Petter Solberg

Petter Solberg(born 18 November 1974), nicknamed"Mr. Hollywood"is a Norwegian former professionalrallyandrallycrossdriver.

Petter Solberg
Petter Solberg at the2017 World RX of Germany
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	(1974-11-18)18 November 1974 Spydeberg,Norway
Related to	Henning Solberg(brother) Oliver Solberg(son)
Current team	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Years active	2014–2018
Car number	11
Spotter	Pernilla Solberg
Former teams	SDRX, PSRX
Starts	61
Championships	2 (2014–2015)
Wins	10
Podiums	30
Finished last season	3rd
FIA ERX Supercar Championship
Car number	11
Former teams	PSRX
Starts	9
Wins	0
Podiums	2
Best finish	8th in2013
World Rally Championshiprecord Active years 1998–2012,2018–2019 Co-driver Egil Solstad Cato Menkerud Phil Mills Fred Gallagher Chris Patterson Veronica Gulbæk Engan Teams Ford,Subaru,Petter Solberg World Rally Team,Volkswagen Rallies 190 Championships 1 (2003) Rally wins 13 Podiums 52 Stage wins 460 Total points 853 First rally 1998Swedish Rally First win 2002Rally GB Last win 2005Rally GB Last rally 2019Wales Rally GB

Solberg debuted in theWorld Rally Championshipin 1998 and was signed by theFordfactory team in 1999. The following year, Solberg started his successful partnership with theSubaru World Rally Team.

With the Subaru works team, Solberg finished runner-up toMarcus Grönholmin 2002 and then became the first Norwegian to win thedrivers' world titlein 2003. In the following two seasons, he finished runner-up toSébastien Loeb.Following Subaru's withdrawal from the WRC at the end of the2008 season,Solberg secured private backing to start thePetter Solberg World Rally Teamand competed with aCitroën Xsara WRC,aCitroën C4 WRCand aCitroën DS3 WRC.In 2012 Petter returned to a factory team, joining theFord World Rally Team12 years after making his WRC debut with the same team.

He switched to rallycross for the 2013 season, and in the2014he became the inaugural winner of theFIA World Rallycross Championship,after five race wins and nine podium finishes. He repeated his title success the following year. In 2017, Petter set up thePSRX Volkswagen Swedenteam in partnership withVolkswagen Motorsport,and won the Team's Championship in both 2017 and 2018 before his retirement from full-time motorsport.

Solberg's son,Oliver Solberg,is also a rally driver; they have regularly competed together at theRace of Champions.

Career

Early career

Solberg won a nationwideRC carchampionship the NorwegianTamiyaCup in 1987 at the age of 13 as he inherited his interest of motorsport through his parents, mother Tove and father Terje, who were keenbilcross(an "inexpensive version" of Norwegian rallycross, similar to Swedishfolkraceand Finnishjokamiehenluokka) competitors andrallycrossenthusiasts. He used to help out around the home farm rebuilding competition cars, as he was not yet old enough to drive. Solberg entered his firstbilcrossin 1992, three days after his 18th birthday and only one day after he got his driving license. He went on to become Norwegian champion in rallycross as well ashillclimbin both 1995 (winning 19 out of 21 events) and 1996 (winning 15 out of 19 events). In 1995 he took part in his maiden rally, the Norwegian Rally Bjørkelangen, by driving aVolvo 240in theVolvo Originalclass. His female co-driver by then was Maud from Sweden, nowadays spouse of his older brotherHenning.In 1998 Solberg became the Norwegian Rally Champion, his brother Henning won this title five times in a row between 1999 and 2003.

WRC career

By this time and with the aid of his compatriotJohn Haugland,who helped him on events in the late 1990s,theWorld Rally Championshipteam bosses were starting to recognize Solberg's potential and by the end of 1998, after winning a comparative test drive, he agreed to drive for three years as a junior pilot for theFord Motor Company.Initially expected byMalcolm Wilsonto maintain a somewhat lower profile, Solberg actually became a nominated points-scorer for Ford on, of all events, the gruelling test that was theSafari Rallyin early1999,after usual understudy to the team's star driverColin McRae,Thomas Rådström,suffered an injury and was subsequently ruled out from taking part. He stunned many by finishing in 5th place and scoring both drivers and manufacturers points.

2000–04

Solberg at the 2001Rally Finland.

In2000however, Solberg was able to leave Ford'sM-Sportoutfit prematurely, due to an insufficient contract, to sign with theSubaru World Rally Team(SWRT), then led by a driving staff ofRichard BurnsandJuha Kankkunen.His firstpodiumhad to wait until theAcropolis Rally,Greece thefollowing year,as an altruistic Solberg forsook as many of his own points as possible, as he did in dropping voluntarily from 4th to 5th inCorsica,to assist his senior teammate Burns in sneaking to the title.

In2002with four-time championTommi Mäkineninstalled as his new teammate in the light of Burns' departure toPeugeot,Solberg won his first ever WRC event in Wales (Wales Rally GB) after a consistent display of driving prowess and an unlikely accident byMarcus Grönholm.In2003Solberg entered the final event, theWales Rally GB,with himself,Citroën-mountedSébastien Loeband Burns in contention for the title. Burns withdrew before the event for health reasons and Solberg finished ahead of Loeb, launching him to his second win in Wales and his first and only World Rally Championship title.Solberg became the first Norwegian to win thedrivers' world title.

Inhis title defencehowever, Solberg's winning of five of a possible sixteen events, including the hat-trick making Wales Rally GB, proved insufficient to deny the title to a now increasingly efficient Loeb. On Solberg's part, a perhaps unfortunate string of bad luck was encapsulated by three DNFs (retirements) in mid-season.

2005

Solberg at the 2005Cyprus Rally.

Welcoming a new teammate for the year in AustralianChris Atkinson,who replaced the disappointing Finn who had been the former Champion's SWRT teammate throughout 2004,Mikko Hirvonen,Solberg started his2005 seasonbrightly as he sought an immediate answer to Loeb, the Norwegian winning two of the first three events, in Sweden andMexico.These successes coincided with the early seizing of a championship lead. He was, however, soon overtaken by a rampant Loeb, and was left to score 71 points for the year, pippingPeugeot'sMarcus Grönholmto the championship runner-up spot on a tie break.

He added an unwantedWales Rally GBwin after the death in a day three crash of fellow competitorMarkko Märtin's co-driver,Michael Park,with Loeb sacrificing his victory on the road in order to avoid having to simultaneously celebrate the title. This would prove to be his final WRC victory. Solberg won three rallies in all, though was severely affected by bad luck while challenging for wins at the end of the season, most notably on theTelstra Rally Australia,where he was forced to retire after striking a waywardkangaroo.

2006

Solberg interviewed during the 2006Rally Australia.

For2006,Solberg continued his partnership with the Subaru team, driving a new version of the Impreza WRC. His main sponsor was24SevenOfficewith a 5 millionkronersponsorship deal, a Norwegian record. His results, though, proved patchy in comparison to Loeb. While Loeb went on to register five rally victories on the bounce in a privately (Kronos) runCitroën XsaraWRC, his winning of the title unhampered even by breaking his arm at an advanced stage of the season, Solberg could only comparatively muster a handful of runner-up places on rallies all season — inMexico,Argentinaand Australia. Failure to claw his way any higher than sixth in the year's final points standings duly brought an end to the chain of top three drivers' championship appearances which Subaru had enjoyed since1994.

2007

The Norwegian did, at least, get his2007 seasonoff to a rather more auspicious start, managing a joint-career-best finish of sixth place on theRally Monte Carlo.He surrendered a potential third-place finish inSwedenafter a substantial time loss,as well as being bested by his brother,Henning,in the race for the final podium place on the siblings' home event –Rally Norway.InMexico,ArgentinaandSardiniaSolberg struggled with his Impreza — technical problems caused two retirements and a plummet down the leaderboard in Italy.Good pace inPortugaland taking third place on theAcropolis Rallyat least appeared to mark a turnaround in the quality of the younger Solberg's results, although even Greek event wasn't problem-free for the Norwegian as he experienced some damper problems.

Despite Subaru's confidence in their car performance and reliability built up during summer break tests,Impreza S12A failed again — Solberg had to retire on day two inFinland,after monstrous handling and steering problems which the engineers were unable to deal with.On the next round,Rallye Deutschland,where he finished sixth, the car by itself was reliable, but the Norwegian hit a rock on SS5 heavily damaging the steering, which had cost him considerable amount of time because the team wasn't able to fully repair it.TheNew Zealandevent was another problem-ridden outing for Solberg — he described the handling difficulties as similar to those he had experienced in Finland earlier.

Solberg with his Subaru Impreza WRC2007 at the2007 Rally GB.

At the next round onRally Catalunya,it was a difficult rally for Solberg — he struggled to maintain a good pace and in the end finished sixth, almost 3 minutes adrift from the winner, Loeb. He was however pleased with changes in car setup made for day 3, which seemed promising for the followingTour de Corse.Unfortunately for the Norwegian, the setup wasn't as good and he had problems with handling again which, along with a stalled engine on the start of SS5,resulted in a disappointing fifth place, behind young FinnJari-Matti Latvala.InJapan,his team's home event, Solberg clocked several top-ten times on the early stages, but crashed badly on SS5 then, probably due to damage sustained in accident, his gearbox locked in sixth gear, forcing his retirement for the day.He later rejoined the competition under the SupeRally format and finished 16th, managing to score two points in the Manufacturers' Championship. On the day of his 33rd birthday, Solberg finished fifth onRally Ireland,calling it "the most difficult rally he has ever done"; he had also found his car's performance better than in previous events.

On the final event of the season,Wales Rally GB,Solberg had consistent pace and won the battle for fourth with SpaniardDani Sordoeven though the Norwegian hit a rock in the morning and again had some minor handling issues.This result allowed Subaru to retain their third place in the Manufacturers' Championship, and Solberg ended the 2007 season in fifth place overall.He also took part in the2007 Race of Champions,representing Norway, along with his brother, Henning.He didn't manage to win the first race withDavid Coulthard,but in Nation's Cup Norwegian brothers made their way to the semi-finals.

2008

Solberg with the new hatchback Impreza WRC at theGoodwood Festival of Speed.

For the2008 season,Solberg and Atkinson were retained by SWRT as driving staff. Solberg started his season with a fifth place inMonte Carloand fourth inSweden,but went on to retire or finish outside point-scoring positions in the following four events. A radical new hatchback homologation of the long-serving Subaru Impreza, the WRC2008, debuted on theAcropolis Rally,marked by the Norwegian collecting a runner-up spot toSébastien Loeb.

Although Solberg went on to break his personal record in consecutive point-scoring finishes, Acropolis remained his only podium of the season. He finished sixth overall in the drivers' championship, four points behind teammateChris Atkinson,while Subaru took third place in the manufacturers' standings.

2009

Subaru announced on 16 December 2008 that they would not be participating in the World Rally Championship any longer, a mere day afterSuzukiannounced their withdrawal. Solberg and co-driverPhil Millswere left without a ride. Looking at their options with the remaining teams they had to sit out the2009 seasonopeningRally Ireland. After careful evaluation of several privateer options including Ford and Citroën cars, Solberg confirmed having acquired (most likely leased) aCitroën Xsara WRC(in 2006 WRC spec) as of 25 January 2009, and that Phil Mills and himself would return to the WRC in a privateer team for the 2009Rally Norway.On 1 February 2009, Solberg indicated that five sponsors for the 2009 season were in place. The sponsors announced wereMicrosoft,Pareto, Hurtigruta Carglass and two undisclosed sponsors.

Solberg driving aCitroën Xsara WRCat the2009 Cyprus Rally.

On 6 February 2009, Solberg officially unveiled thePetter Solberg World Rally Team,with himself as driver and Phil Mills as codriver. The team served Solberg and his 2006-spec. Citroën Xsara WRC with active suspension and diffs. A 13-member team, PSWRT employed ex-Subaru World Rally Team members Ken Rees as team manager, and François-Xavier "FX" Demaison as chief engineer. The PSWRT also returned Solberg's personal friend and ex-SWRT member, Tore Dahl, to the WRC scene as a mechanic. Swede Sven-Inge Neby, for about 40 years the engineer of Petter's father-in-law Per-Inge Walfridsson and his brothers Lars-Erik Walfridsson and Stig-Olov Walfridsson, is another support to the international team.

It took some time to adapt to the new car during their first round inNorway,but eventually Solberg and Mills managed to secure a sixth place and three points in the drivers' championship. Following that result and a new engine from Citroën, Solberg finished third in theCyprus Rally,being the first true privateer in a privately run team to be in the podium sinceMalcolm Wilsonback in 1993. Solberg managed to repeat this feat in Sardinia.

Solberg and Mills retained their consistent fight for 3rd and 4th position through the three next rallies; Portugal, Argentina (Retired from 3rd position due to loss of fuel pressure on the final stage) and Italy. Solberg "threatened" to swap to a Peugeot 307 WRC, unless he got the 2006 spec upgrades for his Xsara.He received the upgrades (mainly improved intercooler and mechanical differentials) for Sardinia, which made them able to defend a 3rd place, in very hot conditions.Solberg expressed that they were unable to push harder in hot temperatures, and remained open to analyze what to do for the next events.Solberg was believed to be in talks of upgrading to a Peugeot 307 CC but decided to stick with the Xsara. After retiring fromRally Finland,Solberg decided to missAustraliato concentrate on finding a more competitive car. After testing aCitroën C4 WRCin France, and aFord Focus RS WRCin Britain, Solberg confirmed he would drive a C4 at the final two rounds of the season,Rally CatalunyaandWales Rally GB.The car was to be a 2008-spec C4, but would feature updates to bring it as close as possible to the factory cars ofSébastien LoebandDani Sordo.Solberg continued to drive for his ownPetter Solberg World Rally Teamfor Catalunya, but was a nominated points scorer for theCitroën Junior Teamat Wales Rally GB, alongsideSébastien Ogier.He finished in 4th position in both of these events, and ended up 5th in the overall 2009 Drivers' Championship standings.

2010

Solberg in SS3 "Lubnitsa", 41st Rally Bulgaria, 2010

Solberg announced on 12 January 2010 that he had purchased two Citroën C4 WRC (2009-spec) cars from Citroën and that he would compete in the2010 World Rally Championship. On the Swedish Rally Solberg was unable to find the rhythm and pace, and finished 9th earning him 2 points. At the second round of the season, the Corona Mexico Rally, Solberg held the lead after day 1, with a 27sec gap down to Loeb on 3rd. With Solberg sweeping the road on Saturday Loeb advanced to a 55 sec lead by the end of the day, with Solberg on 2nd place 2.7 sec ahead of Sébastien Ogier. A great battle for 2nd place played out on Sunday, with Solberg trailing Ogier with 0.6sec going into the last super special stage. Solberg sat a fastest stage time here by 1.4 sec which secured the 2nd place podium finish, marking the best result by PSWRT to date. In the third Round of the season, Rally Jordan, Solberg trailed Latvala (−16s), Ogier (−19s) and Loeb (−43s) going into the last day. Ogier was sacrificed in a new level of tactics, sending him out as first car as road sweeper for Loeb, while receiving penalties and losing his good position. The exploiting of the rules received much criticism, and was subsequently banned for the next rally. The other drivers kept their position with Solberg scoring a 3rd place podium. In Rally Turkey, 16–18 April, Solberg held a good position through the whole rally, and had a serious chance to battle for the victory on the last day, positioned 2nd on the road, 16sec after Loeb. With several stages canceled on safety reasons due to too much mud, and later a scary meet with a tree on the slippery conditions, Solberg wisely stopped fighting and conceded to secure the 2nd place. Hirvonen, Latvala, Sordo and Ogier all had incidents/offs, hindering them to challenge Solbergs position. This result put Solberg second in the Driver's Championship standings, 1 point ahead of Hirvonen and 6 points ahead of Latvala, but a full 40 points after Loeb, with 4 out of 13 rallies completed. In Rally New Zealand Solberg made a tactical blunder,simply by not adapting any road position tactics, and finished in first position on day 1, with a marginal lead. Sweeping Saturday's stages left him 54 sec behind, in 5th place, realistically out of reach of a win. But for the final 30 km stage of the rally, four drivers were within 18 seconds of the lead, which led to an epic four-way battle for the victory, between Ogier, Latvala, Solberg and Loeb. Three of them took a maximum-attack, high-risk approach, which none of them managed to complete without incident. Ogier and Loeb both had a spin that cost them some seconds, and Solberg going too fast around a high speed bend hit a telegraph pole on the road shoulder and retired from 3rd position. Latvala did no serious mistakes and took his 3rd WRC win by 2.4 seconds. Loeb crashed two times during this rally, but still managed to finish only 15 seconds behind. On 11 June 2010, PSWRT announced that Phil Mills have decided to leave the codriver seat to focus on other things in life. This brings to an end a 152-event unbroken run of the pair competing together, over 11 years since 1999. In their time they have driven for Ford, Subaru and for their own Citroën team, winning 13 individual world rallies and the 2003 world title. 29 June PSWRT announced thatChris Pattersonwould be Solberg's new codriver.

In their first rally together, the tarmac eventRally Bulgaria,Solberg and Patterson put in an impressive performance; five stage wins and finished third, 6.8 seconds off Dani Sordo in second place.

After more podiums in Japan, France and Spain, Solberg finished second on Rally GB, securing his goal of finishing in the top three in the championship.

2011

On 14 January 2011, PSWRT confirmed that Solberg will compete in the2011 World Rally Championshipin aCitroën DS3 WRC.

In February, Solberg had his driving licence suspended in Sweden after police caught him travelling 32 km/h above the speed limit on the way to the fifth stage of the country's WRC round, forcing co-driverChris Pattersonto take up the wheel.

Solberg at2011 Rally Sweden.

Petter Solberg at2011 Acropolis Rally.

2012

In December 2011, Ford confirmed that Solberg will return to the factory team ofFordin2012. Round 1 in Monte-Carlo saw Solberg's first podium finishing in third. Sweden saw the Norwegian come 4th. Mexico brought Solberg another podium in third. A round later in Portugal he finished fourth before Mikko Hirvonen was stripped of his victory because the car violated some regulations. After that he was promoted to third place giving him yet another podium, and higher location in the overall standings in second, 4 points behind leader, Loeb. On 4 December 2012 Solberg confirmed he would sit out of the WRC 2013 season.

Solberg won the firstFIA World Rallycross Championshipwith hisPSRX Citroën DS3 Supercar.

ERX and WRX career

2013

In 2013 Solberg changed discipline, competing in all nine rounds of theFIA European Rallycross Championship(ERX) with his own team, based in Torsby. After a lot of bad luck, including retiring while leading in Finland, he eventually finished the season 8th overall in the Supercars category.

2014

In 2014 he became the first everFIA World Rallycross Champion(WRX) with hisPSRX Citroën DS3 Supercar.Therefore, he is also the first driver ever to claim FIA World titles in two different motorsports.

2015

Solberg partnered withLiam Doranto compete for theSolberg Doran Rallycross (SDRX)team in the2015 season.He successfully defended his WRX title with this Citroën DS3, clinching the title in the final round of the championship atRosarioinArgentina.

2016

In 2016, Solberg continued in the FIA World Rallycross Championship with a privateer Supercars class Citroën DS3. He won the first round at Portugal, and got three further podiums and a total of eight top 5 finishes, finishing 4th in the overall standings.

Petter Solberg leads Johan Kristoffersson at Lydden Hill RX 2017

2017–2018

2017 saw Petter team up with Volkswagen Motorsport to createPSRX Volkswagen Sweden,driving the Polo GTi RX, and the team quickly became a dominant force in World RX. Petter achieved his final World RX win at the legendaryLydden Hillin 2017, and by the end of the year the team were crowned Team's Champions, Petter finished 3rd, and teammateJohan Kristofferssonwon his first World Championship title.

In 2018 the team remained the same, albeit driving the rebranded Polo R, and for the second year running the team won the Team's Championship - this time in even more dominant fashion. Across 24 events in 2017 and 2018, PSRX won 19 of them – a level never before seen in the sport.

Petter also made a brief rally comeback and took part in the2018 Rally Catalunyato give the Volkswagen Polo R5 its WRC debut, and finished in a podium position with 3rd place in the WRC2 category.

2019–present

Petter retired from full-time motorsport at the end of 2018,but did complete a 'Farewell Tour' in 2019 consisting of some of his favourite events. He set the fastest RX lap at theGoodwood Festival of Speed,set the lap record at the Norges Råeste Bakkeløp, wonGymkhana Gridand signed off from his WRC career with one final class win at the2019 Wales Rally GB.

Since then Petter has been a constant and supportive presence in his son's life asOliver Solbergfollowed in his father's footsteps and reached the World Rally Championship. In 2022, the Solbergs won theRace of Champions' Nations Cup for Team Norway.

Gymkhana Grid

Solberg won the AWD class of the 2016Gymkhana GridatMarathonwith aCitroën Xsara.In 2018, he finished second at Johannesburg with aVolkswagen Polo.In 2019 he won the event at Warsaw, again driving a VW Polo.

Personal life

Solberg was born inAskim,but grew up inSpydeberg.He is the younger brother toHenning Solberg.He is married to aSwede,Pernilla Solberg (néeWalfridsson), with whom he has a son,Oliver Solberg,who is now a driver in the WRC himself. Pernilla is the daughter of formerVolvofactory driver and 1980 European Rallycross Champion, Per-Inge Walfridsson (who also claimed a remarkable fourth overall in the 1973RAC Rally). Pernilla was also, for some time, one of the world's leading female rally drivers.Solberg lives with his family inGunnarskog,Sweden.

Post-driving career, Solberg was diagnosed withADHD.

WRC victories

No.	Event	Season	Co-driver	Car
1	58th Network Q Rally of Great Britain	2002	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC02
2	31st Cyprus Rally	2003		Subaru Impreza WRC03
3	16th Telstra Rally Australia
4	47ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France
5	59th Wales Rally of Great Britain
6	34th Propecia Rally New Zealand	2004		Subaru Impreza WRC04
7	51st Acropolis Rally
8	1st Rally Japan
9	60th Wales Rally of Great Britain
10	1º Supermag Rally d'Italia Sardinia
11	54th Uddeholm Swedish Rally	2005
12	19º Corona Rally México			Subaru Impreza WRC05
13	61st Wales Rally of Great Britain

Racing record

Complete WRC results

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Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1998	Shell Norge	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205	MON	SWE 16	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRC	NZL	FIN	ITA	AUS					NC	0
	Petter Solberg														GBR Ret
1999	Ford Motor Co	Ford Escort WRC	MON	SWE 11															19th	2
		Ford Focus WRC			KEN 5	POR 11	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRC	NZL		CHN	ITA 27	AUS	GBR 9
	Petter Solberg											FIN 12
2000	Ford Motor Co	Ford Focus RS WRC 00	MON	SWE	KEN 5	POR Ret	ESP	ARG 6	GRC Ret	NZL 4	FIN Ret	CYP							10th	6
	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC2000											FRA Ret	ITA 9
	Subaru World Rally Team														AUS Ret	GBR Ret
2001	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRC2001	MON Ret	SWE 6	POR Ret	ESP Ret	ARG 5	CYP Ret	GRE 2	KEN Ret	FIN 7	NZL 7	ITA 9	FRA 5	AUS 7	GBR Ret			10th	11
2002	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRC2001	MON 6	SWE Ret															2nd	37
		Subaru Impreza WRC2002			FRA 5	ESP 5	CYP 5	ARG 2	GRE 5	KEN Ret	FIN 3	GER Ret	ITA 3	NZL Ret	AUS 3	GBR 1
2003	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRC2003	MON Ret	SWE 6	TUR Ret	NZL 3	ARG 5	GRE 3	CYP 1	GER 8	FIN 2	AUS 1	ITA Ret	FRA 1	ESP 5	GBR 1			1st	72
2004	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRC2003	MON 7	SWE 3															2nd	82
		Subaru Impreza WRC2004			MEX 4	NZL 1	CYP 4	GRE 1	TUR 3	ARG Ret	FIN Ret	GER Ret	JPN 1	GBR 1	ITA 1	FRA 5	ESP 5	AUS Ret
2005	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRC2004	MON Ret	SWE 1															2nd	71
		Subaru Impreza WRC2005			MEX 1	NZL 3	ITA 2	CYP Ret	TUR 2	GRE 9	ARG 3	FIN 4	GER 7	GBR 1	JPN Ret	FRA 3	ESP 13	AUS Ret
2006	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRC2006	MON Ret	SWE DSQ	MEX 2	ESP 7	FRA 11	ARG 2	ITA 9	GRE 7	GER Ret	FIN Ret	JPN 7	CYP 8	TUR 13	AUS 2	NZL 6	GBR 3	6th	40
2007	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRC2006	MON 6	SWE Ret	NOR 4														5th	47
		Subaru Impreza WRC2007				MEX Ret	POR 2	ARG Ret	ITA 5	GRE 3	FIN Ret	GER 6	NZL 7	ESP 6	FRA 5	JPN 16	IRE 5	GBR 4
2008	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRC2007	MON 5	SWE 4	MEX 11	ARG Ret	JOR Ret	ITA 10											6th	46
		Subaru Impreza WRC2008							GRE 2	TUR 6	FIN 6	GER 5	NZL 4	ESP 5	FRA 5	JPN 8	GBR 4
2009	Petter Solberg World Rally Team	Citroën Xsara WRC	IRL	NOR 6	CYP 3	POR 4	ARG Ret	ITA 3	GRC Ret	POL 4	FIN Ret	AUS							5th	35
		Citroën C4 WRC											ESP 4
	Citroën Junior Team													GBR 4
2010	Petter Solberg World Rally Team	Citroën C4 WRC	SWE 9	MEX 2	JOR 3	TUR 2	NZL Ret	POR 5	BUL 3	FIN 4	GER 5	JPN 2	FRA 3	ESP 2	GBR 2				3rd	169
2011	Petter Solberg World Rally Team	Citroën DS3 WRC	SWE 5	MEX 4	POR 6	JOR Ret	ITA 3	ARG 4	GRE 4	FIN 5	GER 5	AUS 3	FRA DSQ	ESP Ret	GBR Ret				5th	110
2012	Ford World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON 3	SWE 4	MEX 3	POR 3	ARG 6	GRE Ret	NZL 3	FIN 4	GER 11	GBR 3	FRA 26	ITA 9	ESP 11				5th	124
2018	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP 14	AUS				NC	0
2019	Petter Solberg	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR 10	ESP	AUS C			32nd	1

WRC-2 results

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Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2018	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP 3	AUS		26th	15
2019	Petter Solberg	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR 1	ESP	AUS C	21st	25

Complete IRC results

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Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	IRC	Points
2011	Petter Solberg	Peugeot 207 S2000	MON Ret	CAN	FRA	UKR	BEL	AZO	MAD	CZE	HUN	ITA	SCO	CYP	–	0

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

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Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	ERX	Points
2013	PSRX	Citroën DS3	GBR 10	POR 3	HUN 9	FIN 5	NOR 13	SWE 6	FRA 2	AUT 6	GER 6	8th	93

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

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Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WRX	Points
2014	PSRX	Citroën DS3	POR 1	GBR 6	NOR 2	FIN 10	SWE 3	BEL 3	CAN 1	FRA 1	GER 1	ITA 3	TUR 6	ARG 1		1st	267
2015	SDRX	Citroën DS3	POR 2	HOC 1	BEL 2	GBR 1	GER 2	SWE 6	CAN 8	NOR 7	FRA 2	BAR 1	TUR 8	ITA 3	ARG 3	1st	301
2016	PSRX	Citroën DS3	POR 1	HOC 4	BEL 3	GBR 2	NOR 4	SWE 7	CAN 5	FRA 4	BAR 10	LAT 19	GER 2	ARG 7		4th	239
2017	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Volkswagen Polo GTI	BAR 4	POR 6	HOC 4	BEL 3	GBR 1	NOR 7	SWE 7	CAN 2	FRA 5	LAT 7	GER 4	RSA 4		3rd	252
2018	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Volkswagen Polo R	BAR 5	POR 3	BEL 2	GBR 7	NOR 3	SWE 7	CAN 5	FRA 3	LAT 7	USA 2	GER 5	RSA 5		5th	227

External links

• Petter Solberg's profileatRallyBase.nl