Here are the winners of Zero Rally 2010
And they were extremely relieved and pleased to win. - We managed to get into a lead position that we were uncertain whether we had managed to keep!
And it was Mats Østberg, with map reading girlfriend Veronica Engan who won.
They drove a Tesla Roadster for NAF, who also won last year, but in a different class. This year they were winner of Class 1 for electric cars.
They arrived in Stavanger, where they were well received by Gøril Andreassen from Zero and deputy mayor of Stavanger, Bjørg Tysdal Moe.
- This feels very good, "said Mats Ostberg, when he learned that he had won.
- I did not know what to expect, as I have done anything like this before, but once you join, you want to win, he smiles.
The NAF team held the lead for the last half of the race, but Østberg said that they were very uncertain if they would be able to keep the lead.
- It started out pretty bad for our first day. Then we managed to take the lead but we were uncertain whether we had managed to hold it, he says.
- So it was a great relief when it became clear that we had!
He is very happy with the cooperation with partner and co-pilot Veronica Engan.
- This has been a bit of a love ride for us, he said.
Gunnar and Karoline Birkenfelt came in second, for the Ferdinand Motor team.Last year Gunnar won the electric vehicle class. This year they drove a Tesla Roadster.
