Petter and Phil continue in Turkey where they left of in Jordan, A second place in Turkey takes Petter to second place in the world championship standings as he gets to grip with his Citroen C4 WRC.

After the first day of the 2010 Rally of Turkey Petter and Phil held 4th in the overall classification. With only 18 seconds behind the leader, they have a perfect position for day 2. Sebastien Ogier is the overnight leader, Sordo is second and Mikko Hirvonen third.

Petter and Phil were fastest through three of todays stages and not many seconds behind on the others. Both Henning Solberg and Ken Block had to retire with a broken steering arm on the first stage of the rally.

"I am very happy with the day first day here in Turkey, everything has been as planned it" says Petter Solberg. "Did a couple of small mistakes and lost some time, but that really doesn’t matter. I’d rather loose some seconds than risk anything. Tomorrow will be more thrilling, especially on the first stage with both tarmac and gravel".

8 more stages is to be competed on the second day and a total of 146km. The first stage is with only 4,7km gravel, the remaining 13,52km is tarmac. All cars are with gravel tires.

The second day in Turkey completed with Petter and Phil second. 8 stages have been competed today, and Petter and Phil have been fastest through two of them and second fastest through two other.

Sebastien Loeb is leading the rally, while Mikko Hirvonen is third. The overnight leader from Friday, Sebastien Ogier, has really been on the pace today, but a puncture and stop on SS15 dropped him down to fifth. Latvala rolled on the first stage of today, damaged the car, and lost a lot of time on the first loop of stages.

"I’m so happy about the day and the rally so far", says Petter Solberg. "I’m not going flat out all the time, these stages are so rough on the car that I need to back off a little. We are a small private team, with limited resources so I need to be careful".

"I Had a puncture 7km before the finish on SS16 today and that probably cost me some time, other than that everything has been perfect. And it is so great to actually be fighting in the lead with the big manufacturer teams".

Petter was second on the start of the last day, and there were quite a bit excitement in the air at the Petter Solberg World Rally Team.

The two first stages of the day were cancelled, and a puncture on the third one didn’t exactly help on the pressure. They also hit a three on the next stage, but manage to pull it off and secured another podium.

Petter Solberg and Phil Mills took their third podium in a row today, with their 2nd in Rally of Turkey. And they also took a big climb in the championship, and is now 2nd. Sebastien Loeb won the rally and Mikko Hirvonen ended third.

"This is just unbelievable! I mean, 2nd in Turkey is one thing, but we are also 2nd in the championship now", says Petter Solberg. "It is so great to know that we actually can be up there fighting for wins, and make it! I have not been flat out all weekend, but backed off some places just to be on the safe side, and I’m really looking forward to New Zealand now".

Overall classification Rally of Turkey 2010
1. Loeb, Citroën
2. Petter, Citroën +54,5
3. Hirvonen, Ford +1.43,4
4. Ogier, Citroën +3.46,0
5. Raikkonen, Citroën +6.44,3
6. Villagra, Ford +7.56,7
7. Wilson, Ford +8.29,8
8. Latvala, Ford +19.44,2