'We will need mo🐎re power to push as hard as we want', that's was Petter Solberg's frank assessment following his pre-event test with his Citroen Xsara 💎WRC for Rally Poland.

Solberg enjoyed a strong showing on the Acropolis two weeks ago, setting seven top-five stage times and was battling witᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚh Mikko Hirvonen for the victory until he clobbered a rock in the penultimate stage on day two.

However, this time, 'Hollywood' isn't expecting to fair so well and fol♛lowing a day testing on Monday with his Citroen Xsara WRC, he believes he is going to struggle to match the manufacturer backed entries.

"This is going to be an exciting event," he said in the countdown to the eighth round in the 2009 World Rally C꧒hampionship.

"[But] P💯oland is very fast and I think we need more power to be able to push as 𒁃hard as we want."

It is not all bad though for the Norwegian and with Polᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚand being new to the championship, the recce will have extra s🐻ignificance.

Indeed good pace-notes will be cღrucial - and that might give the 2003 world champion and his co-driver, Phil Mills an opening to exploit.

"We drive through the stages only twice before the rally sta💧rts, and it is important to be accurate.

"If you want to fight for podium, you have to h🌺ave it perfect," added the ex-Suba𓂃ru World Rally Team man.