Petter Solberg cruised to his third consecutive rally win on Sunday, setting 13 of 19 scratch times. But the win did little for his title hopes, as Sebastien Loeb finished second, giving up only two championship to Solberg. Loeb’s lead stands at 26 points with only 30 left on the table. Solberg has promised to […]

Posted on October 4th, 2004 by admin
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Petter Solberg is firming in control of the rally, but with Sebastien Loeb comfortably holding second place, it does little to help his title defence. Marcus Gronholm held second place through most of the day til turbo problems got the better of his Peugeot, and the Finn lost over 23 minutes to the leaders, though, […]

Posted on October 2nd, 2004 by admin
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A switch for this year’s rally in Italy — instead of the sealed roads of San Remo, the WRC comes to the island of Sardina, with it’s narrow, sandy roads. Both Sebastien Loeb and Petter Solberg downplayed their chances to win, given their unenviable tasks of running first on the roads on day one, acting […]

Posted on October 1st, 2004 by admin
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