Stobart Ford's
Henning Solberg managed to finish in front of his 'junior' team-mate
Matthew Wilson on the final day of the inaugural Jordan Rally, the fifth round in the World Rally Championship.
Going into the last leg, Henning was 14.4 seconds down on the Brit and initially he conceded more time in SS17 and SS18, finishing the first two tests having seen the gap increase to 25.9 seconds.
However when Wilson clipped a bridge wall on the final stage of the morning loop and punctured the rear left tyre, he had to stop and replace it, losing two minutes and that decided the matter, handing Henning what turned out to be fourth, after
Jari-Matti Latvala had problems and dropped down the leaderboard.
"I came to this rally aiming for a fifth place and am delighted to have got fourth; I am really happy with this finish," said Henning, who started the event very cautiously, before upping his pace and finishing it with a string of top-five stage times.
"I knew it was going to be a tough rally and I had to use my head. It would have been easy to push hard from the start and make a mistake but I needed to get to the finish without doing anything wrong.
"This plan has worked because now I have more points and everything feels good with the car and especially with the next rally quite close, it will help a lot."
Wilson Jr meanwhile, while not best pleased to slip back, was still happy with a top-five result, his second - and best - points finish of the year.
"We were slightly disappointed this morning when the puncture cost us a lot of time but in the end we remained focused and now we have finished fifth which I am really happy with on this new and difficult event," he added.
"My fitness has played a key part and has helped a lot with my concentration and performance on the stages. This was a hard rally but this finish is now our best result so far this year."
