Sitat fra nytt intervju med Petter.
Q: Petter, the final event of the season; is it true that you didn’t have the budget to able to compete here originally?
Petter Solberg: It was decided before the rally to not do this event, but we had a meeting with the team and a chat with the sponsors and we came up with some more money so we are here now. Sometimes you have to say ‘stop’, but we got everything together and we are very pleased to be here.
Q: What is the plan for this event for you? Do you feel that you can try to win?
PS: Well, I think like Mikko says the first stage is quite tricky and I don’t want to do anything wrong there. I would like to go for a big push on this rally and we’ll see how we go. I know the rally well and I like the conditions and we were fighting properly in the top last year with Seb [Loeb] so I think… let’s see! I will start fast and go hard.
Q: And what about next year Petter? Is there anything you can tell us of your plans?
PS: I have nothing done yet so we just wait and see. It’s hard work but we will see. A lot of things can happen in the next week and a half and if it doesn’t go, it doesn’t go. We have to accept how the sport is – it’s very difficult for many others also so we have to be realistic. We will find a solution as to which direction I take. I will not stop driving though, but in what way I don’t know yet.
Q: Would it be possible to run the ‘Petter Solberg World Rally Team’ again next year or is it not possible?
PS: We are looking into every option and it’s tough for many of the manufacturers too! We will see. We have a different choice of other motorsports so we have re-think properly after this rally and we will find out. My passion for rallying is still there, that’s not the problem, but we have to be realistic and see in the next one and a half weeks.
