Posted Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 9:57pm
It’s fitting that on a rally as spectacular as Rally México, one of the World Rally Championship’s most charismatic drivers – Petter Solberg – was at the center of attention as soon as the event was added to the WRC schedule.
Although he was carrying the #1 on the door of his Subaru Impreza WRC, Solberg was badly in need of a result when he arrived in México for the first time after Sébastien Loeb won the opening two rounds of the 2004 season.
Running on Pirelli tires while all of his rivals were on Michelins potentially put Solberg at an advantage in the Mexican mountains, but he made full use of it regardless. Fastest on both SS1 and SS3, Solberg led the rally as the cars returned back to the first service halt in León at the end of the first day.
