Petter Solberg

After five World Rally Championship victories in a row, Sebastien Loeb started the 2009 season as favourite once again. However, the Citroen star would have to fight right to the bitter end with Mikko Hirvonen, who used his Ford Focus to great effect during this turbulent year of rallying. With just one round to go, the Finn led his French rival by a single point - it would all be settled in Britain on the season-closing Rally GB, and what a finale! Who could have predicted the top pair would battle to the very last day, and that the 2009 World Rally Championship would be decided by a single point and just a handful of seconds?

PROGRAM 01: Tests 7 cars in 2 categories (under 250hp and over 280hp) at Tsukuba Circuit in the summer heat. Program 02: CARRERA GT First Drive PROGRAM 03: MITSUBISHI EVO MR Time Attack Battle. Battle between track drivers and rally drivers. The road racer team and the rally driver team compete in a best of 5 laps time attack battle. PROGRAM 04: FERRARI Challenge Stradale SUPER TEST! We compare the FERRARI Challenge Stradale, FERRARI 360 MODENA F1, LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO e-gear, PORSCHE 911 GT3 CLUB SPORT, BMW M3 CSL and HONDA NSX-R.