Petter Solberg has won the Rally Great Britain and with it, the driver’s championship for 2003. Solberg won the final run through Margam Park, and extended his lead over Sebastien Loeb, winning the rally by over 40 seconds. Tommi Makinen finishes his career on the podium, as he won his battle with Colin McRae for […]
Posted on November 9th, 2003 by admin
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It was a generally quiet day in Wales, with Petter Solberg taking a clean sweep of stages (the last state, the superspecial at Cardiff, will be run this evening). He’s extended his lead to just over 40 seconds ahead of Sebastien Loeb, and Loeb has resigned himself to getting the Xsara to the finishing ramp […]
Posted on November 8th, 2003 by admin
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With only the superspecial at Cardiff left on the day, Petter Solberg has a slim 6 second lead over Sebastien Loeb. The two traded fastest stage times all day, with Loeb admitting he’s pushing hard, and Solberg simply going with the flow. Tommi Makinen is having a fantastic final rally, and he’s currently in third […]
Posted on November 7th, 2003 by admin
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It’s been quite a day in Wales so far. First, the bad news. Carlos Sainz is out. He spun his Xsara off the road during SS3, and though Sainz and Marc Marti were unhurt, they could not continue. Markko Martin is also out with mechanical issues with his Focus. He was having problems from the […]
Posted on November 7th, 2003 by admin
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The Rally Great Britain begins tomorrow, and the driver’s championship will be decided on the muddy forest roads in Wales. Carlos Sainz and Sebastien Loeb are tied atop the points table, and Petter Solberg is only a point behind. If any one of the three of them win the rally, the championship will be theirs. […]
Posted on November 6th, 2003 by admin
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Here’s a play-by-play of the rebuild of Petter Solberg’s Subaru Impreza WRC after his shakedown shunt in Corsica. Amazing stuff.
Posted on October 27th, 2003 by admin
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It was quite a weekend in Spain, and the championship table has a distinctly different look to it. It was generally a dry, quick rally, though the rains came early in the day on Sunday and benefited the boys from Subaru immensely, but more on that in a moment. First. the surprise winner was Gilles […]
Posted on October 26th, 2003 by admin
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With two rallies left in the season, the driver’s championship is still very much up for grabs, and four drivers have a legitmate shot at winning the championship. Catalunya is a touch different than the previous two tarmac rallies, being a bit more wide open that Corsica and San Remo. Conditions will be trickier as […]
Posted on October 23rd, 2003 by admin
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Here’s an image of Petter Solberg’s Subaru Impreza after the Corsica shakedown. This is same car he used to win the rally. Amazing work by his crew.
Posted on October 21st, 2003 by admin
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I’m not sure who is crazier in this photo, Markko Martin, or the spectators. This is from Rallye Monte Carlo, 2003.
Posted on October 20th, 2003 by admin
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