The last World Rally Championship winner who mastered the Master of Gravel, Sebastien Loeb, is in the city and driven to win on Kiwi soil again.
Petter Solberg and co-driver Phil Mills last won in New Zealand in 2004, were world champions in 2003, and he’s back with a new team. Petter Solberg World Rally Team is an individual team run by Solberg.
As well as the team’s 15 core members it has got many assistants who have made a contribution to its the success so far this year. Solberg also has a car just about matching to six-time world champion Loeb’s Citroen C4 and has shown he is still well on the pace. He’s running in second, behind Loeb and before Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen. Superwheels swept up with Solberg at the driver signing on Sun. At the SkyCity Atrium – which, in reality, had fans queuing across the floor and out the door. Morning, and the team will do a pre-event test Monday. We have learned lots about the best way to line up the car for a gravel rally, and I think the result in the 3 last events shows we are working in the right trail. Tomorrow is to make absolutely sure we all know the way in which the automobile must be on this express rally. I like it here in New Zealand this is one of my fave rallies.
it’s been a while since I won a rally but we have been incredibly close recently to winning and fighting at the top.”. In Turkey I was backing off a bit because in places it is too dear to smash the vehicle.
