Finally it’s confirmed, Henning Solberg will drive the full WRC season in 2009 according to NRK. Also, he will get more testing and higher priority by the team, which is really a good thing. A lot of testing means A LOT to have a chance in the tight and expensive WRC. A little bit surprising though is that he will drive a Ford Focus WRC. All rumours before the announcement expected Henning to get back into the Bozian Peugeot 307 WRC.
So, what can we expect from Henning? The Ford is a good car, but he’s got a lot of competitors in the same car, counting with the BP Ford Abu Dhabi team, the Stobart team and the Munchis team. I’m afraid (and sure) he wont be the most high prio driver there, but since he will get more priority than before according to NRK he will hopefully not be the lowest prio either. Anyway, it would have been interesting to see him in a 307WRC. Noone has expected the car to be good, but in fact it’s a strong car with an experienced team and most of all; he would have got no competition regarding the teams resources. There was talk about homologating new parts before the 2009 season, and with new parts and all the prio from the team it could have been really interesting – especially in the “weak” 2009 championship.
However, it will be nice to see him on the roads in a Ford too. I think he should manage to get at least two podiums in the year, maybe more. What do you think? Comment below.
Read the NRK article: http://www.nrksport.no/motorsport/rally-vm/1.6382604
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