Winning Family: Solbergs Break Race Of Champions Records

“Winning is everything to me and my Dad, so to be able to do this in Sweden is really nice – I think my Mum is really making a big smile right now!”

 “A few years ago Papa and I did Rally GB together in the same team and that was nice, but this is even better. To be here and working so closely at the circuit together is really cool. 
 
Born in Sweden to Swedish Mum Pernilla, Oliver’s always enjoyed the best of both Nordic worlds.
 
“I’m both,” he grinned. “I’m Swedish sometimes and Norwegian at other times! I’m just joking, but honestly, today’s result gives a lot of pleasure – it was amazing to look at the people out there racing and know we won this.
 
“I think we have to say thank you to the whole team here in Pite Havsbad. The conditions were terrible yesterday, with a big snowstorm. When we went to bed, I wasn’t sure if we could compete today, but they worked unbelievably hard to get the track right for practice and give us a place to race. When I was coming around waving out of the car, the feeling was really emotional. I watched my Papa do this so many times – to see him watching me and waving back at me was really cool.”

Petter and Oliver are no strangers to sharing a track as a team or facing off directly. Check out the last time Petter and Oliver went head to head, at Gymkhana GRiD in Poland in 2019.