Reigning World Rallycross Champion Petter Solberg leads the way after the first two qualifying races at the British round of the championship at Lydden Hill. Solberg, who won at Lydden last season, set the fastest time in both Q1 and Q2 to top the order. The Norwegian won the final race in Q2 with a clever joker on the third lap, covering off championship leader Mattias Ekstrom behind, the Swede pushing his title rival hard on the opening lap before taking his extra-route joker. Solberg has made a number of changes to his privately-run Citroen DS3 in the two week gap from the previous round in Belgium. “I’m very happy,” he said. “You have to be clever and I had good information...
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