Second Place for Solberg in the Rally Turkey
Jun 7, 2005
source: Prodrive
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Petter Solberg maintained his overnight position to finish second in the Rally of Turkey. Increasing his advantage over closest rival Marcus Gronholm by 7.9 seconds, the Norwegian took a stage win and crossed the finish line to collect another eight points in the Drivers' Championship. Chris Atkinson was essentially testing after an incident on Leg one cost him time. Completing the day's 50km of stages, the Australian gained more experience of the event's rough terrain aboard his Subaru Impreza WRC2005.
David Lapworth, Subaru World Rally Team Principal: "We come to every event to win, so we're never going to be satisfied finishing second, but from a championship perspective it's eight solid points and that's a good result. Petter's driven very well, it was a great performance from the team and we've stopped Sebastien extending his championship lead by more than two points. Looking ahead to Greece, I think we've shown after the last couple of days that we're in a strong position and can continue to put pressure on Sebastien."
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