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Petter Solberg got the Abu Dhabi Spirit of the rally award for his stagewin number 400!
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Power Stage victory
A fantastic final day in Argentina for Petter Solberg and Chris Patterson.
Victory on the Power Stage and a resulting three bonus points ended a fantastic final day for the Petter Solberg World Rally Team. The day started with Petter and Chris second fastest through the longest stage of the Championship so far, 48.21km Ascochinga-Agua De Oro. Rally leader Sebastien Ogier rolled but managed to continue and complete the stage, then as a result had to finish the rest of the rally with power-steering problems. SS17 was Cabalango-Villa Garcia, which would run again as the Power Stage and on this first pass through Petter and Chris were third fastest while Ford’s Jari-Matti Latvala was quickest, followed by Citroën’s Sebastien Loeb.
Stage win for the Team was next on the Carlos Paz Super Special stage which had opened Rally Argentina and was used once more as SS18, then came the spectacular win on the final stage of the day, the Power Stage. Loeb took the rally win from his team-mate Sebastien Ogier who finished the rally in third place. Second went to Ford’s Mikko Hirvonen
– I’m so happy about finally getting that Power Stage win, says Petter Solberg. – That was good fun, and a real bonus for me but of course, at the same time I’m a bit disappointed about not being on the podium. We had the chance, and without the problem yesterday evening, I am sure we would have been in a real fight for the win today.
Today Petter has been awarded the Abu Dhabi Spirit of the rally award for his 400th stage win and yesterday Petter’s Facebook fanpage got more than 150,000 likes. Join us, and his fans at http://www.facebook.com/PetterSolbergWRC
The next event is Acropolis Rally of Greece 16th – 19th June 2011
Overall classification Rally Argentina:
1. Loeb, Citroën
2. Hirvonen, Ford +2,4
3. Ogier, Citroën +7,3
4. Petter, Citroën +32,6
5. Østberg, Ford +5.16,8
6. Villagra, Ford +6.48,5
7. Latvala, Ford +11.34,5
8. Wilson, Ford +13.32,7
Day 3 – itinerary
Only 4 more stages to go for this years Rally Argentina. The first stage of the day is also the longest stage so far in the 2011 Championship, 48,21kms. Petter and Chris will be running fourth on the road, and they start with 3 minutes interval. No service during the day.
Sunday 29 May
0809 SS16 Ascochinga/ Agua De Oro 48,21km
1027 SS17 Cabalango – Villa Garcia 3,90km
1138 SS18 SSS Carlos Paz 3,02km
1210 SS19 Cabalango – Villa Garcia (PowerStage) 3,90km
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0619. Guys preparing the car for the final 4 stages. Petter says he is ready to fight for podium!
End of day 2
Disappointment on the last stage after a great second day in Argentina.
Petter and Chris started day two in second position overall but a small spin on the first stage dropped them down a place. Second fastest through SS9, they then had a problem with dust entering the car on the last stage of the morning and the lunchtime service saw the team in third position behind leader Jari-Matti Latvala and second place Sebastien Ogier.
Citroen driver Ogier took the rally lead in the afternoon with his stage win on SS13 as Ford’s Jari-Matti slowed with a broken compression strut and was forced to retire on the next stage. Having climbed back up to second overall by the start of SS15, Petter and Chris were to suffer problems with their power-steering 2km into the stage and finished the day in fourth position. Ogier leads the rally with Ford’s Mikko Hirvonen now in second place ahead of Sebastien Loeb.
- Right now I’m just so disappointed, says Petter Solberg. – Everything has been going so well, and we have been on the pace for two days, and then 2 km into to the final stage of the day we lose the power steering and a lot of time. It will be fixed for tomorrow, and I will do my best on all the four stages trying to get some of the lost time back.
Rally Argentina continues with four stages on Sunday including the final Power Stage. The first car will be on the road from 0809 local time.
Overall classification day 2:
1. Ogier, Citroën
2. Hirvonen, Ford +43,7
3. Loeb, Citroën +47,7
4. Petter, Citroën +1.16,1
5. Østberg, Ford +4.55,9
6. Villagra, Ford +5.52,9
7. Wilson, Ford +7.00,3
8. Paddon, Subaru +21.58,3
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