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SS16: Solberg claims Super Special triumph

At the end of the second day of action

By Franck Drui

12 February 2011 - 20:50

Petter Solberg has rounded out day two’s action with victory on the Karlstad superspecial.

The 2003 world champion, driving a Citroen DS3 WRC, set a time of 1m38.9s over the purpose-built course at Karlstad’s trotting stadium, which was two-tenths of a second faster than Jari-Matti Latvala managed in a Ford Fiesta RS WRC.

Back on form following repairs to his Fiesta’s powersteering, PG Andersson posted the third fastest time, which was two-tenths of a second faster Mads Ostberg achieved in another Fiesta.

Rally leader Mikko Hirvonen was one-tenth of a second slower than Ostberg. It means his overall leads has been cut from 7.5 to 7.4s heading into Sunday’s final six stages.

Standings after SS16:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	M. HIRVONEN / J. LEHTINEN	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2h34m56.1s
02	M. ØSTBERG / J. ANDERSSON	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+7.4s
03	P. SOLBERG / C. PATTERSSON	Citroën DS3 WRC	+8.9s
04	J. LATVALA / M. ANTTILA	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+10.9s
05	S. OGIER / J. INGRASSIA	Citroën DS3 WRC	+15.8s
06	S. LOEB / D. ELENA	Citroën DS3 WRC	+1m42.1s
07	K. RÄIKKONEN / K. LINDSTRÖM	Citroën DS3 WRC	+5m05.5s
08	P. ANDERSSON / E. AXELSSON	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+5m30.7s
09	P. SANDELL / S. PARMANDER	Skoda Fabia S2000	+7m44.8s
10	M. WILSON / S. MARTIN	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+7m46.2s
11	K. AL QASSIMI / M. ORR	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+7m49.6s
12	M. PROKOP / J. TOMANEK	Ford Fiesta S2000	+9m15.5s
13	D. KUIPERS / F. MICLOTTE	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+9m52.4s
14	K. BLOCK / A. GELSOMINO	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+13m21.3s
15	C. BREEN / G. ROBERTS	Ford Fiesta S2000	+14m13.9s