Plenty young talent out there - Solberg has had his­ day.

petter would do well in the ford focus ..shame subaru­ pulled the plug but the new car is well..@#$%

Spunky (love the name heheheh) you are very correct.­ Petter like his bread and butter but was unable to give­ them the jam. Development needs a good mechanical­ technician mind which Petter never had. Roo shud have­ dumped him in 05 and he may have gone to Citroen then,­ if he had he would be a good foil for Seb and still­ have a seat today.

Eleana is spot on in my opinion. Lovely guy and a great­ personality for the sport in general but... Nowt since­ his 2003 championship and a proven inability to develop­ a car into a winning product has turned him into a­ has-been driver unfortunately. People forget his 2003­ car was largely developed by Tomi Makinen which meant­ Solberg could just hit the ground running. But ever­ since having to rely on his development input all­ Subaru WRC's have been dogs and their lead driver­ just couldn't cut it developing it. Not sacking­ Solberg at the end of 2005 was Subaru's biggest­ mistake and has been a key lead to their demise into­ the current situation. Again, in my opinion anyway.

Unfortunately - as good as he is for the sport and­ wonderful with the supporters, he has gone past his­ sell-by date. You need to have victories to keep the­ seats warm of any team and he is too many years­ without. Thank for the good days Petter. Now take up­ another role - how about rally raid?

please let one of the only two left pick solberg up .­ He's the modern day old school rally driver ( yes i­ know that doesn't make much sence) . He'll­ slide slip and bounce his way over a stage and at the­ end of it still look like an funfiled school kid . He­ make rallying fun , win lose or draw , the sport will­ be at a major loss without him