Petter Solberg

Quick Facts

Full Name	Petter Solberg
Occupation	Race Car Driver
Date Of Birth	Nov 18, 1974(1974-11-18)
Age	50
Birthplace	Askim
Country	Norway
Horoscope	Scorpio

Petter Solberg Biography

Petter Solberg is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on November 18, 1974 in Askim, Norway. Rally and rallycross driver who won the World Rally Championships in 2003. He partnered with the Subaru World Rally Team early in his career and founded the Petter Solberg World Rally Team in 2009.

He and Colin McRae have both been World Rally Champions.

Solberg was born in Askim, but grew up in Spydeberg. He is the younger brother to Henning Solberg. He is married to a Swede, Pernilla Walfridsson, with whom he has a son, Oliver, who was a successful Crosskart driver and is now rallying himself. Pernilla is the daughter of former Volvo factory driver and 1980 European Rallycross Champion, Per-Inge “Pi” Walfridsson (who also claimed a remarkable fourth overall in the 1973 RAC Rally). Pernilla was also, for some time, one of the world’s leading female rally drivers. Solberg lives with his family in Mitandersfors, Sweden.

Solberg won a nationwide RC car championship the Norwegian Tamiya Cup in 1987 at the age of 13 as he inherited his interest of motorsport through his parents, mother Tove and father Terje, who were keen bilcross (an “inexpensive version” of Norwegian rallycross, similar to Swedish folkrace and Finnish jokamiehenluokka) competitors and rallycross enthusiasts. He used to help out around the home farm rebuilding competition cars, as he was not yet old enough to drive. Solberg entered his first bilcross in 1992, three days after his 18th birthday and only one day after he got his driving license. He went on to become Norwegian champion in rallycross as well as hillclimb in both 1995 (winning 19 out of 21 events) and 1996 (winning 15 out of 19 events). In 1995 he took part in his maiden rally, the Norwegian Rally Bjørkelangen, by driving a Volvo 240 in the Volvo Original class. His female co-driver by then was Maud from Sweden, nowadays spouse of his older brother Henning. In 1998 Solberg became the Norwegian Rally Champion, his brother Henning won this title five times in a row between 1999 and 2003.

He has a son named Oliver with Pernilla Walfridsson, daughter of former rallycross champion Per-Inge Walfridsson.

Petter Solberg Net Worth

Petter Solberg is one of the richest Race Car Driver from Norway. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Petter Solberg 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was born in Askim and won an RC Car title at age thirteen.

He is the first Norwegian driver ever to win the World Rally Championship.

Petter Solberg (born 18 November 1974) is a Norwegian former professional rally and rallycross driver.

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Who is Petter Solberg Dating?

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In 2002 with four-time champion Tommi Mäkinen installed as his new teammate in the light of Burns’ departure to Peugeot, Solberg won his first ever WRC event in Wales (Wales Rally GB) after a consistent display of driving prowess and an unlikely accident by Marcus Grönholm. In 2003, Solberg beat fellow WRC young- gun, Citroen-mounted Sébastien Loeb at the Wales Rally GB, launching him to his second win in Wales and his first and only World Rally Championship title. Solberg became the first Norwegian to win the drivers’ world title.

Facts & Trivia

Petter Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Norway. Petter Solberg celebrates birthday on November 18 of every year.

Welcoming a new teammate for the year in Australian Chris Atkinson, who replaced the disappointing Finn who had been the former Champion’s SWRT teammate throughout 2004, Mikko Hirvonen, Solberg started his 2005 season brightly as he sought an immediate answer to Loeb, the Norwegian winning two of the first three events, in Sweden and Mexico. These successes coincided with the early seizing of a championship lead. He was, however, soon overtaken by a rampant Loeb, and was left to score 71 points for the year, pipping Peugeot’s Marcus Grönholm to the championship runner-up spot on a tie break.

Is Petter Solberg still racing?

He repeated his title success the following year. In 2017, Petter set up the PSRX Volkswagen Sweden team in partnership with Volkswagen Motorsport, and won the Team’s Championship in both 2017 and 2018 before his retirement from full-time motorsport.

What nationality is Petter Solberg?

Norwegian

How old is Peter Solberg?

47 years (November 18, 1974)

What does Solberg mean?

Solberg is a surname of Norwegian origin (Sol meaning Sun and Berg meaning Mountain), and may refer to: Asbjørn Solberg (1893–1977), Norwegian politician from Østfold; served three terms in the Storting. Dorvan Solberg (b.