Former FIA World Rally Champion Petter Solberg leads Rally Mexico at the end of the first day of competition. The Norwegian heads a quartet of Citroën C4 World Rally Cars, the French manufacturer’s cars having dominated. Sébastien Ogier holds second and reigning World Champion Sébastien Loeb is third, however the gap between the top three [...]
The repeated Ortega stage was the last opportunity for drivers to make a big impression on the time sheets before Saturday’s road order is settled on the El Cubilete test (SS7) which follows.
Whether Petter Solberg will want to carry his lead into Saturday’s competition will become clear then, but on SS6 he kept his foot [...]
As crews returned to Leon for Friday’s midpoint service, Petter Solberg holds a commanding lead of Rally Mexico, with a 17.1sec advantage over the man in second place, Sebastien Ogier.
As expected, road positions on this morning’s dry and dusty stages proved critical to success, with Solberg and Ogier capitalising on their respective positions of fifth [...]
