Hjemmeseier: Solberg leder WRC2 i Sverige

Fra å være den raskeste Rally2 føreren på Rallye Monte-Carlo, til å vinne Race of Campions Nations Cup, til å nå lede WRC2 etter en seier foran hjemmefansen - Det har vært litt av noen uker for Oliver Solberg.

21-åringen tok sin første WRC2 seier med en dominerende opptreden under 2023 Rally Sverige. Sikter mot å vinne åtte av arrangementets 18 etapper. 

“This is such a nice result,” sier Oliver. “I really feel we did a good job with this one. We were consistent, no mistakes, Elliott [Edmondson, co-driver] did a fantastic job and so did the team. I’m very, very happy. The route was really quick, and nice and wide in places, so we could make some margin and really push. But it definitely wasn’t so easy. There was some understeer in the car on some of the twisty sections and we were running as the first car on to the stage.” 

For å forklare problemet med å følge Rally1-bilene, la Oliver til: “They are a little bit wider and they have more power, so they are making a set of lines and ruts in the road which we have to follow. 
 
“But in some places, because our car is a little bit more narrow, we have one set of wheels on the left or on the right side out of the ruts and jumping around. Basically, it makes the car a little bit unstable; this is no problem when you are in second or third gear, but when you have a lot of speed and you’re flat out in fifth then it’s not always making you smile!
 
“The main thing for me – the only thing for me – is that we came here, we took more experience from the car and we were able to win the event and take the maximum bonus points from the stage. I have to be very happy with that one.I think it’s fair to say I am happy with everything in my life, right now,” sa han. “The win, to be joint leading the championship and to be with this team and this car… it’s all good right now!”

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