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NEWS | Sun 03rd 2007

On the podium!

Petter Solberg, photo by SWRT

Rally Acropolis 2007 is completed and Petter ended 3rd. The winner was Marcus Grønholm, while Sebastien Loeb came second. Petter and Phil was fighting in the lead the whole weekend and was in 3rd place at the start of leg 3. I am so happy, it is so great to be on the podium again. The team has worked hard for so long and finally we succeded, said a really happy Petter before he left for the pressconference. At the podium both Grønholm and Loeb showered him down with Champagne.

Petter is now number 5 in the championship.

Rally Acropolis totalt:
1. Marcus Grønholm, Ford
2. Sebastien Loeb, Citroen
3. Petter, Subaru
4. Mikko Hirvonen, Ford
5. Henning, Ford
6. Chris, Subaru
7. Jan Kopecky, Skoda
8. Manfred Stohl, Citroen

26 Responses to “On the podium!”

  1. Congratulations Petter and Phil!!!
    You really deserve this!!! You fought at the top and this is a sign of the times to come.. more fantastic battles, more podiums, more champagne….

    Lots of love,
    Viki
    xoxox

  2. Geir says:

    Congratulations, Petter!!! Great to have you back on the podium and fighting for the top three positions again!

  3. Eileen says:

    Congratulations Petter, its great to see you back where you belong. And great to make the critics eat their own words. Well Done Petter and Phil, we’re proud to support you all the way!!!

  4. Harold says:

    PETTER AND PHIL CONGRATULATIONS !!!
    you and the team has worked hard for so long and finally you all succeded,great to see you back on worlds podium.
    How whas the champagne?after so long no drink from a bottle?
    i’m proud to be a Solberg-army man!!!!
    to say Petter is back on the podium wher he belong to be !

  5. Endi Camacho Macotela says:

    Congratulations Petter og Phil!!

    I’m very happy due to your happiness today, I really wanted to see you smile like today man!
    see you on the podium next rally!!! ;-)

    Kisses from your León, your México, because México and specially León always will be yours man!

  6. elda olivan says:

    Oh…dear Petter:
    C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N sincerely with all my heart!!!!!!!!!!!
    You made me soooooooo happy with this podium!
    This podium was my dream for long time and now is trueeeeeee!
    You did an excellent and perfect job this weekend!
    Long time waiting this exactly moment and finally this moment arrived!
    Wooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwww!!!!!!!
    Really with all my heart, I wish you the best for a rest of the season.Happy holidays dear hero and enjoy the life!
    Cheers!

  7. Bjørn-Andre says:

    Gratulerer.

  8. Petter and Phil!
    I don’t know what happened, I posted a congratulations to you here the minute this was posted but it hasn’t shown up yet.. must have gotten lost or rejected… oh no…

    Job well done, happy to see the smiles all around! You boys really deserved this and many more podiums to come this season!!
    Love,
    Viki

  9. How embarassing..look now my first message is there too. Well, I promise that when I wrote the 2nd the 1st was not showing in my browser… This is not a blonde thing I promise!!!
    Love,
    Viki

  10. sofia says:

    YOU ARE VERY GOOD IN ACROPOLIS RALLY. GOOD LUCK IN THE NEXT RALLY.

  11. mad0master says:

    CONGRATULATIONS!
    I’m very happy to c you both back on the podium! :-D

    master,
    Kiev Ukraine

  12. Stinkfist says:

    Congratulations guys.

  13. S.SIEW says:

    Congratulations Petter and Phil!

    Best pace all the way!

    Now it’s dampers huh, didn’t the team changed damper manufacturers recently for Mexico? Hmmm hehe . Maybe a redesign is needed like what Ford did after Sardinia? hehe

    You are still the great ones Petter and Phil! You guys are still the moral winners! Nothing like a great comeback soon! See ya’ll in action after 2 long months! Enjoy, and chill with family ya.

    -S.SIEW
    (A fan from Malaysia.)

  14. S.SIEW says:

    Oh hey, before I forget…

    VERY RUGGED, and COOL Beard you have this time! hahaha
    Haven’t seen the beard since Sweden Victory in 2005!

    Maybe the beard is a good luck thing ehehehe! Good luck and God bless!

    Hey Phil! Get a beard too! hahahhahaa

    -S.SIEW

  15. Angela says:

    SIMPLY THE BEST!!!
    CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND PHIL! and all the team of course

    have a nice rest now because Finland is waiting for you and we all are looking forward for “THE BLUE NORWEGIAN WIND” to blow victory again!!!

  16. FIDE says:

    Not so bad. We started on a high on 1st day, and then the car lost reliability (why ????). In other hand seems that the morning SS’s fits better to you and the car than the afternoon ones, again why ??? Still missing for a 1st place, and hoping during holliday season the team works hard and try to improve towards the tarmac rallies that historically have been a nightmare for Subaru.

  17. SAra says:

    CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!! by the position obtained in rally of Greece.-
    sincerely desire that thisprofit be the principle of your total success in the next rally.
    GOOD LUCK !!!!!

  18. HUGO says:

    CONGRATULATIONS !!!! and the next rally I hope win and beat sordo!!!!!!!!!! you are the best driver in the world!!!!!!!

  19. elda olivan says:

    Great SARA!
    You are here with our Petter and Phil!
    Welcome friend to the page!
    Love.
    Elda.

  20. moktar says:

    petter
    CONGRATULATIONS to you and phil
    really we are very very happy because you at podium again
    because that is your place really. in poium along.
    all what we hope now can you take all next stages.
    and we know that you can do that.
    good luck in finlad rally.
    my heart with you and phill.
    moktar

  21. Eric says:

    Congratulations to you Petter!!!!!!

    It was such longtime we did see your big smile and the last week end was the big day!!!!! There is where you belong!!! Please stick in there and we hope everything is going on your way again!!!!!!!

    Good luck for the next rallyy!!!!!!

    All the best Petter and Mills!!!

  22. Eric says:

    Warm Welcome here SARA!!!!!

    You are a new family and we are happy to welcome you here!!! Please do visit as well our forum page and we will be happy to keep in touch with you!!!!! You are welcome in our family!!!!

  23. Estelle says:

    VERY GOOD!

    so what how do you feel now? isn’t it fantastic?

    i’m very happy for you both.

    try to stay course and remain stable on every stages.

    all the best!

    estelle
    valence (france)

  24. ahmet ırmak says:

    that’s it . hope this encourages you…waiting for the next
    bye

  25. c jones says:

    yay!!! well done petter!! we all knew you could do it! I hope to see you up there a lot more after the summer break! have a good break! x

  26. Ivana G. says:

    I have travelled almost 2000km from Croatia to Grecce on Acropolis Rally. I also had tickets for last SSS on Hipodrome on sunday. My only wish was to see Petter there. Petter is the most possitive guy in whole WRC. When I saw him on that podium it was really great! Congratulations Petter! And Phil of course! With pride I wear your cap and Subaru`s T- shirt. Greetings and lots of kisses from Croatia!
    P.S. From this year our rally in Croatia is in European Championship. We have some great stages here. Come and see!

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