I’ve previously posted some facts about Petter’s WRC team, and now I try to go on with the car itself. The Citroen Xsara WRC that Petter Solberg used during testing in Sweden is believed to be the same car as Petter has bought from Citroen to use in Rally Norway – and potentially more rallies during the 2009 season. WRC cars are continuosly developed and parts are replaced during their lifetime – after one year of competition very few parts are the same, and Petter should be happy about that. His car has the chassi number T412 and is built already in 2001. It has already spent some time in Citroen’s museum in 2004…
Here is the full history of Petter’s car:
- Built with chassi # T412 and reg plates 32 CSP 92 in 26/3 2001
- 2001 wins Tour de Corse driven by Jesus Puras (first ever Xsara victory)
- 2001 registered as 723 CZM 78
- 2002 2nd in Rally Monte Carlo driven by Sebastien Loeb
- 2002 retired after accident in Rally Catalunya driven by Sebastien Loeb
- 2003 wins Rally Monte Carlo driven by Sebastien Loeb
- 2003 retired with engine failure from Acropolis Rally driven by Sebastien Loeb
- 2003 wins Rallye San Remo driven by Sebastien Loeb
- 2004 placed in Citroen’s museum called “Le Conservatoire”
- 2004 wins Cyprus Rally driven by Sebastien Loeb
- 2005 Tarmac test with Manfred Stohl in France
- 2005 ran by Kronos Racing registered as 322 DFQ 78
- 2005 6th in Rally Monte Carlo driven by Manfred Stohl
- 2005 9th in Rally New Zeeland driven by Manfred Stohl
- 2005 9th in Rally Italia Sardinia driven by Manfred Stohl
- 2005 Gravel tests with Manfred Stohl in Spain
- 2005 2nd in Cyprus Rally driven by Manfred Stohl
- 2005 20th in Acropolis Rally driven by Manfred Stohl
- 2005 8th in Rally Argentina driven by Manfred Stohl
- 2005 Retired with steering failure in Rally Finland driven by Manfred Stohl
- 2005 Retired after accident in Rallye Deutschland driven by Manfred Stohl
- 2005 5th in Wales Rally GB driven by Manfred Stohl
- 2007 ran by Kronos Racing registered as 98 DZF 78
- 2007 6th in Corona Rally Mexico driven by Manfred Stohl
- 2007 8th in Rally Argentina driven by Manfred Stohl
- 2007 12th in Rally New Zeeland driven by Manfred Stohl
- 2007 Retired with mechanical problems from Tour de Corse driven by Manfred Stohl
- 2007 6th in Rally Japan driven by Manfred Stohl
- 2007 8th in Wales Rally GB driven by Manfred Stohl
- 2008 registered as 875 EHW 78
- 2008 16th in Swedish Rally driven by Conrad Rautenbach
- 2008 driven by Felice Re in Italy registered as 14R 0101
- 2008 driven by Kris Meeke in Bettega Memorial
- 2009 driven by Conrad Rautenbach in Galway International Rally registered as 138 EQY 78
Facts source: WRCNotes.ru. Thanks to site owner Alex Sergeev!
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Du sa ju själv att både DCs och Stohls bilar var direkt odugliga. (vilket också märktes på placeringarna) Då kan man ju hoppas att Petter & Co har ordentlig koll på detta och vet vilka delar som gör den någorlunda konkurrenskraftig igen då. Eller?
Det är inte lätt när det är svårt.
Men om man tjänar 50 mill om året undrar jag lite varför man inte köpte in sig i typ adapta eller så… (för “nära” kanske men ändå)
Mats, yes, DC’s and Stohls cars were just crap. As I hinted in this post, the age of Petter’s car doesn’t say anything about how good it is – since everything has been replaced quite a few times since the chassi was built. Regarding the performance it will fully depend on what parts he will get from Citroen and what he will fit onto it himself – because in difference to Stohl and DC he has bought it and he should have more control.
So… This post was just funny/interesting facts about the car, not a judgement of what performance he may get out of it. Let’s just hope he manages to get good parts for it, no matter how it’s done!
You welcome!
But I must told you one important thing – it seems that Felice Re has another car with chassis number 425.