Petter Solberg"s 17-year-old son is already a boss rally driver

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Written by Greg Potts
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Think for a moment of what you"ve inherited from your parents. We"ll wait. Now consider that Oliver Solberg clearly got the immense rally driving talent" gene that runs in his family. Not that we"re bitter of course Oliver is the son of former WRC champion Petter Solberg and one of the world"s leading female rally drivers Pernilla Walfridsson, and he"s just won his first American Rally Association (ARA) event. He"s still only 17 for goodness sake. The Olympus Rally is held across 127 miles of stages in the forests outside of Seattle, much of which used to be home to a US round of the World Rally Championship. Promising stuff from the youngster then, especially considering this was the first time he had even seen the roads. Solberg finished 25.9 seconds ahead of his teammate and defending ARA champion David Higgins.

Date written: 30 Apr 2019

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