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14/11/10
Patrik and Göran came second over all in PWRC

Patrik ang Göran could despite problems secure the second place over all in the P-WRC Championship. Their goal for this year was to win the Championship and they started off really well with wins in the first two rounds in Sweden and Jordan. Later in the season they took their third win in Japan. But when they came to Finland their luck turned they had a secure second place in the rally when the gearbox gave up and they had to watch Armindo Arajuo secure important points in the championship.

When they came to Wales and Rally GB they needed to win and Armindo had to finsh not better than seventh if Patrik and Göran would be able to get the title.

-" It was close but we didn´t have the luck on our side, but it has been fantastic to drive here in GB. We started in a new Subaru and it has really worked well" says Patrik " it is just a shame that we could not win as planned. But the last day we went out with the mindset of winning stages and we won them all" Patrik laughs " and a second place in the world Championship is not so bad either".

Both Patrik and Göran is pleased with the season as a whole.
- "Looking at the whole season I am really pleased. When everything works we have really showed that we are among the best in the class" says Patrik " It was rally Finland that destroyed our dream of becoming the Champion this year, But despite that it has been a great season and we have had great fun".
-"We came second and I am really happy about that" Göran fills in.

Summary of Rally GB
Patrik and Göran started the rally dominating P-WRC. It looked like they were going for a big win and before the start on the last stage on friday they had a lead with 1:17 minutes. But on that last stage they lost the lead.
-" 10 meters into the stage their was a small rock, we went over it and boom a steering rod broke. That should not happen but my guess is that we had hit it earlier during the day because the roads were really ruff. We had to drive really slow and lost a lot of time." says Patrik

They lost two minutes and went down to fourth place. Patrik was hopeful.
-"We will take it back tomorrow" he sad.

During Saturday they won five out of seven stages and was getting closer to the top.
-" After service we changed some setting and could really push with full speed" says Patrik

They were second before stage 14 with only 23 seconds up to the leader Ott Tänak but during the stage they got a flat tire 5 kilometre from the goal.
-" That did not slow us down much but 400 meter before the finish line the spring strut broke due to the flat tire. We had to retire and restart according to the super rally rules" says Patrik

When Patrik and Göran started over on Sunday the goal was to secure the second place overall in the Championship they were 9 and a half minute behind the leader and on a seventh place.

They went out and won four out of four stages. The rally consisted of 20 stages and Patrik and Goran won in total 16.

PWRC Chapionship 2010 final results
1. Armindo Araujo (P), 126 p
2. Patrik Flodin, 100 p
3. Hayden Paddon (NZ), 97 p
4. Ott Tänak (Est) 78 p
5. Arai (J) 57 p

Results P-WRC Wales Rally GB
1. Ott Tänak (Est) 3:38:31.0
2. Armindo Araujo (P) 3:41:46.8 +3:15.8
3. Hayden Paddon (NZ) 3:42:58.9 +4:27.9
4. Jason Pritchard (GB) 3:45:35.4 +8:20.9
5. Patrik Flodin 3:46:51.9 +8:20.9
6. Dave Weston Jr (GB) 3:53:18.4 +14:47.4
7. Michel Jourdain (Mex) 3:53:18.4 +15:58.1
8. Alex Raschi (SMR) 3:55:51.4 +17:20.4
9. Toshi Arai (J) 3:58:55.1 +20:24.1
10. Reijo Muhonen (Fin) 4:05:08.5 +26:37.5