Newly topped WRC2 champion Oliver Solberg feels he’s achieved “all the pieces he can” and is now hopeful of a commencement to the World Rally Championship’s high tier subsequent season.
Solberg and co-driver Elliott Edmondson clinched a maiden WRC2 title in model by taking a fifth class win of the 12 months in Chile, driving a Printsport-prepared Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 automobile.
The triumph is the newest success in what has been a breakthrough 12 months, headlined by a well-known outright WRC win in a one-off Rally1 drive for the manufacturing unit Toyota squad at Rally Estonia in July.
“I really feel completely unimaginable. I’m overwhelmed and I have to breathe. Oh my god, it has been a improbable 12 months the entire season. 5 wins out of seven and a win in WRC, me and Elliott have achieved not a nasty job,” stated Solberg.
“I don’t suppose I’ve understood but that I’ve gained the championship, as a result of it’s so overwhelming in a approach. It has been a mentally arduous weekend. Final 12 months it regarded very comparable [with the WRC2 title on the line in Chile] and there was one rock within the line and this 12 months there was no rock within the line. You want a little bit of luck in fact, however it’s simply improbable.
Edmondson added: “This was our objective at the beginning of the 12 months and to attain this can be a huge factor for us. There was one different apparent achievement we had in Estonia the place we gained. That is the very best 12 months we may probably have imagined. We’ve got achieved so many nice issues this 12 months, it’s the icing on cake.”
Waiting for 2026
Kurt Busch, Oliver Solberg, Printsport Toyota GR Yaris Rally
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Having now claimed the WRC2 title, Solberg was requested about his plans for subsequent season on the Rally Chile podium, the place he revealed that he’s but to signal any deal for 2026. The son of 2003 WRC champion Petter Solberg is nonetheless hoping that this success can assist safe a full-season within the WRC high tier.
Toyota, Hyundai and M-Sport-Ford are but to announce any plans relating to Rally1 driver line-ups for subsequent 12 months.
Oliver Solberg, Elliott Edmondson, Printsport Toyota GR Yaris Rally
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“I can promise you there isn’t any contract signed that’s for certain, I want,” he stated when requested concerning the prospect of stepping as much as Rally1 in 2026.
“This championship [WRC2] is what we at all times knew we may do and that could be a closing reduction however the WRC win [in Estonia] that was one thing we hadn’t dreamed of fairly but and to try this, this was a loopy emotion.
“I actually hope we will try to get one thing collectively and get a great plan for subsequent 12 months and hopefully have a full season of WRC. I feel we’ve got achieved all the pieces we will and now we simply should do all the pieces we will to try to get right into a high workforce.”
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