Solberg wants “full season in WRC” after domin...

Newly topped WRC2 champion Oliver Solberg feels he’s performed “every part he can” and is now hopeful of a commencement to the World Rally Championship’s high tier subsequent season.

Solberg and co-driver Elliott Edmondson clinched a maiden WRC2 title in type by taking a fifth class win of the yr in Chile, driving a Printsport-prepared Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 automotive.

The triumph is the newest success in what has been a breakthrough yr, headlined by a famous outright WRC win in a one-off Rally1 drive for the factory Toyota squad at Rally Estonia in July.

“I really feel completely unbelievable. I’m overwhelmed and I have to breathe. Oh my god, it has been a improbable yr the entire season. 5 wins out of seven and a win in WRC, me and Elliott have performed not a foul job,” stated Solberg.

“I don’t assume I’ve understood but that I’ve gained the championship, as a result of it’s so overwhelming in a means. It has been a mentally laborious weekend. Final yr it regarded very comparable [with the WRC2 title on the line in Chile] and there was one rock within the line and this yr there was no rock within the line. You want a little bit of luck after all, however it’s simply improbable.

Edmondson added: “This was our objective in the beginning of the yr and to attain this can be a huge factor for us. There was one different apparent achievement we had in Estonia the place we gained. That is one of the best yr we may probably have imagined. We’ve got achieved so many nice issues this yr, it’s the icing on cake.”

Waiting for 2026

Having now claimed the WRC2 title, Solberg was requested about his plans for subsequent season on the Rally Chile podium, the place he revealed that he’s but to signal any deal for 2026. The son of 2003 WRC champion Petter Solberg is nonetheless hoping that this success may help safe a full-season within the WRC high tier.

Toyota, Hyundai and M-Sport-Ford are but to announce any plans relating to Rally1 driver line-ups for subsequent yr.

Oliver Solberg, Elliott Edmondson, Printsport Toyota GR Yaris Rally

Photograph by: McKlein Pictures / LAT Pictures by way of Getty Pictures

“I can promise you there isn’t any contract signed that’s for positive, I want,” he stated when requested in regards to the prospect of stepping as much as Rally1 in 2026.

“This championship [WRC2] is what we all the time knew we may do and that could be a closing reduction however the WRC win [in Estonia] that was one thing we hadn’t dreamed of fairly but and to try this, this was a loopy emotion.

“I actually hope we are able to try to get one thing collectively and get an excellent plan for subsequent yr and hopefully have a full season of WRC. I feel we have now performed every part we are able to and now we simply should do every part we are able to to try to get right into a high workforce.”