Henning Solberg

Henning Solberg

Nation:	Norway
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally:	Rally Sweden 1998
Last rally:	Rally Sweden 2016
Co-driver:	Ilka Minor Stéphane Prévot Cato Menkerud Ola Fløne Runar Pedersen
Team:	M-Sport WRT Bozian Racing Ford World Rally Team OMV Peugeot Norway Stobart VK Ford Rally Team Munchi's Ford WRT Go Fast Energy WRT Adapta Motorsport
Vehicle:	Ford Fiesta RS WRC Ford Focus RS WRC Peugeot 307 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Toyota Corolla WRC Subaru Impreza S4 WRC Ford Escort WRC Toyota Celica GT-Four
Rallies Victories Podiums WP 120 - 6th 35
Points:	272
Status: After Rally 3 of 14, 2016 season
Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC)
First rally:	Rally Monte Carlo 2011
Last rally:	Rally Monte Carlo 2011
Co-driver:	Ilka Minor
Team:	Henning Solberg
Vehicle:	Ford Fiesta S2000
Rallies: Victories: Podiums: WP 1 - - -
Points:	-

2006: Henning Solberg in the Peugeot 307 WRC

Henning Solberg in the Ford Fiesta at the Bulgaria Rally 2010

Henning Solberg (born January 8, 1973 ) is a Norwegian car athlete and rally driver .

Career

Henning Solberg started his career as a racing driver in some bilcross competitions and in rallycross . After becoming Norwegian RX vice-champion in 1992, 93 and 94, winning the Nordic RX Championship in 1994 and finishing the FIA European Rallycross Championship in 1995 with 12th place overall in the Group N division, he switched to rallying.

Solberg has been driving in the World Rally Championship since 1998 . He had bought into the Bozian Racing Team for seven World Championship races in the 2004 season and drove a Peugeot 206 WRC, with which he finished sixth in the Rally Sweden . For the 2005 World Rally Championship , Henning Solberg switched to the BP Ford World Rally Team and was the third man to contest seven self-financed World Championship races, this time with a Ford Focus RS WRC. For the 2006 World Rally Championship , Solberg returned to Bozian Racing and took part in a total of 12 of the 16 World Rally Championship races for the OMV Peugeot Norway World Rally Team with a Peugeot 307 WRC. The World Rally Championship in 2007 , he also denied in a Ford Focus WRC.

Solberg's greatest successes so far is a 3rd place in the 2006 Rally Turkey and a 3rd place each in the Norway and Japan Rally 2007. In the 2009 World Rally Championship , he achieved two third places in Argentina and Poland . At the 2011 Rally Great Britain he finished third and finished the season in ninth place.

Henning Solberg drove a few rallies from 2012 to 2014, but not a full season.

Personal

Henning Solberg lives in Spydeberg, Norway, in Østfold, about 50 km east of Oslo . He is married and has two children. Henning Solberg is the brother of 2003 world rally champion Petter Solberg , who is almost two years older .

Individual WRC results

year	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
1998	Shell Norge	Toyota Celica GT-Four	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	OUT	GBR				-	-
				12
1999	Henning Solberg	Ford Escort WRC	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	OUT	GBR				-	-
																DNF
2000	Henning Solberg	Ford Escort WRC	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CYP	FRA	ITA	OUT	GBR			-	-
				DNF		DNF
		Toyota Corolla WRC
											DNF					14th
2001	Henning Solberg	Toyota Corolla WRC	MON	SWE	POR	ESP	ARG	CYP	GRE	KEN	FIN	NZL	ITA	FRA	OUT	GBR			-	-
				DNF	DNF						DNF
		Subaru Impreza WRC
																13
2002	Henning Solberg	Toyota Corolla WRC	MON	SWE	FRA	ESP	CYP	ARG	GRE	KEN	FIN	DEU	ITA	NZL	OUT	GBR			-	-
				13							DNF
2003	Henning Solberg	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	MON	SWE	DOOR	NZL	ARG	GRE	CYP	DEU	FIN	OUT	ITA	FRA	ESP	GBR			-	-
				DNF							DNF
2004	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	CYP	GRE	DOOR	ARG	FIN	DEU	JPN	GBR	ITA	FRA	ESP	OUT	3	19th
				6th		DNF	DNF		DNF		10			11	DNF
2005	Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	ITA	CYP	DOOR	GRE	ARG	FIN	DEU	GBR	JPN	FRA	ESP	OUT	9	14th
				5			15th	4th	11	DNF		9		10
2006	Peugeot Norway	Peugeot 307 WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GRE	DEU	FIN	JPN	CYP	DOOR	OUT	NZL	GBR	25th	8th
			DNF	8th	5			7th	DNF	5		4th		6th	3	DNF	12	11
2007	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC	MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	FIN	DEU	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRL	GBR	34	6th
			14th	4th	3	9	11	5	4th	5	5	13	9	10	9	3	16	15th
2008	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA	GRE	DOOR	FIN	DEU	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	GBR		22nd	8th
			9	13		DNF	4th		8th	5	5	7th			15th		DNF
	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team
					5			7th					9	11		DNF
2009	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POLE	FIN	OUT	ESP	GBR					33	6th
			4th	4th	18th	5	3	8th	15th	3	30th	7th	9	5
2010	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC	SWE	MEX	JOR	DOOR	NZL	POR	BUL	FIN	DEU	JPN	FRA	ESP	GBR				45	8th
			6th	6th	9	17th	7th	DNF		DNF	37	7th			6th
		Ford Fiesta S2000
									10				9	8th
2011	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	SWE	MEX	POR	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR				59	9
			DNF	6th	9	14th	DNF	DNS	5	7th	7th	14th	6th	8th	3
2012	Go Fast Energy World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	DEU	GBR	FRA	ITA	ESP				6th	20th
			13	7th
2013	Stobart M-Sport Ford RT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR				4th	25th
				8th
2014	Henning Solberg	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	POLE	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR				26th	11
				7th		5		7th	9	9					DNF
2015	Henning Solberg	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POLE	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR				-	-
			11	12
2016	Adapta Motorsport	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POLE	FIN	DEU	CHN	FRA	ESP	GBR	OUT			6th	10
				7th

Web links

Commons : Henning Solberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Henning Solberg Website (norw.) ( Memento from February 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Petter Solberg website (norw./engl.)
• WRC statistics on juwra.com
• Profile on ewrc-results.com