Petter Solberg will play offense

Petter Solberg did not have an idyllic start to the season. But the Norwegian does not lose hope and will try to counteract fate by increasing his pace.

Published on 29/04/2011 à 16:33

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The Citroën private driver encountered several mishaps at the start of the season, causing him to lose valuable points in the Championship. The 2003 World Champion currently occupies fifth place in the standings behind Jari-Matti Latvala, having retired in Jordan following a road accident.

Accusing 43 points behind the lead in the Championship, Petter Solberg does not intend to give up. “ I'm going to ride hard from now on », Warned the DS3 driver WRC at wrc.com. “ We had a very frustrating start to the season. We were in a good place in Portugal and we had a puncture. We experienced the same thing in Mexico. From now on, the strategy will simply be to be quick. »

The Norwegian is counting on the Italian event held in Sardinia next weekend to try to reduce the gap on the leading drivers. “ I like this test ", he added. " It?s always a rally difficult, but the roads are good. It will be an interesting event and we have always obtained good results there in the past. I want to get good results from now on. »

Petter Solberg will likely adopt an aggressive strategy from the start of the rally. His place in the Drivers' classification should allow him to benefit from cleaned roads on the first day.