
Never give up!!!
Thank for great show in Poland! It was amazing to saw at live your falt-out drive during three days! Respect! Petter, you proved thaty yours motto “Never give up” came into live. Good job
Jurek-polish fan
You just need a faster car to win. Keep on pushing, that’s it ^_^
Wonderful result, I’m so proud to be your fan hehehe
i hope that you buy a good, fast and reliable car for rally finland perhaps a c4 or a focus or a peugoet or a fabia because i know that if you have a good car then you can challenge and beat the top manufacturer teams (ford and citroen), GOOD LUCK!!!
very good job petter. i have hope, that on next season you are given a better car.
Pozdro* Błażej – from POLAND
*regards
Congratulations!
It’s good see your guys keep fighting and get good results ( sure, not enough for you ).
Keep burnning roads!!!
from Taiwan/Brazil