Itinerary day 2

The second, and also the final, day of Jordan Rally coming up. Petter and Chris will be running 4th on the road today.

0820 SS13 Yakrut 1 14,16km
0850 SS14 Bahath 1 12,53km
0935 SS15 Mahes 1 20,44km
1018 SS16 Baptism Site 1 10,50km
Service Dead Sea
1218 SS17 Yakrut 2 14,16km
1248 SS18 Bahath 2 12,53km
1333 SS19 Mahes 2 20,44km
1500 SS20 Baptism Site 2 (PS) 10,50km

Day 1 Jordan Rally

Petter Solberg and Chris Patterson finish day one in fourth position overall.

Day one of Rally Jordan started with SS7 after the cancellation of Thursday’s stages 1-6 due the delayed arrival of the boat carrying all the Team’s trucks and equipment. Sebastien Loeb was fastest through the stage with Petter in fourth position, reporting that he was struggling to find a rhythm. No such problems on the next stage, however, where Petter and Chris set the fastest time, ahead of Sebastien Ogier. They then swapped places on the last stage of the morning with Petter behind Ogier and ahead of Ford’s Jari-Matti Latvala.

The afternoon saw Petter and Chris finish in 5th position on SS10, conserving tyres for the next stages but they then gained a third place on SS11, despite a stall at the start losing them seven seconds. Second fastest through the final stage of the afternoon puts them in fourth position overall and, therefore, fourth on the road tomorrow.

- It’s worked very well today, says Petter Solberg. – And I’m happy with the start position for tomorrow. I stalled on the start of stage 11 and lost some time there. I’m going for a big attack tomorrow!

Rally Jordan continues with eight stages on Saturday. The first car will be on the road from 0820 local time.

Overall classification day 1 Jordan Rally
1. Ogier, Citroën
2. Loeb, Citroën +31,6
3. Latvala, Ford +33,1
4. Petter, Citroën +35,3
5. Hirvonen, Ford +2.30,9
6. Raikkonen, Citroën +2.45,8
7. Wilson, Ford +2.57,8
8. Al Qassimi, Ford +4.49,7

SS10

SS10 Suwayma 1 – 13,50km;
1. Latvala 6.59,0
2. Ogier +1,2
3. Loeb +1,5
5. Petter +9,0

Overall after 3 stages

3 of todays 6 stages is done, Petter and Chris are 2nd in the overall classification. They were fastest on SS8. Ogier is leading the rally, while Loeb is third.

- It’s been really good so far, says Petter Solberg. – I lost some time on SS9 after I nearly went off, but managed to get back on the road. It will be exciting now on the second loop.

Cars just left the servicepark and are heading out for the afternoon loop through the same stages. Eyvind Brynildsen hit a rock on SS8 and had to retire, Henning retired on SS9 due to engine trouble.

Overall classification after SS9
1. Ogier
2. Petter +7,2
3. Loeb +7,4
4. Latvala +9,8
5. Hirvonen +51,5
6. Østberg +55,5
7. Wilson +1.26,2
8. Raikkonen +1.30,8