Henning Solberg

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Henning Solberg
Henning Solberg during the 2006 Rally Australia.
World Rally Championship record
Nationality	Norwegian
Active years	1998 - present
Teams	Toyota (privateer) Peugeot (privateer) Ford (privateer) OMV Peugeot Norway WRT Stobart-Ford
World rallies	40
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	2
Stage wins	2
Points	37
First world rally	1998 Swedish Rally



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Henning Solberg (born 8 January 1973) is a Norwegian World Rally Championship (WRC) driver with Ford M-Sport, and the older brother of 2003 WRC Champion Petter Solberg. Like Petter, Henning also started his career as a driver in Bilcross and Rallycross events and changed completely to rallying in the mid 1990s. Between 1999 and 2003, he became the Norwegian Rally Champion for five years in a row.

Solberg driving a Peugeot 206 WRC at the 2004 Rally Finland.

In 2006, Henning Solberg drove 12 of the 16 WRC rounds plus the Rally Norway with a Peugeot 307 WRC of the Team Bozian Racing. He achieved his first ever podium finish, coming in third in the Rally Turkey that year.

Solberg appeared in an edition of the BBC show Top Gear where he rallied a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution in a downhill snow track in a race against the Norwegian Bobsleigh team at Lillehammer.

In 2007, Solberg achieved his second podium in the World Rally Championship by finishing third with a Ford Focus RS WRC 06 at his home event, Rally Norway, when the rally was part of the WRC calendar for the first time.