He started at the end. After a long wait world Rallye 2011 season has begun this morning with the Stobart Rally Sweden dispute. Surprisingly henning solberg has succeeded in recovering from his fall on Norwegian television and has scored the best time on his debut at the controls of the new Ford Fiesta RS WRC.
The eldest of the brothers Solberg has managed to mark a time of 2 minutes and 2.5 seconds in one of the seven passes for the stretch of evidence. In particular has been one tenth of a second faster than another Ford, of the first official driver Mikko Hirvonen.Petter Solberg, tecero, has had the honor of being the first of the new Citroen DS3 WRC, just ahead of Sebastien Loeb. To be able to vote this post you must login or register here.
To vote this post connect with Facebook ConnectThe time has been cold and the snow has been accompanied by drivers and fans during the morning. On the surface, the times have improved as they have passed the car as hard and slippery ice had formed at the beginning.
Early season problems have been also for Kimi Raikkonen which in its first pass by the Stobart has small output you can see in the video you put below. Ken Block has not spared have a good scare out of track. The U.S. has as advantage that has already participated in events with snow, but Rally America do not allow tyres with pins.
1 H. SOLBERG (M Stobart Ford WRT) Ford Fiesta RS WRC 2: 02, 5
2 HIRVONEN (Ford Abu Dhabi WRT) Ford Fiesta RS WRC 2: 02, 6
3 P. SOLBERG (Petter Solberg WRT) Citroen DS3 WRC 2:02, 7
4 LOEB (Citroen Total WRT) Citroen DS3 WRC 2:02, 8
5 LATVALA (Ford Abu Dhabi WRT) Ford Fiesta RS WRC 2: 03, 2
6 ANDERSSON (PG Andersson) Ford Fiesta RS WRC 2: 03, 4
