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Motorsport: Solberg edges Loeb to win Rally of Australia

08.09.2003 10.23 am

PERTH - Petter Solberg, of Norway, won the motor rally of Australia yesterday to move into a tie for second in the drivers' standings with four rounds of the world championship remaining.

Solberg, driving a Subaru, completed the three-day, 24-leg rally in an aggregate time of three hours 32 minutes 7.1 seconds, edging out Frenchman Sebastien Loeb, who had led until the final two stages.

"I like the big battles, it's good to have these fights," Solberg said.

Loeb finished second in his Citroen, 26.6sec behind Solberg, with championship leader Richard Burns, of Britain, third in a Peugeot.

Another Briton, Colin McRae, and Spanish veteran Carlos Sainz, both driving Citroens, were fourth and fifth respectively with Finland's Tommi Makinen sixth in a Subaru.

Solberg's win was his second this year and drew him level with Sainz in joint second place in the standings on 48 points, seven behind Burns.

Loeb climbed to fourth on 45 points, overtaking reigning world champion Marcus Gronholm, who retired after crashing on the first day.

Estonian driver Markko Martin, the winner of last month's motor rally of Finland, was disqualified by stewards before the start of the final day for carrying a large rock in his car.

"That's another third place, which is perfect," Burns said.

"We're still at the top. There are three tarmac rallies coming, then Rally GB -- none of them easy or predictable. We'll see."

Solberg began the third and final day trailing Loeb by 5.1sec, but took the lead for the first time when he won the first of four concluding stages.

Loeb immediately regained the lead by winning the 22nd stage, but Solberg easily clinched the penultimate stage to pull away from his rival as the rain began to fall and the course became more slippery.

Solberg finished third in the final stage, won by McRae, to extend his lead over Loeb to almost 30sec as the Frenchman eased off.

"When I saw the gap increase, I knew there was no chance and I didn't want to risk the hard work my team had done," Loeb said.

Martin, who was fourth at the end of the second day, was excluded during an overnight hearing after he used a rock to help wedge a spare tyre into place, in breach of the sport's rules.

"It is a blow to our world championship hopes but a decision that we have accepted without appeal," Martin's Ford team boss Malcolm Wilson said.

"Markko and (co-driver) Michael (Park) acted on the spur of the moment in an effort to retain the spare wheel which was not properly secured."

- REUTERS

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