Petter Solberg
Petter Solberg
Petter Solbergis a Norwegian professional rally and rallycross driver...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth18 November 1974
CityAskim, Norway
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.
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.
maybe points scholars-and-scholarship taking
It was better this afternoon. I think maybe I'm taking it too carefully, but I really want points here.
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.
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.
car closer confidence
The car is getting better and better and I'm much closer to the confidence I had yesterday,
beef deserved final finished mind reasons understand won
The final leaderboard showed that I won the event, but in my mind I finished second, ... Sebastien deserved the win, but I can understand the reasons why he did what he did. But now we all have to keep going - it's what Beef would have wanted.
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.
morning yesterday
It's the same story as yesterday morning and Sebastien did really well,
season
It's too bad. I didn't want to end the season like this, but that's just how it is sometimes,
good
That was very good and things went well,
If the positioning is not there, its very difficult.