Petter Solberg
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Petter Solberg at the Estering, Germany in September 2014
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| Nationality |
 Norwegian |
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| Born |
18 November 1974 Askim, Norway |
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| Related to | Henning Solberg (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIA World Rallycross Championship career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debut season | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Car no. | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spotter | Pernilla Solberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former teams | SDRX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starts | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best finish | 1st in 2014 and 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years active | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Car no. | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former teams | PS 110% AB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starts | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best finish | 8th in 2013 (Supercar) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Rally Championship record | |
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| Active years | 1998–2012 |
| Teams | Ford, Subaru, Petter Solberg World Rally Team |
| Rallies | 188 |
| Championships | 1 (2003) |
| Rally wins | 13 |
| Podiums | 52 |
| Stage wins | 460 |
| Total points | 852 |
| First rally | 1998 Swedish Rally |
| First win | 2002 Rally GB |
| Last win | 2005 Rally GB |
| Last rally | 2012 Rally Catalunya |
Petter Solberg (born 18 November 1974) is a Norwegian professional rally and rallycross driver.
Solberg debuted in the World Rally Championship in 1998 and was signed by the Ford factory team in 1999. The following year, Solberg started his successful partnership with the Subaru World Rally Team.
With the Subaru works team, Solberg finished runner-up to Marcus Grönholm in 2002 and then became the first Norwegian to win the drivers' world title in 2003. In the following two seasons, he finished runner-up to Sébastien Loeb. Following Subaru's withdrawal from the WRC at the end of the 2008 season, Solberg secured private backing to start the Petter Solberg World Rally Team and competed with a Citroën Xsara WRC, a Citroën C4 WRC and a Citroën DS3 WRC. He switched to rallycross after the 2012 season and in 2014 became the inaugural winner of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, after 5 race wins and 9 podium finishes. He repeated his title success the following year.
Solberg won a nationwide RC car championship the Norwegian Tamiya Cup in 1987 at the age of 13 as he inherited his interest of motorsport through his parents, mother Tove and father Terje, who were keen bilcross (an "inexpensive version" of Norwegian rallycross, similar to Swedish folkrace and Finnish jokamiehenluokka) competitors and rallycross enthusiasts. He used to help out around the home farm rebuilding competition cars, as he was not yet old enough to drive. Solberg entered his first bilcross in 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 as hillclimb in 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 a Volvo 240 in the Volvo Original class. His female co-driver by then was Maud from Sweden, nowadays spouse of his older brother Henning. In 1998 Solberg became the Norwegian Rally Champion, his brother Henning won this title five times in a row between 1999 and 2003.
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