WRC: Petter: Finland was one tough event for me.

crash.net     Aug 4, 2008            

had to settle for sixth place and three points on the Neste Oil Rally Finland on Sunday after what he described as a weekend 'full of problems'. Petter and his team-mate Chris Atkinson were both a bit off the pace on the opening leg on Friday, but while Atkinson made progress on days two and three and hauled himself up to third, 'Hollywood' remained locked towards the bottom end of the points. His times did however improve and he finished the event on something of a high, by closing in on his brother Henning in fifth - cutting the gap from almost 30 seconds at the end of day two to just 6.4 at the finish - and by setting the pace in the final stage, the 6.46 km Ruuhimaki test. "It has been a tough rally and a weekend full of problems, especially yesterday which was unbelievable. Everybody has been working flat out to get the... [read full story]                    


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