Petter and Phil 5th overall in Rally de Portugal
Petter Solberg and Phil Mills ended 5th in Rally Portugal 2010. After 18 stages and three though days, Sebastien Ogier won the event with Sebastien Loeb second. Dani Sordo ended third and Hirvonen fourth.
- At the moment I’m really disappointed, admits Petter Solberg. – I was really hoping for a better result this weekend. But we had too many tyre-problems and with the steering-issue this morning I just lost too much time. In addition we had that incident inside the stadium, which also cost us seconds. But we have been on the same pace as the other drivers, so in general we are satisfied with the result. We will go home now and start preparing for the tarmac in Bulgaria, which will be an interesting rally – the C4 is a perfect car on tarmac, says Petter Solberg.
Petter and Phil started the day third, but a problem with the steering cost them a lot of seconds on the two first stages of the day. They also lost seconds, and the fourth place, on an incident on the last stage inside the Algarve Stadium.
Sebastien Loeb is still leading the championship with 126 points, and Petter Solberg is fifth with 63 points.
There will be a small break in the championship now; next event is Rally Bulgaria 9 – 11. July 2010.
Overall classification Rally de Portugal 2010;
1. Sebastien Ogier, Citroën
2. Sebastien Loeb, Citroën +7,9
3. Dani Sordo, Citroën +1.17,6
4. Mikko Hirvonen, Ford +1.32,0
5. Petter Solberg,Citroën +1.35,7
6. Matthew Wilson, Ford +7.10,1
7. Mads Østberg, Subaru +7.28,3
8. Federico Villagra, Ford +10.36,1
9. Al Qassimi, Ford +10.55,8
10. Kimi Raikkonen, Citroën +11.34,3
hei! en dag klaffer alt, stå på det er bare et rally! :-)
dont worry guys better luck next time. keep pushing and i can c a win in the not 2 distant future.
Dont be dissapointed you gave everything to get to the podium, this time it didn’t work but you never know next time. At least you tried, you never gave up!
Keep smiling
Kate
Great drive again Petter.
Now I’m lookin’ forward to see what you’re able to accomplish on the Bulgarian tarmac.
Stå i ramma!!:)
hard luck guys, e more than deserved a podium this weekend,just have to get back up on the horse again!regards john,southern ireland.
Carry on Petter, the 2 or 3 in front of You are just plain mad…
You are a big Champion!!
I love Your Driving.. I hope You ll have better chance in Bulgary
Too bad for tyre problems.But I know you did the best ! I believe you and always behind you,Petter !
I hope you have a wonderful and relax time with your family. Have a nice holidays !
It was great to see you again in Portugal after shakedown…..I am disappointed for you and Phil as I know there was a chance for you to fight for second. Never mind eh? Wishing you all the best for Bulgaria.
Once again and as always you drove very well
I wish you a better chance in Bulgaria
I believe in you !
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PETTER AND PHIL GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!
NEVER GIVE UP !
Your frenchie fan
petter and phil…..from the start of 2010 you two have been fighting at or near the top of every rally. and now the world has been reminded that is where you belong.
so as far as i’m concered, for fans of petter…seeing this level of competition at every round has been just amazing….while a win may not be far off, if it doesn’t happen….what you two have already managed this season is inspiring and will be remembered for a looooong time.
PSWRT is an incredible endeavor, and with what has already been accomplished, you should honestly all be so incredibly proud.
on that note….don’t cut your hair until you win. it will work this time.
Super blog. Can not wait to discover what you come up with next!
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