Here are two videos from Petter’s test in Sweden. Looking at them, you can easily understand he had fun 
Thanks to Hedlund80 for the videos.
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Video: Petter Solberg test in Sweden
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Photo: Petter flat out in Sweden
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
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!
Petter reporting from the test of his Citroën C4WRC in Sweden
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
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.
Citroen to test the Citroen DS3 WRC 1.6T in Southern France this weekend
Friday, January 15th, 2010According to French site PlaneteMarcus, Citroen Sport will test their upcoming World Rally Car – the Citroen DS3 WRC 1.6T – in Southern France this weekend. Sebastien Loeb will test during Thursday-Friday and Dani Sordo on Saturday-Sunday.
I guess this means that we will soon see both more photos and videos of the car during the next few days. Lovely!
Video: Mikko Hirvonen Ford Fiesta S2000 tests
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Mikko Hirvonen has carried out testing for Rally Monte Carlo during the 12th-14th of January. Here is a video of the tests with quite varying conditions, from light snow to heavy snow, snowfall and darkness.
Thanks to Zagatio for the video.
Petter Solberg to test his Citroen C4WRC in Finnskogsvalsen
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Not only Räikkönen is testing – rumours say that Petter Solberg will test in one of his two newly bought Citroen C4 WRC’s in Finnskogsvalsen on the 23rd of January. Finnskogsvalsen is a local Swedish competition in the county of Värmland, running on the same type of roads as the Rally Sweden.
Here is an extract from the entry list in the rally:
| Petter Solberg | NAF | A-förare | Citroën |
| Phil Mills | Grp. A > 2000 | C4 WRC |
Kimi Räikkönen completes test in the Citroen C4 WRC in Satory, France
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Kimi Räikkönen, Citroen C4WRC, Photo: Citroen
Kimi Räikkönen did his first Citroen C4 WRC tests yesterday in Citroens test track outside their factory in Satory, France. The test covered around 50km’s and was successful. Afterwards, Räikkönen talked to Autosport and told that he enjoyed meeting the team. He also stated he wants to get back in the car soon:
- It was good to try out a few different things; I was very interested to see how the car reacted when you changed some of the settings. Now I’m really keen to get back behind the wheel of the C4 again, Räikkönen said.
The good thing for Räikkönen then is that his competitive debut, as known, will be already in the Arctic Rally in Finland later this month – as a preparation for Rally Sweden. I also guess that more tests are planned before that rally.
Kimi Räikkönen in the Citroen C4 WRC, Photo: Citroen
Video: Andrej Jereb testing the Peugeot 207 Super2000 before Rally Monte Carlo
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010Even Andrew Jereb has been testing for the upcoming Rally Monte Carlo. Here he is on quite much snow in his Peugeot 207 Super2000 car.
Thanks to GrP2 and CechStyler for the videos.
Video: Mikko Hirvonen Ford Fiesta S2000 test
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010Mikko Hirvonen has been on the run again testing for the upcoming Rally Monte Carlo in Ardeche, France. Here is a video from the test that took place today:
Thanks to Stephdu07 for the video.
