Final results Rally Norway 2009
A smiling and relieved Petter Solberg drove into sixth place overall in Rally Norway this afternoon. Petter Solberg and his World Rally Team are really happy scoring three points in the Drivers Championship in its debut rally.
- I am very happy about the sixth place. I mean, 4 weeks ago I had no car and no team, and look at us now. I am so proud of everybody in the team that has been working flat out for the past weeks, and also my friends and family. Without them none of this would be possible.
Petter and Phil started the rally with a fantastic stage win in Oslo Thursday evening, with thousands of spectators watching and cheering for them. On Friday they lost some time due to the team owner’s decision regarding a spare tyre. – I took only one spare tyre with me in the car, just to save some weight. Not a very good decision, changing only one tyre caused me problems with the grip due to unbalance – my decision and my fault! On Saturday they had to stop in a stage because of an overheated engine. Phil had to get out the car and remove a piece of kevlar that was blocking the air. Sunday’s two final stages turned out to be quite exciting due to a damaged clutch. – Honestly, I didn’t really think we would make it to the finish, but we did and we also managed to keep our 6th.
- I think we did a good job this weekend. We were really fast on some splits, and they are driving cars that should go much faster. Now we have to do some evaluation and make some plans for the next rallies. Cyprus will be quite a challenge, and I will not settle for 6th.
Overall classification Rally Norway 2009
1. Sebastien Loeb, Citroen
2. Mikko Hirvonen, Ford +9,8
3. Jari Matti Latvala, Ford +1.21,8
4. Henning Solberg, Ford +3.33,5
5. Dani Sordo, Citroen +3.52,0
6. Petter, Citroen +6.25,4
7. Matthew Wilson, Ford +6.35,6
8. Urmo Aava, Ford +6.49,1
You guys did great, congrats. looking forward to the next challenge :D
Hei Team Petter Solberg!
Detta var skikkelig moro, blir skikkelig stolt på dine vegne og over å være norsk! Hadde bare mulighet til være tilskuer på fredag men sånn er det. Kongsvingeretappen var rå, sto på travbanen der hadde du den beste flyten i køringa av alle og lada skikkelig helt konge:-) Ingen tvil om at du kan kjøre bil fort, veldig fort…. bare skaff deg en bil som funker enda litt bedre så er du på toppen av pallen!!!
Lykke til vidre
great great petter ….and the next is will be better ….
Go petter we are with you along..
moktar
“Will not settle for 6th” Thats the attitude……! Magic……
It was an amazing race! I wish I was able to be there to watch. One can’t expect anyone at the first race with an older, less powerful car, and a sixth place is great! I’m looking forward to the next races and to see you master the car and show what you are made of. maybe your engineers manage to put some more horsepower into the old dog as well, which was something you seemed to lack this round.
And congrats to your brother!
Petter, Phil and all the Team fantastic result. Cypress will be worth waiting for. As you said “Never Give Up”
Et spørsmål:
Teller dine poenger inn på Citroen i fabrikk mesterskapet?
Digg at du endelig har komt dei inni en bil som funker, lite frustrerende med alle problemene som var med Subaru etter 2003 sesongen.
Men om du holder deg til Citroen, skal du nok klare det igjen! (Det er vel en grunn til at de har vunnet fabrikkmesterskapet så mange ganger, og at Loeb vinner så mye som han gjør. Han er god, men jeg tror bilen har litt å si og!)
LYKKE TIL PETTER! Med det nye teamet, og med resten av WRC!
mvh
Nyerhvervet fan
Is your car from 2004 or 2006? I heard both dates.
fantastic is all i can say! great work petter, phill and the team! I can’t wait for the next round in cyprus as i’m sure the rest of PSWRT supporters! 6th is great but im sure there’s more to come for sure!!!!!!
Congrates again to everyone
Matt Shardlow
Dette var helt fantastisk av deg Petter!!!
Hele Norge er stolte av deg!!!!
IMPONERENDE!
LYKKE TIL VIDERE, DU ER BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well done Petter, Phil and rest of PSWRT!!!
I loved that “I will not settle for 6th”. That’s our Petter!!! hehe
Waiting for the new challenge, I know you will make a clever choice.
Superb result, hope you enjoyed yourselves out there. Must have been a sweet feeling to get a stage win with your own team on your home rally. yacky dah phil!
Go Petter and Phil!!!!
Brilliant result guys! Well done!
:D
Hi Petter and Phil,
Fantastic !
Yes,You didn’t even have a rally car and a team 4 weeks ago.
But you did it ! You always make me smile and positive.
Congratulation for PSWRT debut !
Hi Petter and congrats with u result this weekend u r awsome no matter what. Keep it up and flat out…..
Wish u and phil the best for the future….
Iceman
To Rumbach Sanyi
The chassi is from 2001 and the car is now up to 2006 spec.
Hi petter,I’m happy you’ve got the 6th position.
I think it’s a good start,hope you can reach top3 in next rallies.
yes,everything is possible! I hope I can see the rally some day
best wishs!
a fan from China
Wonderful man! For the win!
Well done Petter, Youre one of the expectacular drivers of the championship. Thanks youre back.
We are waiting in Rally Argentina this year again.
Andres Boegel Kompatzki.
Puerto Varas – Chile
If you could setup this in 6 weeks? Then I think that Subaru’s desision was rash and they could have saved the team by looking for sponsors to assist with the cost.
They sould think about the people working for them aswell as just the marketing they get out of the sport.
Congrats.
You guys show what rallying is made of. The never say die attitude. Look forward to see you kick butt.
Hi, Petter and Petter Solberg World Rally Team members.
Good for Xsara finished without retire.
And you entry to Cyprus.
Prepare elaborately and challenge for the next rally.
Congratulations on 6th place. A Cyprus rally is ZENKAI.
Congratulations PSWRT,
very good job this week and a fantastic result!
Sorry, but I would have an another stupid question. How much secondes per kilometre is a Citroen C4 quicker with compared to this Citroen? 1,5 or 2 secondes per kilometre or much more?
Great job!
Congratulation to Petter Solberg rally team!!!!
Love.
Elda.
Congratulatioons Peter and all your Team, keep going, and I hope you can drive for us in MEXICO
Rumbach Sanyi! Maybe 1-1,5 sec/km… Talán :)
very very good guys congratulationsssss
Good driving Petter and good reading maps phil… Stay tuned and keep fighting.. The right car will come your way sooner og later :) Then you will win again and be number 1 again.
I bet if you have more racing and driving in this car and some km it will be a winning car.
Good Luck Petter and Phil…….
Getin thats what i call a sports men what a good team you have too back you & phil ,
Good Luck
Top show mate, we enjoyed watching you fly during the rally.
The Xsara looked great, but if you had a Citroen C4 you’d probably be 1st or 2nd.
Good luck for the next rally, can’t wait for the rest of the season now…
:-)
How great to see that you drive a WRcar!!
It is just great to hear that you have completed your home rally with the result of 6th place.
You showed us the attitude of “Never give up!”, and it certainly gave us power and happy feelings.
Thank you, Petter!!
Good luck for the rest of 2009 season!!
We are always on your side :)
Keep it up, PETTER AND PHIL, keep scoring points, be in a good psition for THE ULTIMATE RALLY, WALES RALLY GB.
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Great job, CONGRATULATIONS,GOOD LUCK.
Hi Petter.
congratulations to result in Norway.
I want to ask…
It is or will be an e-shop? Thanks Michal Ševčík
Petter,Phil,
Great to see you back guys & congratulations to you and the team for such a fantastic effort in Norway.
Good luck to you all for the rest of 2009 season.
Dave & Pete
Subaru Impreza Drivers Club
Another also ran performance, same as the last few years
hallo vet du hvor i polen rallyen går
Knut Erik
rally polen in Mikolajki north of warsaw. check this website http://www.radjpolski.pl or this link http://www.rajdpolski.pl/?how-to-get-there-,64
We knew that all you need was a reliable car!
Never give up!
There is an exciting report with Petter on WRC.COM site, look at it!