Henning Solberg

The Solberg Extreme Motor Show takes place on the 21 November 2009 at the Telenor Arena in Norway. The Solberg brothers have covered the football pitch with tarmac to create a perfect playground for anything that makes a noise and goes fast. They have gathered an international elite of drivers to join us in this year’s biggest motor racing event in Norway. “We are going to show the big variety of our sport to the crowd," the Solberg brothers enthusiastically said. “There will be all kinds of motorsport from drifting to Top Fuel, Formula 1, rally and rallycross.” For the first time in history ... Read Full Story

Posted by RallyScott 14 May, 2009 Sport and family are not separate. Matthew Wilson (Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team) is guided by his father, Malcolm Wilson, who is team principal and director of M-Sport. There are family links in marathon running: with Russian twin sisters and Bulgarian brothers. Even competition between siblings is not rare: Serena and Venus Williams (tennis players) regularly face-off on tennis courts around the world. And, in rallying Petter and Henning Solberg battle each other every other weekend in their rally cars… WRITES EVAN ROTHMAN . Edition 80: http://rallyehq.com/handbrakes-and-hairpins/H&H-80.pdf Petter Solberg is the younger of the two brothers, and ... Read Full Story

Posted by Scott Coursey 14 June, 2009 Photo: worldrally pics Ford's Mikko Hirvonen has won the 2009 Acropolis Rally of Greece and closes the gap in the WRC to 7 points behind leader Sebastien Loeb. Citroen Junior Team's Sebastien Ogier claimed his best WRC finish in second which will help in his quest to complete the rest of the season. Winner Mikko Hirvonen said: It really did look very difficult at the start but it worked out okay - a perfect weekend! It’s been a clever drive with no mistakes and no punctures. We thought before this event that if you get through without ... Read Full Story

©willyweyens-rallyworld Sebastien Loeb completed Saturday morning's loop of stages on the Rally of Great Britain with a 25 second overall lead - thanks largely to two stunning performances on SS8 and SS9 which left his title rival Mikko Hirvonen completely stumped. Ford Focus RS WRC driver Hirvonen was quickest on Saturday's opening test, the longest of the event, to narrow the gap to Loeb to just 2.9sec. But on each of the two muddy, rain-lashed stages which followed Loeb was quicker than the Finn - by 10.2sec on SS8 and a massive 11.9sec on SS9. Before heading back to Cardiff for the midpoint 30-minute ... Read Full Story

Posted by RallyScott 2 January, 2009 Team Expert will continue to provide backing for Henning Solberg in a full WRC campaign of 12 events for 2009. Solberg also announced that he would continue to drive an M-Sport Ford Focus WRC for the season ahead, according to nrk.no . There had been speculation by the Norwegian media just prior to the announcement that Expert would withdraw, or decrease, their support for Henning. But after a lengthy meeting today between sponsor and driver it was decided that the agreement would continue for a full programme in 2009. There will also be more testing for Henning in ... Read Full Story