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Photos: Peter van Merksteijn Sr crash on SS21 Värmullsåsen 2 in Rally Sweden

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

I happened to be on SS21 Värmullsåsen 2 in Rally Sweden at the same spot where Henning Solberg and Manfred Stohl went off back in 2006 (that time I think the stage was called Sundsjön). The place proved to be dramatic even this time, when Peter van Merksteijn parked his car quite a bit off the road in the right hand bend at the spot. He was lucky that there was an army of Finns, Swedes and others armed with everything from shovels to ropes ready to assist. Below is a few of my photos from the off. A larger Rally Sweden gallery incl. more photos from the off and a lot of other things will come later – and so will my reflections from the weekend…

All photos are taken by Rasmus Bjerén and protected by copyright. If you wanna share them, please link to this post and do not copy the image or link directly to it! :)

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Right now at Karlstad Super Special Stage

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

It looks like this… :)

Right now at the Karlstad Super Special Stage, 30 minutes before the start... Photo: Mikael Hjerpe

Right now at the Karlstad Super Special Stage, 30 minutes before the start... Photo: Mikael Hjerpe

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Photo: Petter flat out in Sweden

Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Petter Solberg testing outside Torsby in Sweden today. Photo: PSWRT

Petter Solberg testing outside Torsby in Sweden today. Photo: PSWRT

Petter Solberg tested his Citroën C4WRC today outside Torsby – and had really fun according to himself. From the reports I’ve heard, Petter is satisfied with the car, but of course there are things left to tweak. Good then that Petter has hired Francois “Fx” Demaison full time this year as an engineer, so they can sort things out…

Tomorrow Petter will start the local rally Finnskogsvalsen as an extended test – around 90 km’s of competitive stages on old Rally Sweden roads. It will be really interesting to hear Petters impressions after that test!

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Petter reporting from the test of his Citroën C4WRC in Sweden

Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Petter Solberg is testing his car near Torsby in Värmland today. Photo: PSWRT

Petter Solberg is testing his Citroen C4WRC near Torsby in Värmland today. Photo: PSWRT

Petter Solberg just updated his blog with the following quote:

- Just did the first run, and this car is just unbelieveable! It’s totally different from the car I had last year. I mean, the balance is so good and the grip is amazing. Just one thing to say now; Rally Sweden – here I come!

It’s interesting to see that Petter is so happy immediately, since it means that he maybe really have managed to get the right stuff out of the Citroën factory – something that almost no privateer has previously managed to do. Citroën have always been very keen of protecting their works drivers from concurrence by providing engine mappings and parts that has obviously been not as good as the works stuff. Ask Petter about last year, Manfred Stohl, Daniel Carlsson and many other people…

If Petter has the right stuff – he can finally become a contender again and maybe be one of the guys on top in the championship. That would be an amazing boost to the WRC. However, still that’s just dreams, but let’s hope for more good reports from Petter.

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Photo of the Citroen DS3 WRC (1.6T)

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

French magazine AutoHebdo publishes images that they claim are the new Citroen DS3 1.6T – the new car that will lead Citroen’s WRC challenge from 2011 and on. As you probably know, the WRC will have a new main class from next year – setting aside the old WRC cars replacing then with the 1.6T class derived from Super2000.

Citroen DS3 WRC (1.6T)

I must say the car looks really nice, and since Citroen don’t use to make bad cars – I guess it may be a real blast next year. Now, let’s hope the rest of the manufacturers are up to the challenge!

Go to the AutoHebdo article (three spreads forward)

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Proved: Petter did test the Citroen

Monday, January 26th, 2009

As has been rumoured by many sources, Petter did test the Citroen Xsara WRC in Sweden this weekend. Swedish newspaper VF has a photo: http://www.vf.se/Sport/Varmland/Det-blev-Citroen-090125.aspx

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