Far and away the quickest WRC2 driver on each stage by way of the ultimate day of Rally Chile, Oliver Solberg did every thing in his energy to complete the weekend with the 2024 WRC2 world championship in his grasp, but it surely wasn’t fairly sufficient.
The Monster Vitality driver, son of 2003 World Rally champion Petter Solberg, Oliver Solberg arrived at this week’s Rally Chile, his last WRC2 outing of the season, understanding that if he might nail down one other victory the ’24 WRC2 title could be his. Main by way of Saturday afternoon, all appeared good. Nevertheless, Solberg suffered a sluggish tire puncture on the penultimate stage of day two that dropped him right down to fourth place.
“We’ve got completed every thing we might do,” mentioned Solberg. “I got here right here understanding a win could be sufficient and it was trying superb. I used to be comfy with the automobile, with the tempo and every thing. Sadly, the occasions of Saturday afternoon didn’t assist us.
“With WRC2, you take the perfect six scores from seven begins — you can begin whichever seven occasions you want,” he defined. “It’s just a little bit unusual like this — I believe we’d all wish to make the competitors a bit extra straight the place you’re all combating one another and you realize who’s the winner.
“It’s like it’s. We’ve completed our seven rallies and no matter what occurs, if we win the title or now, I’m super-proud of the season Elliott [Edmondson, co-driver] and me made with the unbelievable individuals at Skoda Motorsport and Toksport. I wish to thank everyone for what they’ve completed, the arduous work they’ve put in. It’s been an incredible season. And Chile has been unbelievable as properly. Improbable rally and other people. Because of all the followers on the market — it’s been a pleasure to compete right here.”
Solberg will now have to observe as his WRC2 rivals compete within the Central Europe Rally Oct. 17-20 and the season-ending Rally Japan, Nov. 20-23
