To everyone’s surprise, Oliver Solberg (Toyota) won the Estonia rally this Sunday. The Swedish won in front of Ott Tänak and Thierry Neuville. The Frenchman Adrien Fourmaux fails in 5th place.
He will have held during the three days of this Estonia rally! To everyone’s surprise, the Swedish Oliver Solberg won this event and produces one of the largest exploits of the WRC in recent years. Petter Solberg’s son, legend of rallys, has shown remarkable regularity and a flawless commitment in order to get the first success of his career in the queen of rally category.
Initially engaged in WRC 2, the Swedish had only a rod behind the wheel of the Toyota, he who had not driven in WRC since 2022 and a short -term dovecote at Hyundai. “After trying and dreaming so much time, me and Elliot (Edmondon, his co -pilot), we did it!” I don’t know how to describe what I feel. I want to thank Toyota and their test team that allowed me to be so comfortable. It’s really an incredible team and I have never experienced something so great in my life, “said Oliver Solberg on arrival.
Fourmaux hangs the top 5
The 23 -year -old pilot who dominated the usual holders in this WRC with their heads and shoulders in this WRC was in front of Ott Tänak and the reigning world champion, the Belgian Thierry Neuville. A performance to engrave in the marble of the greatest exploits in rally in the 21st century. In difficulty since the start of the rally on Friday, Adrien Fourmaux limited the breakage.
At the wheel of a sometimes delicate hyundai to drive, the Frenchman also damaged his car following a jump, made him lose performance during the Power Stage. Despite this, Fourmaux climbed a place in the world championship and climbs to 6th place following the abandonment of Takamoto Katsuta (Toyota) forced to abandon during this Rally of Estonia.
