PSWRT as a WRC-team

Petter Solberg World Rally Team is now registered as a WRC team.

From Rally Mexico and onwards the Petter Solberg World Rally Team will now fight for Manufacturer points in the WRC, as a WRC team. A total of 11 teams is now registered with the FIA, including the two manufacturers Citroën and Ford.

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First event completed

With 5th place in Sweden, Petter was awarded 10 points in the Championship and is now 5th in the drivers standings. Mikko Hirvonen won the event, and is currently at the top in the drivers standings with 25 points. Norwegian Mads Østberg is second with 18 points.

Sebastien Loeb also ended with 10 points in Sweden, and is sharing the 5th with Petter. Loeb ended 6th in the rally, but came second in the “Power Stage” and were awarded with 2 extra points. Ogier won the “Power Stage” and got 3 additional points. Latvala ended third and got 1 extra point.

Drivers standings, 1 of 13 events
1. Mikko Hirvonen, Finland 25p
2. Mads Østberg, Norway 18p
3. Jari-Matti Latvala, Finland 16p
4. Sebastien Ogier, France 15p
5. Petter Solberg, Norway 10p
5. Sebastien Loeb, France 10p
7. PG Andersson, Sweden 6p
8. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland 4p
9. Matthew Wilson, UK 2p
10. Khaled Al Qassimi, Abu Dhabi 1p

Next event is Rally Mexico, 3 – 6 March 2011.

Petter and Chris 5th in Sweden

Petter Solberg and Chris Patterson in 5th place in Rally Sweden.

Rally Sweden is completed, and Petter Solberg World Rally Team finshed in 5th position. Mikko Hirvonen won overall, while Mads Østberg drove in to second place in front of Jari Matti Latvala who ended third.

Petter Solberg and Chris Patterson started the day in third position only 9 seconds off the lead when the last day started. Included in the total time is 20 sec time penalty. But they lost time from the morning due to problems with a front damper.

- I think we have done good this weekend and everything has worked well, says Petter Solberg. – Even with 20 seconds time penalty I think we had a chance for a podium. But with the damper problems this morning, we lost to much time.

Petter Solberg was pulled over by the police on Friday, for speeding, and because of that he had to put his codriver behind the steering wheel on the last stage of the rally. – I take my hat of for Chris, says Petter. – He has never driven a rally car before, still he managed to set a good time on that stage.

Overall classification Rally Sweden
1. Mikko Hirvonen, Ford
2. Mads Østberg, Ford +6,5
3. Jari-Matti Latvala, Ford +34,0
4. Sebastien Ogier, Citroën +47,7
5. Petter Solberg, Citroën +1.31,2
6. Sebastien Loeb, Citroën +2.30,3
7. PG Anderson, Ford +6.22,0
8. Kimi Raikkonen, Citroën +7.02,3
9. Matthew Wilson, Ford +10.11,5
10. Al Qassimi, Ford +10.31,1

One more stage to go

Overall classification before the final stage;
1. Hirvonen
2. Østberg, +4,9
3. Latvala +34,7
4. Petter +41,4
5. Ogier +49,1

Only 3 more stages to go

- Had some problems with a front damper, but that will be fixed now at service. Still three more stages to go, and I have not given up!

Overall classification after SS19
1. Hirvonen
2. Østberg +13,7
3. Petter +30,5
4. Ogier +39,2
5. Latvala +51,6
6. Loeb +2.16,7
7. PG +8.08,8
8. Raikkonen +6.38,2

Day 3 – Rally Sweden

We are up for an exciting day 3 here in Sweden. Petter and Chris is third in the overall classification, but only 8,9 seconds behind the leader Mikko Hirvonen.

Itinerary day 3
SS17 Torntorp 1 – 19,21km
SS18 Gustavsfors 1 – 4,16km
SS19 Rämmen 1 – 22,76km
Service
SS20 Torntorp 2 – 19,21km
SS21 Rämmen 2 – 22,76km
SS22 Gustavsfors 2 – 4,16km
Service