So, Petter finally got his 2006 Xsara from Citroen. That’s quite a big difference from the 05 one, and now he can start to make results for real, I guess. He got the car after tough dicussions with Citroen (no, surprise, huh) and after threatening them with going to another marque. From what I’ve heard and rumours that have circulated on the internet one of his options was the Peugeot 307WRC – a certainly good car. I guess that’s what scared Citroen the most, seeing their own precious Xsara potentially being outpaced by the 307WRC, that has been well developed by Bozian during the few years since Peugeot threw their towel in… Anyway, it will be nice to see what Petter can do.
Also, I want to post a short excuse on the lack of posts here the last few weeks. A lot of things to do at work, including some travel, is why. Actually I’m currently writing from my hotel room in Las Vegas, where I’m staying until tuesday. From Thursday on I’m back home so stay tuned!
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Tags: 307wrc, citroen, petter solberg, xsara
First of all, he will get 2006 spec parts, not a new car, but that goes for the same. But what does it really matter, when Citroen is still in charge of the ECU mapping? They will still tune the performance of that car exactly where they want it.. However, they know he is likely to switch car if they don’t give him more speed, so I’m sure they will give him something. Looks like he’s now, 0.5sec/km behind. If he can get half of that in performance maybe he can find the other half in his crazy head
So I hope he can put up a fight with this, at least for the podium, without other retirements. That would be awesome for the rest of the season.