The former Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT driver Oliver Solberg will be taking a step back for the 2023 WRC season as he has now announced that he will be entering the WRC2 class in a Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 with the Skoda Motorsport backed Toksport WRT outfit.
During the early autumn this year, Hyundai Motorsport agreed on the team will not renew the contract for the young Swede and he was dropped out of the line-up after Rally Japan. It was expected Solberg would be going back to a lower class for the upcoming season which has now been revealed.
The 21-year-old recently signed a contract with the German team for 2023 and he is back to be fighting the WRC2 title once again.
“I’m really excited about next season. Working with Toksport, it’s a great way to continue our journey. Everybody knows how competitive WRC2 is and it’s fantastic to be in there battling with so many great drivers and cars.” Solberg said.
“The new Fabia RS Rally2 is the car everybody has been talking about. I tested it for the first time in France earlier this week and was really impressed. Straight away I could feel comfortable with the car and confident in the feedback.”
“I was also really happy with Toksport. Serkan [Duru, team principal] and the rest of the guys are so professional – it’s the same like working with a factory team. Nothing was a problem for them; competing with them in 2023 is going to be great.”
Solberg is expected to do his first start with the new team at the season-opener of Rallye Monte-Carlo, the team is expected to field four cars there as well.
