Petter Solberg
Petter Solberg during the 2006 Rally Australia.
World Rally Championship record
Nationality	Norwegian
Active years	1998 - present
Teams	Subaru
World rallies	108
Championships	1 (2003)
Wins	13
Podium finishes	32
Stage wins	294
Points	321
First world rally	1998 Swedish Rally
First win	2002 Rally Great Britain
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Petter "Hollywood" Solberg (born November 18, 1974 in Askim), from Spydeberg i Østfold, Norway, is a professional rally driver. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2448x3264, 2321 KB) Note: A bug prevents Commons from generating thumbnails at certain resolutions. ... Rally Australia (currently Telstra Rally Australia) is an automobile rally competition held in Perth, Western Australia. ... The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... For other uses, see Subaru (disambiguation). ... World Rally Driver Champions List ... World Rally Championship - 2003 Rally Winners Category: ... The Swedish Rally (now the Uddeholm Swedish Rally) is an automobile rally competition held in Värmland, Sweden in early February. ... Rally GB, or Rally Great Britain, is the largest and most high profile motor rally in the United Kingdom. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... County Østfold Landscape Smaalenene Municipality NO-0124 Administrative centre Askim Mayor (2003) Trygve WestgÃ¥rd (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 409 69 km² 66 km² 0. ... County Østfold Landscape Municipality NO-0123 Administrative centre Spydeberg Mayor (2003) Stein HÃ¥land (Sp) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 362 142 km² 133 km² 0. ... Rallying (international) or rally racing (US) is a form of automobile racing that takes place on normal roads with modified production or specially built road cars. ...

He is married to a Swede, Pernilla Walfridsson, with whom he has a son, Oliver. Pernilla is the daughter of former Volvo factory driver and 1980 European Rallycross Champion, Per-Inge "Pi" Walfridsson (who also claimed a remarkable 4th overall in the 1973 RAC Rally). She was also, for some time, rated as possibly the world's fastest female rally driver. Volvo Cars is the premium car maker using the brand Volvo. ... The RAC Rally is the best-known motor rally in the UK. It is a round in the international rallying championship. ...

Solberg won a nationwide RC car championship at the age of 13 as he inherited his interest of motorsport through his parents, mother Tove and father Terje, who were keen bilcross competitors and rallycross fans. 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 (an "inexpensive version" of Norwegian rallycross) in 1992, three days after his 18th birthday and only a 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 1998, he became the Norwegian Rally Champion (older brother Henning won this title five times in a row between 1999 and 2003). By this time, the World Rally Championship team bosses were starting to recognize Solberg's potential and by the end of 1998 he agreed to drive for three years with the Ford Rally Team. In 2000, however, he left Ford's M-Sport outfit somewhat early and signed with the Prodrive Subaru World Rally Team (SWRT). His first podium had to wait until the Acropolis Rally, Greece the following year, as an altruistic Solberg forsook as many of his own points as possible, as he did in dropping voluntarily from 4th to 5th in Sanremo, to assist team-mate Richard Burns in sneaking to the title. This article refers to the European autosport of Rallycross. ... Hillclimbing (also known as hill climbing, speed hillclimbing or speed hill climbing) is a branch of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock to complete an uphill course. ... Henning Solberg (born 8 January 1973) is a Norwegian World Rally Championship (WRC) driver with Ford, and the two-years-older brother of 2003 WRC Champion Petter Solberg. ... The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. ... M-Sport is a large and successful motorsport team based in Cockermouth, Cumbria in England. ... Prodrives logo Prodrive Ltd. ... For other uses, see Subaru (disambiguation). ... A podium is a platform that is used to raise something to a short distance above its surroundings. ... The Acropolis Rally Greece is the eighth rally on the World Rally Championship schedule for 2005. ... Country Italy Region Liguria Province Imperia (IM) Mayor Claudio Borea Elevation 15 m Area 54 km² Population  - Total (as of 2004) 56,903  - Density 936/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Sanremesi or Sanremaschi Dialing code 0184 Postal code 18038 Frazioni San Romolo, Poggio, Bussana, Bussana Vecchia, Coldirodi... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Leg 3: Telstra Rally Australia 2006

In 2002, with four-time champion Tommi Mäkinen installed as his new team-mate in the light of Burns' departure to Peugeot, Solberg won his first ever WRC event in Wales (Wales Rally GB) after a consistent display of driving prowess and an unlikely accident by Marcus Grönholm. In 2003, Solberg beat fellow WRC young-gun Sébastien Loeb at the Wales Rally GB, launching him to his second win in Wales and his first ever World Rally Championship title. In 2004, Solberg won five of 16 events, including the Wales Rally GB, but lost the Championship to Loeb due to an unfortunate string of bad luck that encapsulated three DNFs (retirements) in mid-season. In 2005, Solberg won three rallies, although was severely affected by bad luck while challenging for wins at the end of the season, most notably in Telstra Rally Australia, where he was forced to retire after striking a wayward kangaroo. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1219 KB) Petter Solberg after a hard stage on Leg 3 of Telstra Rally Australia 2006. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1219 KB) Petter Solberg after a hard stage on Leg 3 of Telstra Rally Australia 2006. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Tommi Antero Mäkinen (pronounced /tom-mi mæ-ki-nen/ in IPA) is a now retired Finnish rally driver, born in Puuppola, Finland near Jyväskylä in June 1964. ... Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën. ... Marcus Bosse Grönholm (born February 5, 1968 in Kauniainen) is a rally driver from Finland. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sébastien Loeb (born February 26, 1974) is a French rally driver and winner, with co-driver Daniel Elena, of the World Rally Drivers Championship title in 2004, 2005 and 2006 and of a record ten World Rallies in 2005. ... The Wales Rally Great Britain is the twelfth rally on the World Rally Championship schedule for 2005. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rally Australia (currently Telstra Rally Australia) is an automobile rally competition held in Perth, Western Australia. ... Species Macropus rufus Macropus giganteus Macropus fuliginosus Macropus antilopinus A kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae. ...

For 2006, Solberg continued his partnership with the Subaru team, driving a new version of the Impreza WRC. His main sponsor was 24SevenOffice with a $5 million kroner sponshorship deal, record-breaking by Norwegian standards. His results, though, proved nothing if not patchy in comparison to the man who usurped him from top spot in the series in 2004. While Loeb went on to register five rally victories on the bounce in a privately (Kronos) run Citroën Xsara WRC, his winning of the title unhampered even by breaking his arm, Solberg could only comparatively muster a handful of runner-up places on rallies all season - in Mexico Argentina and 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 since 1994. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... 24SevenOffice is a web based ERP/CRM system for small businesses and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. ... Krone is the name of the currency used in Norway. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Citroën is a French automobile manufacturer, founded in 1919 by André Citroën. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

The Norwegian did, at least, get his 2007 season off to a rather more auspicious start, managing a joint-career-best finish of sixth place on the Rally Monte Carlo. 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini era. ... The Monte Carlo Rally (officially Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo) is a rally racing event organized each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco who also organize the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco and the Monaco Kart Cup. ...

Rally Wins

2002(1)

• Wales Rally Great Britain

2003(4) Rally GB, or Rally Great Britain, is the largest and most high profile motor rally in the United Kingdom. ...

• Rally Cyprus
• Rally Australia
• Rallye de France
• Wales Rally Great Britain

2004(5)

• Rally New Zealand
• Acropolis Rally
• Rally Japan
• Wales Rally Great Britain
• Rally d'Italia Sardinia

2005(3)

• Uddeholm Swedish Rally
• Rally Mexico
• Wales Rally Great Britain

2006 The Swedish Rally (now the Uddeholm Swedish Rally) is an automobile rally competition held in Värmland, Sweden in early February. ...

• None

2007

• None to date (03.05.2007 just before Rally Argentina)

External links

• pettersolberg.com
• WRC.com - official World Rally Championship website
• rallybase

References

• WRC.com
• Crash.net
• rally.racing-live.com