Corsica, Oct 20: Norway's Petter Solberg won the Corsica Rally to boost his chances of winning a first world title.
Solberg, in a Subaru, won the Corsica Rally by 36.6 seconds on Sunday (October 19) to gain on leader Carlos Sainz in the world title race. Solberg, who also won the Australian and Cyprus races this year, beat Carlos Sainz of Spain who slipped past Belgium's Francois Duval on the 16th and last stage on the Mediterranean island to take second place. Subaru mechanics had to work through the night on Thursday to repair Solberg's car after it almost fell off a cliff after he skidded and crashed into a telegraph pole during the pre-race "shakedown".
Solberg, still in slight shock after his accident, drove conservatively on Friday but took a grip on the race the following day when rain caused problems.



Leading by 17.9 seconds overnight, Solberg did not hold back and had doubled that lead after the first two stages of the final day.


Bureau Report