Subaru World Rally Team pairing Petter Solberg and Phil Mills are to take part in the recce for next month’s Jordan Rally as preparation for the event’s graduation to the FIA World Rally Championship calendar in 2008.
After competing in their Impreza WRC2007 on the previous weekend’s Rally Argentina, Petter and co-driver Phil will fly to the Middle East to drive the route on May 9-10. Although they will not compete on the rally itself, the Subaru duo’s reconnaissance of the event’s 18 speed tests will give them a great deal of information about the challenge they will face next season.
“Unlike Phil, I haven’t been to Jordan before so I’m not sure what to expect of the stages, ” said Solberg. “Having the chance to recce the roads like this is a great opportunity and the experience of making a set of pace notes will help our preparations before we rally there for real in 2008. It’s always good to try a fresh event for the first time and I’m very much looking forward to getting out to Jordan and seeing the event for myself – it sounds like a lot of fun. ”
