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!!

- 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

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

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

SS1 Darlik 1 15,66km
1. Petter 9.30,4
2. Latvala +0,1
3. Loeb +0,5
4. Sordo +0,7
5. Hirvonen +1,5
6. Ogier +2,2
7. Villagra +12,7
8. Wilson +16,1
9. Raikkonen +17,1

SS2 Karabeyli 1 8,23km
1. Hirvonen 4.43,1
2. Ogier +2,9
3. Sordo +3,5
4. Latvala +3,9
5. Loeb +4,9
6. Villagra +7,2
7. Petter +10,4
8. Wilson +13,0
9. Raikkonen +17,3

SS3 Bozgoca 1 13,52km
1. Ogier 8.11,2
2. Sordo +2,0
3. Petter +2,5
4. Hirvonen +4,3
5. Loeb +6,2
6. Latvala +8,6
7. Wilson +10,4
8. Raikkonen +17,8

SS4 Halli 1 9,60km
1. Petter 4.45,0
2. Ogier +0,4
3. Sordo +1,4
4. Loeb +1,7
5. Hirvonen +2,7
6. Latvala +5,5
7. Villagra +8,0
8. Raikkonen +11,9
9. Wilson +17,7

SS5 Darlik 2 15,66km
1. Ogier 9.11,1
2. Sordo, +0,9
3. Hirvonen +2,8
4. Latvala +2,9
5. Loeb +4,1
6. Petter +7,3
7. Wilson +14,6
8. Raikkonen +16,7

SS6 Karabeyli 2 8,23km
1. Ogier 4.34,6
2. Hirvonen +1,9
3. Sordo +2,0
4. Latvala +2,1
5. Petter +4,7
6. Loeb +6,2
7. Villagra +9,6
8. Raikkonen +11,8

SS7 Bozgoca 2 13,52km
1. Sordo 7.59,0
2. Petter +1,6
3. Ogier +2,1
4. Hirvonen +4,1
5. Latvala +6,3
6. Loeb +7,5
7. Wilson +14,9
8. Raikkonen +15,8

SS8 Halli 2 9,60km
1. Petter 4.33,8
2. Hirvonen +0,1
3. Sordo +0,5
4. Ogier +0,6
5. Loeb +2,4
6. Latvala +4,9
7. Raikkonen +7,8
8. Villagra +8,1
9. Wilson +14,6

SS9 SSS Istanbul 2,20km
1. Loeb 1.55,9
2. Ogier +0,4
3. Petter +0,6
4. Latvala +1,8
5. Raikkonen +3,0
6. Sordo +3,1
7. Hirvonen +3,4
8. Wilson +7,4

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

After 4 runs on todays Shakedown in Turkey, Petter Solberg were happy with the setup for the rally car. He ended with the 5th fastest time. Sebastien Loeb set the fastest time. Shakedown is the final test before the rally starts.

- This is going to be a hard and challenging rally. Stages are fast, but rocks and sand makes them difficult. I guess we will see some punctures here, especially on Saturday’s stages. The car worked perfect at Shakedown today, and I’m looking forward to finally start tomorrow, says Petter Solberg.

The Shakedown test took place at a 4,75km closed road, 28kms from Pendik servicepark.

Shakedown times;
Loeb, Citroën 2.30,8
Sordo, Citroën 2.31,1
Hirvonen, Ford 2.31,7
Henning, Ford 2.32,2
Petter, Citroën 2.32,5
Ogier, Citroën 2.32,5
Räikkönen, Citroën 2.33,1
Latvala, Ford 2.33,1
Villagra, Ford 2.33,7
Wilson, Ford 2.35,2

It’s rally-week again, and the Petter Solberg World Rally Team is already on sight in Istanbul, for the Rally of Turkey. – We have been here for a few days now for pre event testing, and I am so pleased with my rally car, says Petter Solberg. – It feels so good, and right now I almost can’t wait until the rally starts.

We have an anniversary to celebrate this weekend, also. Rally of Turkey is Petter Solberg and Phil Mills’ 150 WRC event together. – 150 WRC events, that’s a lot! I do hope we have many more to come, says Petter. – To me, Phil is the best codriver, he knows exactly how everything should be, always!

This year the rally is moved up to Istanbul, with the service park based in Pendik. Stages will all be in the Asian part of Turkey, while the official start ceremony on Thursday evening will be in European part, surrounded by the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia.

23 stages will be contested during the upcoming weekend, and 43 cars are on the entry list.

Itinerary Rally of Turkey 2010

Friday 16 April
0903 SS1 Darlik 1 15,66km
0946 SS2 Karabeyli 1 8,23km
1014 SS3 Bozgoca 1 13,52km
1057 SS4 Halli 1 9,60km
Service A – Pendik
1400 SS5 Darlik 2 15,66km
1443 SS6 Karabeyli 2 8,23km
1511 SS7 Bozgoca 2 13,52km
1554 SS8 Halli 2 9,60km
1957 SS9 SSS Istanbul 2,20km
Flexiservice – Pendik

Saturday 17 April
0956 SS10 Göcbeyli 1 18,17km
1034 SS11 Ulupelit 1 12,98km
1127 SS12 Bozhane 1 14,59km
1200 SS13 Riva 1 27,17km
Service D – Pendik
1506 SS14 Göcbeyli 2 18,17km
1544 SS15 Ulupelit 2 12,98km
1637 SS16 Bozhane 2 14,59km
1710 SS17 Riva 2 27,17km
Flexiservice – Pendik

Sunday 18 April
0913 SS18 Deniz 1 16,76km
0951 SS19 Mudarli 1 21,32km
1039 SS20 Ballica 1 19,22km
Service G – Pendik
1312 SS21 Deniz 2 16,76km
1350 SS22 Mudarli 2 21,32km
1438 SS23 Ballica 2 19,22km

- I am quite happy with the result here in Turkey. With now have two rallies with the new car, and we’ve learned a lot.

Rally Turkey ended with an exciting battle for seconds on the final stage. Mikko Hirvonen managed to stay on top and won the rally. Jari Matti Latvala ended second and Sebastien Loeb third. Hirvonen is now leading the Drivers championship.

Petter kept his sixth position through out the weekend. He has been fastest on several split-times during the rally and says it proves how much potential there are in the new car. Chris Atkinson has been struggling a lot this weekend, and started under SupeRally-regulations both Saturday and Sunday. He ended 13.

Henning Solberg and Dani Sordo were also fighting for seconds on the final day of the rally, but Sordo managed to stay in the 4th position. Henning ended 5th. Gigi Galli withdrew from the final day, due to exhaustion and dehydration.

Next event is Rally Finland, 31. July – 3. August.

Overall classification Rally of Turkey 2008

1. Mikko Hirvonen, Ford 4.42.07,1
2. Jari Matti Latvala, Ford +7,9
3. Sebastien Loeb, Citroen +25,7
4. Dani Sordo, Citroen +2.25,6
5. Henning Solberg, Ford +2.33,7
6. Petter Solberg, Subaru +2.48,2
7. Matthew Wilson, Ford +4.24,2
8. Conrad Rautenbach, Citroen +7.46,7

- The car is getting better and better, and we are taking things step by step. Everything can happen here, and there are a lot of rocks to avoid. It is still a new car, so I’m quite happy with the result.

Two days of driving and 16 stages are done, and Petter is in 6th position overall. Mikko Hirvonen is leading the rally with his team-colleague Jari Matti Latvala is 2nd. Sebastien Loeb is 3rd and Henning Solberg, who was 2nd after day 1, has dropped down to 4th.

Rally of Turkey is a though rally, and already at the second test of the day, both Suzuki’s retired. PG with electrical problems and Gardemeister with mechanical. Gigi Galli set some fast times this morning, but on SS12 and 13 he started to loose power and he lost more than 4 mintues on SS13.

Rally of Turkey finishes Sunday with only 3 stages, first car are on the road at 0938 (local time).

Overall classification day 2

1. Mikko Hirvonen, Ford
2. Jari Matti Latvala, Ford +16,1
3. Sebastien Loeb, Citroen +34,2
4. Henning Solberg, Ford +2.08,4
5. Dani Sordo, Citroen +2.15,0
6. Petter Solberg, Subaru +2.33,6
7. Matthew Wilson, Ford +3.41,1
8. Gigi Galli, Ford +5.20,0

Day 1 in Turkey is finished and when 9 stages are completed, Petter is 6th. Loeb is leading the rally, but he is only one second ahead of Henning Solberg, who is second.

Turkey is a real challenge for both cars and drivers. Narrow mountain roads with a lot of stones make this one of the toughest event on the calendar. Urmo Aava was the first to experience the though Turkish roads, setting the fastest time on today’s first stage – he had to retire on the second stage with suspension damage.

PG Andersson got into trouble today, probably caused by a Turkish stone, when the car’s fire extinguisher suddenly went off inside the car during stage 5. Both PG and his codriver Jonas were totally soaked, and PG’s foot actually slipped off the brakes a couple times, because of the wet.

Chris Atkinson retired on the road-section to SS7 with front suspension damage.

On the day’s last two stages, the drivers started to think about the start order for Saturday. It is not ideal to be first on the road, sweeping the road for the others. As a result of tactical driving, there are now only 6,9 seconds between the first and the sixth driver in the overall classification.

Rally of Turkey continues Saturday with 7 more stages. First car is on stage at 0928 (local time).

Overall classification day 1

1. Sebastien Loeb, Citroen
2. Henning Solberg, Ford +1,0
3. Jari Matti Latvala, Ford +1,1
4. Gigi Galli, Ford +2,2
5. Mikko Hirvonen, Ford +6,9
6. Petter Solberg, Subaru +49,1
7. Matthew Wilson, Ford +1.05,9
8. Dani Sordo, Citroen +1.06,8

Latvala were fastest on shakedown today, and Petter ended with 7th fastest time. The test was done at a 5km closed road 26kms south of Kemer. Petter had a problem on his second time through, when he broke a track-control arm.

Shakedown is the team’s last chance before the actual rally start, to test the car on conditions that reflects the rest of the rally. Each car can drive through as many times as they want between 0800 – 1200. But today most of the drivers didn’t feel that this stage was representing the rally enough, so they didn’t do as many passes as usual. The stage, which is also being used in the rally as SS18 on Sunday in reverse direction, was too soft compared to other stages.

Times – shakedown Turkey

Latvala 3.55,7
Galli 3.57,2
Hirvonen 3.59,4
Atkinson 4.00,4
Loeb 4.00,7
Henning 4.01,4
Petter 4.01,7
Mikkelsen 4.02,4
Sordo 4.03,9

This week we are heading to Turkey and the 8th event of this season. Headquarter and servicepark is based in the city of Kemer, about 40km south of Antalya.

Rally Turkey was on the calendar for the first time in 2003, and it is known to be as though for both car and the crew as the event in Greece. The surface is gravel, and the stages are in the mountain area around Kemer. Turkey is high speed on rocky roads, and the temperature is most likely to be around 30 degrees.

A total of 76 cars are on the entry list, and 19 stages will be competed trough out the weekend. Rally Turkey was not on the calendar for 2007, but the winner in 2006 was Marcus Grønholm. The stages in Turkey suites Petter well, and he came second in 2005 and were third in 2004.

Thursday, 12. June
1725 SS1 Antalya SSS1  2,60km

Friday, 13. June
0838 SS2 Perge 1  22,43km
0921 SS3 Myra 1   24,15km
0959 SS4 Kumluca 1  9,90km
 Kemer – Service
1257 SS5 Perge 2  22,43km
1340 SS6 Myra 2   24,15km
1418 SS7 Kumluca 2  9,90km
 Kemer – Service  
1701 SS8 Chimera 1  16,94km
1747 SS9 Phaselis 1  22,40km

Saturday, 14. June
0928 SS10 Chimera 2  16,94km
1016 SS11 Silyon 1  27,36km
 Kemer – Service
1259 SS12 Kemer 1  20,50km
1349 SS13 Silyon 2  27,36km
 Kemer – Service
1632 SS14 Kemer 2  20,50km
1723 SS15 Phaselis 2  22,40km
1901 SS16 Antalya SSS 2  2,60km

Sunday, 15. June
0938 SS17 Olympos 2  31,03km
 Kemer – Service
1204 SS18 Camyuva  5,50km
1307 SS19 Olympos 2  31,03km
 Kemer – Service