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Official news, WRC | Sun 04th 2010

Rally Bulgaria

The WRC summer-break is over, and the Petter Solberg World Rally Team is in Bulgaria, ready for the seasons first asphalt-event; Rally Bulgaria. HQ is based in the ski resort town Borovets, 70kms south of the capital Sofia. Servicepark is about 25kms east of Borovets.

It is the first time Bulgaria hosts a WRC-event, and all 14 tarmac-stages are completely new for all the drivers. It all kicks off with a ceremonial start in Borovets on Thursday evening, continues with 4 stages on Friday and 6 stages on Saturday, before it ends with 4 stages on Sunday. This event is also the debut-rally for Petter Solberg and his new codriver Chris Patterson.

- We have been testing here in Bulgaria for two days now, and I’m looking forward to start the rally, says Petter Solberg. – Both car and the new codriver works perfectly well. Of course, it will take some more time to get fully used to the new voice in the car, but we are getting there and I’m confident it will work very well in Bulgaria.

Itinerary Rally Bulgaria (local times, GMT + 2hrs)

Friday 9 July
1005 SS1 Batak Lake 31,77km
1138 SS2 Belmeken Lake 27,57km
Service A Dolna Banya
1437 SS3 Batak Lake 31,77km
1610 SS4 Belmeken Lake 27,57km

Saturday 10 July
0743 SS5 Sestrimo 27,46km
0936 SS6 Peshtera 18,13km
1054 SS7 Lyubnitsa 24,86km
Service D Dolna Banya
1322 SS8 Sestrimo 27,46km
1515 SS9 Peshtera 18,13km
1633 SS10 Lyubnitsa 24,86km

Sunday 11 July
0846 SS11 Muhovo 29,53km
0928 SS12 Slavovitsa 17,73km
Service G Dolna Banya
1152 SS13 Muhovo 29,53km
1234 SS14 Slavovitsa 17,73km

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New Zealand, Official news | Wed 05th 2010

Shakedown Rally New Zealand

Shakedown today up at Auckland Domain, 4,8kms from the servicepark. Stage is 1,50kms and all tarmac. Shakedown day is a bit different from other events, as they start today at 0900 with recce, and then come back with the rally car at 0930.

Shakedown times;
Latvala 1.07,3
Hirvonen 1.07,6
Petter 1.07,7
Henning 1.07,8
Sordo 1.07,8
Loeb 1.07,9
Ogier 1.08,3
Wilson 1.08,5
Villagra 1.08,5

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New Zealand, Official news | Tue 04th 2010

Crew Raft Race

On Thursday there will be a Crew Raft Race in the inner Viaduct harbour here in Auckland. Each team are invited to attend with a self made raft. Rules are simple; you are only allowed to use what you have inside your service park, and only one man can operate the raft. The PSWRT crew will of course go flat out to win!

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New Zealand, Official news | Mon 03rd 2010

NZ testing

- We did about 115kms testing yesterday, and I’m now confident that we have the information we need before starting this rally. I could feel it all ready at the first run that this car is really fast!

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Official news, WRC | Mon 26th 2010

4 of 13 WRC-events…

…and Petter Solberg is now 2nd in the 2010 World Rally Championship. 4 events, 3 podiums and 53 points has moved the privateer all the way up with the Manufacturer drivers.

Next event is Rally New Zealand 7 – 9 May. Containers are on the way from Mexico, rally-car will be air-freighted Wednesday and the crew will head to Auckland by the end of this week.

Drivers standings, 4 of 13 events;
1. Sebastien Loeb, France 93p
2. Petter Solberg, Norway 53p
3. Mikko Hirvonen, Finland 52p
4. Jari-Matti Latvala, Finland 47p
5. Sebastien Ogier, France 45p
6. Dani Sordo, Spain 24p
7. Matthew Wilson, UK 22p
8. Federico Villagra, Argentina 20p
9. Henning Solberg, Norway 18p
10. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland 14p

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Official news, Rally Tyrkia | Sun 18th 2010

Day 3 Rally of Turkey

SS18 Deniz 1 – 16,76km
CANCELLED DUE TO BAD ROADCONDITIONS

SS19 Mudarli 1 – 21,32km
CANCELLED DUE TO BAD ROADCONDITIONS

SS20 Ballica 1 – 19,22km
1. Loeb 10.00,5 – 2. Petter +0,3 – 3. Ogier +0,7 – 4. Latvala +5,1 – 5. Sordo +7,9 – 6. Henning +17,8 – 7. Raikkonen +22,5 – 8. Wilson +24,8

Overall classification, 20 of 23 stages;
1. Loeb – 2. Petter +16,5 – 3. Sordo +30,3 – 4. Hirvonen +1.05,6 – 5. Ogier +3.21,7 – 6. Raikkonen +5.00,0 – 7. Villagra +5.39,2 – 8. Wilson +6.41,4

SS21 Deniz 2 – 16,76km
1. Loeb 9.48,0 – 2. Hirvonen +5,0 – 3. Latvala +9,1 – 4. Petter +12,4 – 5. Ogier +17,9 – 6. Henning +31,1 – 7. Block +35,9 – 8. Raikkonen +39,3

SS22 Mudarli 2 – 21,32km
1. Loeb 12.35,0 – 2. Ogier +16,3 – 3. Latvala +17,4 – 4. Petter +22,7 – 5. Hirvonen +25,2 – 6. Block +36,6 – 7. Wilson +44,6 – 8. Raikkonen +51,41. Loeb 12.35,0 – 2. Ogier +16,3 – 3. Latvala +17,4 – 4. Petter +22,7 – 5. Hirvonen +25,2 – 6. Block +36,6 – 7. Wilson +44,6 – 8. Raikkonen +51,4

1438 SS23 Ballica 2 19,22km

Petter Solberg & Phil Mills 2nd overall Rally Turkey!!

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Official news, Rally Tyrkia | Sat 17th 2010

Petter is 2nd day 2 in Turkey

- I’m so happy about the day and the rally so far, says Petter Solberg. – I’m not going flat out all the time, these stages are so rough on the car that I need to back off a little. We are a small private team, with limited resources so I need to be careful. Had a puncture 7km before the finish on SS16 today and that probably cost me some time, other than that everything has been perfect. And it is so great to actually be fighting in the lead with the big manufacturer teams.

The second day here in Turkey is completed, with Petter and Phil second. 8 stages have been competed today, and Petter and Phil have been fastest through two of them and second fastest through two other. Sebastien Loeb is leading the rally, while Mikko Hirvonen is third. The overnight leader from Friday, Sebastien Ogier, has really been on the pace today, but a puncture and stop on SS15 dropped him down to fifth. Latvala rolled on the first stage of today, damaged the car, and lost a lot of time on the first loop of stages.

Rally of Turkey continues Sunday with 114km and 6 stages. First car is on the road from 0910 (local time).

Overall classification day 2 Rally of Turkey
1. Loeb, Citroën
2. Petter, Citroën +16,2
3. Hirvonen, Ford +17,3
4. Sordo, Citroën +22,4
5. Ogier, Citroën +3.21,0
6. Raikkonen, Citroën +4.37,5
7. Villagra, Ford +5.10,1
8. Wilson, Ford +6.16,6

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Official news, Rally Tyrkia | Sat 17th 2010

Day 2 Rally of Turkey

Itinerary and classification Saturday 17 April

SS10 Göcbeyli 1 – 18,17km
1. Petter 10.34,4 – 2. Ogier +0,6 – 3. Hirvonen +1,7 – 4. Loeb +2,2 – 5. Sordo +5,1 – 6. Raikkonen +28,2 – 7. Henning +35,3 – 8. Villagra +37,4 – 9. Wilson +38,9 (Latvala rolled, back on stage, loosing time)

SS11 Ulupelit 1 – 12,98km
1. Hirvonen 7.11,1 – 2. Petter +0,6 – 3. Loeb +1,8 – 4. Henning +5,9 – 5. Ogier +7,1 – 6. Sordo +7,2 – 7. Wilson +16,9 – 8. Raikkonen +29,0 – 9 Villagra +33,5. Latvala +2.11,0

SS12 Bozhane 1 – 14,59km
1. Ogier 8.46,7 – 2. Loeb +0,3 – 3. Sordo +6,0 – 4. Hirvonen +6,2 – 5. Petter +7,7 – 6. Raikkonen +21,9 – 7. Villagra +23,4 – 8. Wilson +28,3 – 9. Henning +38,0

SS13 Riva 1 – 27,17km
1. Petter 15.29,2 – 2. Loeb +1,7 – 3. Sordo +5,6 – 4. Ogier +8,2 – 5. Hirvonen +10,4 – 6. Raikkonen +25,8 – 7. Villagra +31,5 – 8. Wilson +39,8 – 9. Block +47,2

Overall after stage 13;
1. Ogier – 2. Petter +10,9 – 3. Hirvonen +14,6 – 4. Loeb +15,0 – 5. Sordo +15,2 – 6. Raikkonen +3.19,6 – 7. Villagra +3.32,8 – 8. Wilson +3.52,6 – 9. Latvala +18.52,9

SS14 Göcbeyli 2 – 18,17km
1. Loeb 10.24,8 – 2. Petter +5,3 – 3. Ogier +6,9 – 4. Sordo +8,0 – 5. Latvala +9,8 – 6. Hirvonen +10,0 – 7. Raikkonen +32,9 – 8. Villagra +37,4 – 9. Wilson +43,2

SS15 Ulupelit 2 12,98km
1. Hirvonen 6.58,8 – 2. Loeb +0,1 – 3. Petter +4,9 – 4. Latvala +6,6 – 5. Sordo +7,3 – 6. Henning +8,6 – 7. Wilson +13,9 – 8. Raikkonen +22,8 – 9. Villagra +26,4 – Ogier +3.12,1 (stopped on stage, puncture).

SS16 Bozhane 2 – 14,59km
1. Loeb 8.43,4 – 2. Ogier +1,7 – 3. Sordo +2,1 – 4. Latvala +4,6 – 5. Petter +5,7 – 6. Hirvonen +6,1 – 7. Henning +13,7 – 8. Raikkonen +17,6 – 9. Villagra +19,4

SS17 Riva 2 – 27,17km
1. Loeb 15.01,4 – 2. Hirvonen +1,7 – 3. Petter +4,5 – 4. Sordo +4,9 – 5. Latvala +15,4 – 6. Ogier +15,4 – 7. Henning +17,2 – 8. Raikkonen +19,7

Overall classification day 2
1. Loeb – 2. Petter +16,2 – 3. Hirvonen +17,3 – 4. Sordo +22,4 – 5. Ogier +3.21,0 – 6. Raikkonen +4.37,5 – 7. Villagra +5.10,1 – 8. Wilson +6.16,6

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Official news, Rally Tyrkia | Fri 16th 2010

Day 1 in Turkey finished – Petter is 4th

First day of the 2010 Rally of Turkey is completed, and Petter/ Phil is 4th in the overall classification. With only 18 seconds behind the leader, they have a perfect position for tomorrow. Sebastien Ogier is the overnight leader, Sordo is second and Mikko Hirvonen third.

Petter and Phil were fastest through three of todays stages and not many seconds behind on the others. Both Henning Solberg and Ken Block had to retire with a broken steering arm on the first stage of the rally.

- I am very happy with the day first day here in Turkey, everything has been as planned it, says Petter Solberg. Did a couple of small mistakes and lost some time, but that really doesn’t matter. I’d rather loose some seconds than risk anything. Tomorrow will be more thrilling, especially on the first stage with both tarmac and gravel.

8 more stages is to be competed tomorrow, and a total of 146km. The first stage is with only 4,7km gravel, the remaining 13,52km is tarmac. All cars are with gravel tires. Ogier will be first car on the road and starts at 0956 (local time). Petter will be running 4th on the road Saturday.

Overall classification day 1 – Rally of Turkey
1. Ogier, Citroën
2. Sordo, Citroën +5,5
3. Hirvonen, Ford +12,2
4. Petter, Citroën +18,5
5. Loeb, Citroën +24,9
6. Latvala, Ford +27,5
7. Villagra, Ford +1.42,9
8. Raikkonen, Citroën +1.50,6
9. Wilson, Ford +2.04,6

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Official news, Rally Tyrkia | Fri 16th 2010

4 of 23 stages – Rally of Turkey

4 of 9 stages done today, and Ogier is in the lead. Petter is 4th so far. Both Henning and Ken Block broke a steeringarm on the rally car on the first stage of the day, and had to retire. – I am quite happy with my two stage wins so far, especially the one on SS4, says Petter Solberg. – You really need to be concentrated and focused on that one, probably the fastest stage in this rally.

Overall classification 4 of 23 stages
1. Ogier, Citroën
2. Sordo, Citroën +2,1
3. Hirvonen, Ford +3,0
4. Petter, Citroën +7,4
5. Loeb, Citroën +7,8
6. Latvala, Ford +12,6
7. Villagra, Ford +12,6
8. Wilson, Ford +51,7
9. Raikkonen, Citroën +58,6

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