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Home is where the heart is for Solberg as WRC reaches Rally Sweden
There is something special about competing at the highest level of your sport in your own backyard, and nobody will know it quite like Oliver Solberg this weekend.
The 23-year-old, the son of legendary 2003 WRC champion Petter Solberg, will line up for the start of the 2025 Rally Sweden this weekend for a home country race.
The rally is one of seven chosen nominated point-scoring rounds for the star this year, and the first in his ambition to be crowned WRC2 Champion – a title he came agonisingly close to in 2024.
Solberg makes a switch from a Skoda Fabia, in which he had campaigned for several years across his young career, to a new Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 for 2025 in pursuit of that dream.
“Last year was so close,” he told DAZN . “It really hurt that we were within touching distance and not able to clinch it. That frustration from last season is only serving as a greater motivation for this year."
Solberg is a familar winner on home turf, having won the Rally2 class for the last two years here, and alongside British co-driver Elliott Edmondson, is aiming for a hat-trick in the support category.
“I really feel at home in the snow,” he added. “Sweden is definitely one of the highlights, one of the favourites for the season.
"Like you can imagine, it’s a special feeling to compete at home in front of so many friends and family. The fans are just amazing as well. But it’s the roads that make this one really special.
“I’m competing in the Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 for the first time in full snowy conditions, so this is something new.
"We will have completed our pre-event testing and, of course, we drove the Monte Carlo Rally last month. I was immediately impressed with the Yaris.
"It’s quite a different car from what I’ve driven before, more nimble and, with the three-cylinder engine, the delivery of power and torque is a little different. I love it.
“The priority is points next week and there’s no better way to score big points than to win WRC2, so that’s what we’re aiming for.”
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