Solberg Extreme Motorshow 2011

Med kun litt over en uke igjen til det braker løs i Telenor Arena er det hektisk aktivitet i lokalene til Solberg Extreme Motorshow.

Og for et show det skal bli!

I denne sammenheng har vi nå gleden av å kunne presentere en verdensnyhet:

Henning & Petters Fritid – a Movie Talk

Se gutta diskutere store Youtube øyeblikk, så vel som en hard diskusjon over en lekebil. I tillegg kan du se våre versjoner av kjente og kjære filmtrailere som Cars 2, Gone in 60 Seconds og Fast and the Furious.

Traileren inneholder også skuespillerprestasjoner av Eyvind Brynildsen, André Villa, Andreas Mikkelsen, Tor Olav Moen, Kenneth Moen, Mads Østberg, Fredric Aasbø, Pål Try og Svein Frustøl.

Wales Rally GB

A broken fuel pipe forced Petter and Chris to retire from Wales Rally GB on the road section to the first stage this morning. – Suddenly there was a fire under the bonnet and the flames were all over the windscreen, says Petter. – We had no other choice than to jump out of the car and put the fire out.  It would have been possible to repair the car and continue tomorrow, but we have decided not to restart.

Wales Rally GB is the final event for the season, and Petter and Chris were 4^th in the overall classification when they had to retire. – I am obviously very disappointed, Petter continues. – This was not the way I hoped to the end the season or this rally. We were in a good position for a podium, and I believe we had the chance for a third.

Retirement

Petter and Chris were forced to retire on the roadsection before the first stage of the day, with a damaged fuel pipe.  Leaking fuel caused a fire.  Both Petter and Chris are OK.  They are now on their way back to the servicepark.

End of day 2

Petter and Chris hold on to their fourth place.

A drama filled start to Wales Rally GB saw Ford’s Mikko Hirvonen damage his radiator and, therefore, his Championship hopes, on SS7 just before the lunchtime service. He had taken the rally lead on the previous stage but his time loss allowed Citroën’s Sebastien Loeb to move back out in front. Hirvonen had to stop on the road section following the stage and was forced to retire. The car is too badly damaged for him to rejoin the rally tomorrow. Citroën’s Sebastien Ogier started the day under SupeRally regulations after crashing out on yesterday evening’s three stages.

Petter and Chris started the morning in fourth position overall and managed to hold that position for the remainder of the day, despite a spin on SS4 and a front-right spring failure then a front left puncture on SS7. The repeated stages of the afternoon saw Petter and Chris start to close the gap to third place Mads Østberg as Ford’s Jari-Matti Latvala in second, worked his way closer to leader Loeb. Latvala set fastest stage times on three of the four afternoon stages, with Petter and Chris second fastest on SS10 and third fastest on the final stage of the day, 21.34km Dyfnant.

- I am quite happy with the day, says Petter Solberg. – Even with a spin on the first stage, a puncture and a broken coil spring on SS7, we are doing good. There is a lot of mud on the stages and conditions are really tricky, but I enjoy it so much. All the spectators make a great atmosphere and you just have to appreciate it. The car works perfectly and I really enjoy driving it. There are still two more days to go and a lot can happen.

Wales Rally GB continues with six stages tomorrow. The first car will be on the road from 0924 local time.

Overall classification day two:

1. Loeb, Citroën
2. Latvala, Ford +1,1
3. Østberg, Ford +1.13,5
4. Petter, Citroën +1.21,3
5. Henning, Ford +2.51,7
6. Tänak, Ford +3.46,0
7. Räikkönen, Citroën +3.47,0
8. Meeke, Mini +3.51,3
9. Wilson, Ford +3.59,4
10. Kuipers, Ford +4.23,2