Having finished only seventh at the end of day one at Estering, Petter Solberg put a pair of fastest times in Q3 and Q4 on Sunday morning, lifting the double World RX Champion to top spot in the Intermediate Classification. The Norwegian displaced championship leader Mattias Ekstrom from the spot, who had topped the order on day one, in the series’ penultimate round. With the title in his mind, Ekstrom drove a clever brace of races on Sunday morning, staying out of danger in the notoriously difficult Estering first corner but still fighting hard for position. Fourth fastest in both Q3 and Q4 was enough to be second at the Intermediate stage, claiming 15 championship points. With his...
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