Pernilla Solberg, PSRX Team principal: "One of the real positives is the co-operation we made between the organisers, the FIA and all the teams."

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Petter Solberg and Johan Kristoffersson touched going into the first corner in the semi-finals. The race was stopped and, while Petter’s car was repaired in lightening-quick time on the grid, he retired with a technical issue later in the race.

Petter showed real pace in his PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Polo R leading the standing on Day 1 of competition, the event leading up to his retirement was unfortunate. However, there were a few positives to come out of the incident.

“One of the real positives to come out of the situation in the semi-final is the co-operation we made between the organisers, the FIA and all the teams. After the incident involving one of the other cars in Belgium, we were all working to make a better system with the red flag and today we saw the results of all that work," said Pernilla Solberg. 

"Everybody did a great job, the race director and everybody – we had real clarity on what was happening and how much time we had to work on the car."