Solberg targets a podium place in Sardinia

Petter Solberg started day two of Rally Italia Sardinia in second place and intended to reduce as much as possible the gap to overnight leader Sébastien Loeb.

He took 7 seconds back on the day’s opening stage but then was once again hit with bad luck. He had a slow puncture on SS10 and lost around twelve seconds on this 27.97 kilometer-long stage. He completed the morning loop in third overall.

He lost another place in the standings in the afternoon because of a small mistake on SS12. He still lies in fourth place overall at the end of day two and will tackle Sunday’s leg with a podium finish as his sole target.

“A good start position for tomorrow”, he said. “It’s been a really tough day and it has been a big attack. We lost 12 seconds on a puncture on stage 11 and also lost time on SS14, which I think is because I have not tested on that kind of surface. The car has worked perfectly all day, and I will get back on the podium tomorrow!”