Day 2, 12 of 21 stages

- I do not know why I’m not going any faster. There is nothing wrong, and everything worked perfectly when we tested. Different set up now, and we will see how the afternoon stages goes.

Overall classification, 12 of 21 stages
1. Hirvonen, Ford
2. Loeb, Citroën +4,2
3. Sordo, Citroën +35,9
4. Latvala, Ford +57,1
5. Ogier, Citroën +1.59,5
6. Henning, Ford +2.57,9
7. Østberg, Subaru +4.34,5
8. Wilson, Ford +4.43,2
11. Petter, Citroën +7.50,7

Day 2 Itinerary

Second day in Sweden coming up, its a lot colder today compared to yesterday. We are just waiting for the sun to come up! Early starts for everyone, Petter and Phil picks up the car from Parc Ferme in Karlstad, and then have to drive all the way up to Hagfors for the first service – 1 hr drive. They will be car number 9 on the road today.

0758            SS9            Vargåsen 1            24,63km
0946            SS10            Sågen 1            14,23km
1042            SS11            Fredriksberg 1            18,15km
1158            SS12            Hagfors Sprint 1            1,87km
Service E Hagfors 30 min
1341            SS13            Vargåsen 2            24,63km
1529            SS14            Sågen 2            14,23km
1625            SS15            Fredriksberg 2            18,15km
1741            SS16            Hagfors Sprint 2            1,87km
Flexi Service F Hagfors 45 min

Day 1 Rally Sweden

- What a day we’ve had! I must admit this was not the opening I was aiming for. We still have to do some changes with the set up, as I still haven’t got into the rhythm with the car. And that unbelievable incident on stage 5. I went off the road and got stuck, but spectators pulled us back on the road again. In the meantime Matthew passed us, but then he went straight into a snowbank after a while and got stuck there. We had no chance, and hit his car with our car.

The first day in Rally Sweden didn’t turn out the way Petter Solberg and his team were hoping for. A spin on yesterdays Super Special put him 18 seconds behind the leader, and he lost almost 5 minutes on stage 5 today after he went off the road. The day ended much better than it started though, with a good 3rd place on the evenings Super Special in Karlstad. 8 of 21 stages are now completed, and Petter is 6.45,3 behind Mikko Hirvonen who is leading the rally. Sebastien Loeb is 2^nd and Dani Sordo 3^rd.

Rally Sweden continues with 8 more stages Saturday.

Overall classification, 8 of 21 stages;
1. Hirvonen, Ford
2. Loeb, Citroën +6,2
3. Sordo, Citroën +10,6
4. Latvala, Ford +31,7
5. Ogier, Citroën +1.10,9
6. Henning, Ford +2.16,2
7. Østberg, Subaru +3.20,2
8. Wilson, Ford +3.21,1
Petter, Citroën +6.45,3

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4 of 21 stages

- Started out slowly this morning, still feeling disappointed about what happened yesterday. Went quite well on the two first stages this morning, so its not that bad. We will do some changes with the car now, and hopefully it will work better from now on.

Overall classification after SS4
1. Loeb, Citroën
2. Hirvonen, Ford +4,1
3. Sordo, Citroën +6,0
4. Latvala, Ford +18,0
5. Ogier, Citroën +34,4
6. Grønholm, Ford +42,5
7. Østberg, Subaru +54,6
8. Henning, Ford +58,1
9. Petter, Citroën +58,6

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Meet the 2010 Petter Solberg World Rally Team

Front from the left; Ken, Mark, Pernilla, Tore, Lorraine, Gerry and Ole Johan.
Back from the left; Phil, Petter, Pekka, PK (student), Tone, Cardy, Jean Philippe, Maxime, Francois, Stephane and FX.

Itinerary day 1 Rally Sweden

Day 1 just started here in Sweden. 6 stages to go. Petter is car number 5 on the road. Outside temperature is about minus 12 here at the servicepark.

Friday stages;
0818 SS2 Likenas 1 20,78k
0941 SS3 Viggen 1 21,28k
1051 SS4 Torntop 1 19,21k
Service Hagfors 1141
1334 SS5 Likenas 2 20,78k
1457 SS6 Viggen 2 21,28k
Regroup Torsby
1630 SS7 Torntop 2 19,21k