Petter Solberg: Mud, sweat and tears
In the first of his regular columns on autosport.com this year, 2003 World Rally champion Petter Solberg looks ahead to the coming season, which kicks off with Rally Ireland this weekend
Petter's guide to the 2009 World Rally Championship
Hello and welcome to my first column on autosport.com of the season. I'm really looking forward to talking to readers of both Autosport and autosport.com through the year. It's going to be an interesting season in the WRC and one which, as I sit here and type, I still can't believe I'm not starting.
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