Petter Solberg

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Petter Solberg
Petter Solberg at the Argentina Rally 2008
Petter Solberg, 2008
Nation: NorwayNorway Norway
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally: Rally Sweden 1998
Last rally: Rally Spain 2012
Co-driver: United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chris Patterson
Team: Subaru World Rally Team
Ford World Rally Team
Vehicle: Subaru Impreza WRC
Ford Fiesta RS WRC
Rallies Victories Podiums WP
188 13 52 458
Championship title: 2003
Points: 852
Status: After rally 13 of 13, 2012 season
Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC)
First rally: Rally Monte Carlo 2011
Co-driver: United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chris Patterson
Team: Peugeot France
Vehicle: Peugeot 207 S2000
Rallies: Victories: Podiums: WP
1 - - -
Points: -
Status: After rally 11 of 11, 2011 season

Petter Solberg (born November 18, 1974 in Askim ) is a Norwegian rally and rallycross driver. He won the World Rally Championship in 2003 and the FIA ​​World Rallycross Championship in 2014 and 2015. This makes him the first driver ever to become FIA ​​world champion in two different disciplines (WRC and WRX).

Career

First successes in motorsport

Petter Solberg began in motorsport with RC cars and became Norwegian champion in 1987 at the age of 13. He switched from toy cars to real cars at the age of 18. In 1992, just one day after passing his driving test, Solberg made his debut in a Bilcross run. In 1993 he drove his second bilcross race that he won. He then switched to the national Norwegian rallycross scene to take part in rallycross races and hill climbs on gravel with a Ford Escort Mk II . In 1994 he won the title of Norwegian runner-up in both disciplines. For 1995 Solberg switched to the supernational series, his car was a Volvo 240 Turbo, which however was equipped with a naturally aspirated engine ( turbochargers were not allowed due to the regulations ). Solberg developed into a recognized driver. He won a total of 19 out of 21 races and was the Norwegian mountain and rallycross champion. He narrowly missed the Scandinavian Supernasjonal Berg title.

In 1996 he repeated these three successes, won 15 of 19 races, and secured two further championship and one runner-up titles. Solberg was considered a beacon of hope in motorsport. The Norwegians saw in him the new "Mister Rallycross" after Martin Schanche , a national hero. Petter Solberg was nicknamed "Spydeberg-Ekspressen" by the media after his place of residence. This was originally worn by the Norwegian ex-rally driver John Unnerud , who also came from Spydeberg.

Change from rallycross to rally sport

Petter Solberg's rally debut was with a Volvo 240 ( Volvo Original class ) at the Norwegian rally Bjørkelangen in 1995, with the current wife of his brother Henning, the Swede Maud (then family name Tidemand), acting as co-driver. In 1996, brother Henning gave him his own Toyota Celica ST165 to take part in the Hedemarken Rally in Norway, in which Solberg destroyed the car in a rollover. At the end of 1996, Petter Solberg said goodbye to rallycross because he was given a Toyota Celica ST185 for 1997, which was previously driven by the Swede Thomas "Rådis" Rådström . Solberg thus won the Norwegian mountain champion again and finished 5th in the Norwegian rally championship. In 1998 he secured the Norwegian rally title with a Toyota Celica ST205. He made a 16th place in the World Rally Championship belonging Rally Sweden for the first time attracted international attention.

1999–2000: Entry into the WRC with Ford

In 1998, Solberg's mentor John “Mister Škoda” Haugland ensured that Ford took a closer look at the then 23-year-old Norwegian talent. After Solberg was able to put himself in the limelight in a Ford group test, the British works team offered him a place for three years. Solberg's new co-driver was British Phil Mills . Solberg made his first WRC outing for Ford at the beginning of 1999 at the Rally Sweden . He finished eleventh with a Ford Escort WRC . He then received a new Ford Focus WRC . In his very first WRC rally with the vehicle, the Rallye Safari , he achieved fifth place and scored his first two WRC points. This was followed in 1999 by four more participations in WRC races, in which he remained without points. In 2000 , Solberg finished three times in the points in six outings for Ford.

2000–2001: Moved to Subaru

Petter Solberg in the Subaru Impreza WRC at Rally Finland 2001

Since Solberg's contract with Ford was not legally secured, he was able to switch to Subaru early during the 2000 season . There he completed the last four races of the season with the Subaru Impreza WRC , but did not get any points. The 2000 season ended Solberg with a total of six points on the tenth championship course. In 2001 Solberg competed for the first time in a full season in the World Rally Championship. The season started with a few accidents and technical defects. He finished second in the Rally Greece , mid-season, and was on the WRC podium for the first time. By the end of the season he had scored eleven points and was repeating his tenth place in the world championship.

2002–2005: Made it to the top of the world

From the 2002 season onwards , Solberg showed constant performance and was regularly in the points. At the Rally Argentina , the sixth rally of the year, he achieved his next podium finish with second place. He became increasingly successful, especially in the second half of the season. In third place at the Rally Finland , the Rally Sanremo and the Rally Australia followed the first victory in the WRC at the season finale in Wales . Solberg could no longer intervene in the fight for the world championship. Marcus Grönholm was already too far ahead in the points assessment. However, Solberg still managed to advance to the second championship place and become "Best of the Rest".

The 2003 season started very badly for Solberg with only three points in the first three rallies. Then at least two third places followed in New Zealand and Greece. The turning point came halfway through the season at the Cyprus Rally , from which he emerged as the winner. This was followed by a second place in the Finland Rally and victories in Australia and Corsica . Solberg fought a close duel with the aspiring Sébastien Loeb for the world championship. In the decisive Wales Rally, Solberg won ahead of Loeb and won the 2003 World Rally Championship by one point. Solberg was the first Norwegian to win the WRC world championship.

Solberg won five WRC races in 2004 , including rallies in New Zealand, Greece, Japan , Wales and Sardinia . Three failures in a row in the middle of the season threw him back in the title fight. His competitor Loeb, who hardly made any mistakes, set himself apart in the points classification and finally became champion by a clear margin. Solberg was runner-up in 2004.

At the beginning of 2005 , Solberg won the rallies in Sweden and the Mexico rally and took the lead in the standings. A little later he lost the lead in the championship to the Citroën driver Sébastien Loeb . In 2005 Solberg won the Rally Wales. At this rally, Markko Märtin's co-driver Michael Park was killed in an accident. As a result, Loeb, who had previously been ahead of Solberg, provoked a time penalty in order not to win under these circumstances and to become world champion prematurely. At the end of the season, Solberg had bad luck several times when he retired while in the lead at the Rally Japan and the Rally Australia. At the end of the season Solberg was again vice world champion. He placed because of the larger number of wins in front of the equal points Marcus Grönholm .

2006–2008: Lack of competitiveness

Petter Solberg in the Subaru Impreza WRC at the 2008 Monte Carlo Rally

In 2006 Solberg received a new version of the Subaru Impreza WRC. The vehicle was too slow and unreliable, so that it could not match the results of the previous year. Solberg had a winless season for the first time since 2001 and he only reached the podium occasionally. His best results were second places in Mexico, Argentina and Australia, as well as third place in Wales. In the championship he finished sixth at the end of the season. Solberg celebrated his 100th World Cup start this season.

The vehicle also prevented success in 2007 . From the fourth run of the season, Solberg drove a new evolutionary stage, which did not bring any great improvement in the results. In the early part of the season he had several failures that robbed him of the chance of possible podium finishes. At the Rally Portugal, Solberg moved up from fourth to second after the Ford factory drivers were relegated to a time penalty. Solberg had a strong rally in Greece, where he finished third. In the later course of the season Solberg was consistently in the points, but could not be at the very front. At the end of the year he was on the fifth championship course.

Petter Solberg with the Subaru Impreza WRC at the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed

In the 2008 season started with Solberg in fifth place in the Monte Carlo Rally and fourth well in the Rally of Sweden, but he was thrown back in the next four rallies of accidents and technical problems. From the seventh round of the season, in Greece, Subaru provided him with a completely new vehicle that no longer had a notchback like its predecessor, but a hatchback. On his WRC debut with the new Impreza, Solberg showed the potential of the new car and achieved second place, making him back on the podium for the first time in a year. In the remaining eight rallies of the season he drove into the points without interruption, but did not manage to place another podium. At the end of the season he finished sixth in the championship behind his team-mate Christopher Atkinson .

2009 to 2011: As a privateer on Citroën

On December 16, 2008, Subaru announced that it would withdraw from the World Rally Championship due to falling sales . Solberg, who had a contract with Subaru until 2009, lost his job. Since he could not find a place with any works team, he built up his own Petter Solberg World Rally Team within a short time .

Petter Solberg in the Citroën Xsara WRC at the 2009 Cyprus Rally

After Solberg skipped the Rally Ireland , the start of the 2009 season , he was back at the following rally in Norway . Just a few weeks before the rally, Solberg acquired a 2006 Citroën Xsara WRC . With the comparatively old vehicle and as a small private team, he was surprisingly competitive. After finishing sixth overall at the Citroën debut in Norway, he achieved his first podium result as a privateer at the following rally in Cyprus with third place. Then he finished fourth at the Rally Portugal . Before the Rally Sardinia, he received an engine upgrade for his Xsara to 2006 specification in order to counteract deteriorating engine performance at high temperatures. In Sardinia he was able to celebrate another podium result with third place after Loeb, who was placed in front of him, fell back due to a time penalty. He achieved another good result at the Rally Poland with fourth place. Technical defects prevented further success. For the last two races of the season, Solberg changed vehicles and drove a Citroën C4 WRC . With his new vehicle, he finished fourth in the Catalonia Rally . At the season finale in Wales he got a place in the Citroën Junior Team and won fourth place. The 2009 World Championship ended Petter Solberg in fifth position as the best-placed private driver.

Petter Solberg in the Citroën C4 WRC at the 2010 Rally Finland

For the 2010 season , Solberg bought two Citroën C4 WRCs that were at the technical level of 2009. He wanted to compete for top positions in the world championship again, which he succeeded despite a small budget. After a disappointing start to the season in Sweden, he finished second at the Mexico Rally and thus the best result since 2008. He was also able to keep pace with the top in third at the Jordan Rally and second at the Turkey Rally . After the Rally Portugal, Solberg's co-driver Phil Mills announced his immediate retirement from active rallying after eleven years of working together. From the Rally Bulgaria Solberg drove with Chris Patterson in the passenger seat. At the first joint rally in Bulgaria, Solberg and Patterson achieved third place. At the end of the season, Solberg made it onto the podium four times in a row. At first he was only barely beaten in second place in Japan, then he finished third in France and the last two rallies in 2010, in Catalonia and Wales, he finished second. In total, Solberg came on the podium in 8 of 13 rallies, but he was denied a hoped-for victory. He reached third place in the championship and thus his best placement since 2005.

In January 2011 Solberg made a guest start at the Monte Carlo Rally in the Peugeot works team. After being in second place in the meantime, he had to give up shortly before the end due to a technical defect.

Solberg in the Citroën DS3 WRC in the fresh snow of the 2011 Rally Sweden

He then went into the 2011 season as a privateer with a Citroën DS3 WRC . After a hapless start to the season, he achieved his first podium at the Rally Sardinia with third place. At the Rally Greece he was in the lead after the first day, but then had to play the "street sweeper" because of his first place on the grid and fell back to fourth place. His next podium was at the Rally Australia , where he finished third overall. He also achieved this position at the Rally France . A few hours after the rally, Petter Solberg was excluded from the event and third place was revoked. The reason was that his vehicle was weighed too light by four kilograms during the subsequent weighing. At the Rally Catalonia , he retired on the first special stage. In a tight curve he cut too tight and tore off a wheel at an obstacle. In Great Britain , too , he did not achieve the goal. At the end of the season, Solberg, as the best-placed privateer, took fifth place in the drivers' standings.

2012 works driver for Ford

On December 15, 2011, Petter Solberg signed a contract valid for the 2012 season with the Ford World Rally Team . As number 2 behind his team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala , he achieved his best result so far at this traditional event with third place overall at the Monte Carlo Rally .

Resignation from the WRC 2013

On December 4, 2012, Solberg announced to the press that he was retiring from the World Rally Championship. He was ready to drive at Ford without a fee, but not to finance his driver's seat himself. He informed the media about his future motorsport future on January 31, 2013. In a press release he announced that he was building a Citroën DS3 as a rallycross SuperCar, with which he contested the four Global X Games in 2013.

Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

In an interview with American broadcaster THS Radio announced Solberg in December 2010 that he with a developed by our own team prototype called PS FX (for P etter S olberg and his French crew chief F rançois X Avier Demaison) in June 2011 on Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) in the USA. Due to scheduling problems between the WRC events, he then postponed his plan to 2012. But nothing came of that either, the plans were postponed indefinitely.

FIA European Rallycross Championship 2013

In 2013, Petter Solberg switched from rallying to rallycross . In the FIA ​​European Rallycross Championship, Solberg started with his own team in all races. He finished his season eighth in the SuperCars class.

FIA World Rallycross Championship 2014 to 2016 in the Citroën DS3

In 2014 Solberg became the first world champion of the newly created FIA World Rallycross Championship in his Citroën DS3 SuperCar. This makes Solberg the first pilot to win two official FIA world championship titles. In 2015 Solberg defended his world championship title in the Citroën DS3 SuperCar. A year later he finished fourth in the World Cup.

FIA World Rallycross Championship 2017 to 2018 in the VW Polo

From 2017 Solberg worked with Volkswagen. His team with the official title PSRX Volkswagen Sweden used a VW Polo developed together with Volkswagen Motorsport . While PSRX driver Johan Kristoffersson won the drivers' championship and Solberg's team won the team classification, Solberg finished the season in third place. In 2018, PSRX Volkswagen Sweden is using a further developed, officially 570 PS strong VW Polo R. Johan Kristoffersson will again be at the start alongside Petter Solberg.

Personal

Petter Solberg had given up his apprenticeship as a painter and upholsterer in favor of his racing career. "Mister Hollywood", as his nickname , comes from Spydeberg in Østfold , about 50 km east of Oslo . He has had his official residence in Monaco since 2003 . Solberg comes from a family committed to motorsport . Through his marriage to Pernilla, he is connected to the Swedish rally and rallycross family Walfridsson, which is well known in the Scandinavian countries . Pernilla is one of the two daughters of the former Volvo factory driver ( Volvo R-Team ) Per-Inge "Pi" Walfridsson (including FIA European Rallycross Champion 1980 and fourth in the RAC rally in 1973). Pernilla's father became Petter Solberg's financial advisor and, among other things, managed his aircraft rental company PS Aviation AB , based in Torsby, Sweden . Per-Inge Walfridsson's two younger brothers, who are also enthusiastic about cars, are named Lars-Erik Walfridsson and Stig-Olov Walfridsson and are therefore Pernilla's uncles. Under her maiden name Pernilla Walfridsson, Solberg's wife was considered one of the best rally drivers in the world for a number of years. According to Petter Solberg, no less than four-time world rally champion Tommi Mäkinen classified her as the second fastest woman, behind Michèle Mouton . Petter and Pernilla have a son named Oliver, who, as a young cross-kart racing driver, is already in the focus of the Norwegian and Swedish media. The parents of Petter Solberg, both mother Tove and father Terje took several years to Bilcross race (dt. Autocross ) part; a rallycross league in Norway for smaller budgets . So son Petter got a taste for rallying at an early age and he worked as a mechanic , as did his brother Henning Solberg , who was almost two years older and who has been in the World Rally Championship since 1998 .

Honors

In 2003, Solberg won the Norwegian Sportsman of the Year election and the Aftenposten gold medal .

statistics

title

season title Co-driver vehicle
1995 Norwegian rallycross champion Volvo 240
Norwegian hill climb champion Volvo 240
1996 Norwegian rallycross champion Volvo 240
Norwegian hill climb champion Volvo 240
1997 Norwegian hill climb champion Toyota Celica ST185
1998 Norwegian rally champion Toyota Celica ST205
2003 World rally champion Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC2003

WRC victories

No. season rally Co-driver vehicle
1 2002 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rally Great Britain Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC2002
2 2003 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Rally Cyprus Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC2003
3 AustraliaAustralia Rally Australia Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC2003
4th FranceFrance Rally Corsica Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC2003
5 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rally Great Britain Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC2003
6th 2004 New ZealandNew Zealand Rally New Zealand Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC2004
7th GreeceGreece Rally Greece Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC2004
8th JapanJapan Rally Japan Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC2004
9 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rally Great Britain Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC2004
10 ItalyItaly Rally Sardinia Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC2004
11 2005 SwedenSweden Rally Sweden Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC2004
12 MexicoMexico Rally Mexico Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC2005
13 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rally Great Britain Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC2005

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 MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE KenyaKenya KEN PortugalPortugal POR SpainSpain ESP FranceFrance FRA ArgentinaArgentina ARG GreeceGreece GRE New ZealandNew Zealand NZL FinlandFinland FIN ItalyItaly ITA AustraliaAustralia OUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR - -
16
Petter Solberg
DNF
1999 Ford Motor Co Ford Escort WRC MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE KenyaKenya KEN PortugalPortugal POR SpainSpain ESP FranceFrance FRA ArgentinaArgentina ARG GreeceGreece GRE New ZealandNew Zealand NZL FinlandFinland FIN China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CHN ItalyItaly ITA AustraliaAustralia OUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR 2 19th
11
Ford Focus WRC
5 11 27 9
Petter Solberg
12
2000 Ford Motor Co Ford Focus WRC MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE KenyaKenya KEN PortugalPortugal POR SpainSpain ESP ArgentinaArgentina ARG GreeceGreece GRE New ZealandNew Zealand NZL FinlandFinland FIN Cyprus 1960Cyprus CYP FranceFrance FRA ItalyItaly ITA AustraliaAustralia OUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR 6th 10
5 DNF 6th DNF 4th DNF
Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza WRC
DNF 9
Subaru World Rally Team
DNF DNF
2001 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE PortugalPortugal POR SpainSpain ESP ArgentinaArgentina ARG Cyprus 1960Cyprus CYP GreeceGreece GRE KenyaKenya KEN FinlandFinland FIN New ZealandNew Zealand NZL ItalyItaly ITA FranceFrance FRA AustraliaAustralia OUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR 11 10
DNF 6th DNF DNF 5 DNF 2 DNF 7th 7th 9 5 7th DNF
2002 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE FranceFrance FRA SpainSpain ESP Cyprus 1960Cyprus CYP ArgentinaArgentina ARG GreeceGreece GRE KenyaKenya KEN FinlandFinland FIN GermanyGermany DEU ItalyItaly ITA New ZealandNew Zealand NZL AustraliaAustralia OUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR 37 2
6th DNF 5 5 5 2 5 DNF 3 DNF 3 DNF 3 1
2003 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE TurkeyTurkey DOOR New ZealandNew Zealand NZL ArgentinaArgentina ARG GreeceGreece GRE Cyprus 1960Cyprus CYP GermanyGermany DEU FinlandFinland FIN AustraliaAustralia OUT ItalyItaly ITA FranceFrance FRA SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR 72 1
DNF 6th DNF 3 5 3 1 8th 2 1 DNF 1 5 1
2004 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE MexicoMexico MEX New ZealandNew Zealand NZL Cyprus 1960Cyprus CYP GreeceGreece GRE TurkeyTurkey DOOR ArgentinaArgentina ARG FinlandFinland FIN GermanyGermany DEU JapanJapan JPN United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR ItalyItaly ITA FranceFrance FRA SpainSpain ESP AustraliaAustralia OUT 82 2
7th 3 4th 1 4th 1 3 DNF DNF DNF 1 1 1 5 5 DNF
2005 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE MexicoMexico MEX New ZealandNew Zealand NZL ItalyItaly ITA Cyprus 1960Cyprus CYP TurkeyTurkey DOOR GreeceGreece GRE ArgentinaArgentina ARG FinlandFinland FIN GermanyGermany DEU United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR JapanJapan JPN FranceFrance FRA SpainSpain ESP AustraliaAustralia OUT 71 2
DNF 1 1 3 2 DNF 2 9 3 4th 7th 1 DNF 3 13 DNF
2006 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE MexicoMexico MEX SpainSpain ESP FranceFrance FRA ArgentinaArgentina ARG ItalyItaly ITA GreeceGreece GRE GermanyGermany DEU FinlandFinland FIN JapanJapan JPN Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus CYP TurkeyTurkey DOOR AustraliaAustralia OUT New ZealandNew Zealand NZL United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR 40 6th
DNF DNF 2 7th 11 2 9 7th DNF DNF 7th 8th 13 2 6th 3
2007 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE NorwayNorway NOR MexicoMexico MEX PortugalPortugal POR ArgentinaArgentina ARG ItalyItaly ITA GreeceGreece GRE FinlandFinland FIN GermanyGermany DEU New ZealandNew Zealand NZL SpainSpain ESP FranceFrance FRA JapanJapan JPN IrelandIreland IRL United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR 47 5
6th DNF 4th DNF 2 DNF 5 3 DNF 6th 7th 6th 5 16 5 4th
2008 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE MexicoMexico MEX ArgentinaArgentina ARG JordanJordan JOR ItalyItaly ITA GreeceGreece GRE TurkeyTurkey DOOR FinlandFinland FIN GermanyGermany DEU New ZealandNew Zealand NZL SpainSpain ESP FranceFrance FRA JapanJapan JPN United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR 46 6th
5 4th 11 DNF DNF 10 2 6th 6th 5 4th 5 5 8th 4th
2009 Petter Solberg World Rally Team Citroën Xsara WRC IrelandIreland IRL NorwayNorway NOR Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus CYP PortugalPortugal POR ArgentinaArgentina ARG ItalyItaly ITA GreeceGreece GRE PolandPoland POLE FinlandFinland FIN AustraliaAustralia OUT SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR 35 5
6th 3 4th DNF 3 11 4th DNF
Citroën C4 WRC
4th
Citroën Junior Team
4th
2010 Petter Solberg World Rally Team Citroën C4 WRC SwedenSweden SWE MexicoMexico MEX JordanJordan JOR TurkeyTurkey DOOR New ZealandNew Zealand NZL PortugalPortugal POR BulgariaBulgaria BUL FinlandFinland FIN GermanyGermany DEU JapanJapan JPN FranceFrance FRA SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR 169 3
9 2 3 2 DNF 5 3 4th 5 2 3 2 2
2011 Petter Solberg World Rally Team Citroën C4 WRC SwedenSweden SWE MexicoMexico MEX PortugalPortugal POR JordanJordan JOR ItalyItaly ITA ArgentinaArgentina ARG GreeceGreece GRE FinlandFinland FIN GermanyGermany DEU AustraliaAustralia OUT FranceFrance FRA SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR 110 5
5 4th 6th DNF 3 4th 4th 5 5 3 DSQ DNF DNF
2012 Ford World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE MexicoMexico MEX PortugalPortugal POR ArgentinaArgentina ARG GreeceGreece GRE New ZealandNew Zealand NZL FinlandFinland FIN GermanyGermany DEU United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR FranceFrance FRA ItalyItaly ITA SpainSpain ESP 124 5
3 4th 3 3 6th DNF 3 4th 11 3 26th 9 11
Legend
colour abbreviation meaning
gold - victory
silver - 2nd place
bronze - 3rd place
green - Placement in the points
blue - Classified outside the point ranks
violet DNF Race not finished (did not finish)
NC not classified
red DNQ did not qualify
DNPQ failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black DSQ disqualified
White DNS not at the start (did not start)
WD withdrawn
Light Blue PO only participated in the training (practiced only)
TD Friday test driver
without DNP did not participate in the training (did not practice)
INJ injured or sick
EX excluded
DNA did not arrive
C. Race canceled
  no participation in the World Cup
other P / bold Pole position
SR / italic Fastest race lap
* not at the finish,
but counted due to the distance covered
() Streak results
underlined Leader in the overall standings


Web links

Commons : Petter Solberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ FIA World Rallycross Championship. Retrieved March 21, 2017 (English).
  2. Summary: Solberg celebrates first victory and vice world championship ( Memento from March 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Rallye-Magazin.de on November 17, 2002)
  3. ^ Solberg in the 100 Club ( Memento from March 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (rallye-magazin.de on June 14, 2006)
  4. The new Subaru Impreza is here (Motorsport-Total.com on March 2, 2007)
  5. scandal over Ford driver ( Memento of 16 March 2014 Internet Archive ) (rallye-magazin.de on April 1, 2007)
  6. "Hollywood" Solberg cheers on the podium (Motorsport-Total.com on June 3, 2007)
  7. hopefuls WRC2008 ( Memento of 15 March 2014 Internet Archive ) (rallye-magazin.de on May 23, 2008)
  8. ^ "Hopefully the turning point" ( Memento from March 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (rallye-magazin.de on June 3, 2008)
  9. Official: Subaru gets out too! (Motorsport-Total.com on December 16, 2008)
  10. Solberg and Atkinson are in the air (Motorsport-Total.com on December 16, 2008)
  11. Petter Solberg in a Citroën Xsara (Motorsport-Total.com on January 27, 2009)
  12. Petter Solberg: "It was just amazing!" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 16, 2009)
  13. Sardinia: Petter Solberg gets the upgrades (Motorsport-Total.com on May 8, 2009)
  14. Petter Solberg: Enjoyed every second (Motorsport-Total.com on May 24, 2009)
  15. Decision made: Petter Solberg in a Citroën C4 (Motorsport-Total.com on September 4, 2009)
  16. Petter Solberg: "A fantastic weekend!" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 26, 2009)
  17. Petter Solberg opts for Citroën C4 WRC (Motorsport-Total.com on January 12, 2010)
  18. Petter Solberg: "I'm absolutely mega-happy" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 8, 2010)
  19. Petter Solberg now with a new co-pilot (Motorsport-Total.com on June 11, 2010)
  20. Patterson becomes Solberg's new co-driver (Motorsport-Total.com on June 29, 2010)
  21. Fighter Solberg: The works teams mixed up (Motorsport-Total.com on November 14, 2010)
  22. Solberg: Will there be further assignments in the IRC? (Motorsport-Total.com on January 23, 2011)
  23. Solberg: "Podium is important for the whole team" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 8, 2011)
  24. Solberg: "A good weekend" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 20, 2011)
  25. Solberg's car too light ( Memento from October 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Rallye-Magazin.de on October 2, 2011)
  26. Solberg returns to Ford ( Memento from February 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (rallye-magazin.de on December 15, 2011)
  27. Solberg on Pikes Peak in 2012 (Motorsport-Total.com on May 19, 2011)
  28. Presentation: The new VW Polo R Supercar 2018 - worldrallyx.de. Retrieved on April 27, 2018 (German).
  29. Solberg son wants to move forward ( memento from June 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Aftenposten.no on June 20, 2011)