Solberg topped WRC2 champion – DirtFish

Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson have claimed the WRC2 title by successful Rally Chile – their fifth victory of the marketing campaign.

The Swede’s path to the championship was simplified when each Yohan Rossel and Gus Greensmith retired on Friday with separate engine-related issues, however he was already doing sufficient anyway with a win sufficient to safe Solberg the championship on his remaining points-scoring alternative.

He finally beat Nikolay Gryazin by 40.4 seconds.

“What should I say? Unbelievable,” Solberg stated.

“I don’t know what to feel, it’s kind of overwhelming. It’s just a very big relief. Last year we had a bit of bad luck, we should have won it definitely. This year finally has been just an incredible year with the team and Toyota taking me onboard with a fantastic car. I’m very, very happy – thank you to everybody.”

Solberg has come shut to successful the WRC2 title in each 2023 and 2024, however has seemed like a champion in-waiting ever since stepping right into a Toyota GR Yaris Rally2.

Although he crashed out of Rally Finland, the one different points-scoring rally he didn’t win was Safari Rally Kenya – which he was main earlier than getting caught in a deep part of fech fech that was prone to swallow the main Rally2 automotive on the street (which Solberg was).

Solberg additionally took his maiden World Rally Championship victory in a one-off likelihood in a Rally1 automotive with Toyota.

He is anticipated to finish the remaining three rounds of the 2025 season in his Rally2 automotive.