Petter Solberg
Petter Solberg
Petter Solbergis a Norwegian professional rally and rallycross driver...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth18 November 1974
CityAskim, Norway
bad cut cylinders dropped engine running second third three time
Not perfect, but not bad times. On the second and third stages, the engine was running very warm, so it dropped to three cylinders and cut off the anti-lag from time to time.
badly cylinders drop engine seconds seemed stopped
The engine seemed to drop to two cylinders and I couldn't see over the bonnet as it was so badly bent. I stopped for about 20 seconds and then continued.
good
That was very good and things went well,
raining wet
When it's been wet and raining and muddy, it has been our rally.
bit good judge pace problems pushing quite seems split system time
I've got a good feeling, ... No problems at all. I've been pushing a little bit but, when I get a good split time through, I back off. The system seems to be working and I think I'm able to judge the pace quite well.
bad best choice current road
It was a bad decision. I had re-cut slicks, and it wasn't the best choice for the current road conditions.
changes fast few major notice problems second section small tried
Nothing really to report. We're going as fast as we can and had no major problems. We tried a few small changes to the set-up on the second section but didn't notice any significant improvement.
afford carry relax
That said, I can't afford to relax as Sebastien (Loeb) is doing very well... I'm just going to carry on going as we are and keep the speed.
far proper
They are too far away now to give it a proper fight.
deserve good japan last main points three top track trying win
It's important not just for me, but the whole team. A lot of us have had a lot of sleepless nights. Everybody's been flat-out to get back on track again. We deserve more than this after what started in Japan last year. We're all trying everything to get a very good result. The win is the main thing, but points and the top three is the goal.
keeps stage taking
What can we do? Loeb just keeps taking every stage from us and no-one can keep up.
definitely difficult fight problems ready small
We've had so many small problems and it's been a difficult day... but I'm definitely ready to fight back.
course gap perfect remains threat winning
Everything is perfect and we're winning stages. Marcus remains a threat and of course I'd like to take Sebastien but I think there's too much of a gap now.
car feels finding good however
We could be doing better, however the car feels good and yet we are not finding enough speed.