The Solberg family has taken a liking to winning the Race of Champions Nations Cup. Father and son, Petter and Oliver have prevailed for the second consecutive year in this competition that has opened the program of the Race of Champions in the Swedish snow. Last year they took the crown for the first time, and this time they have culminated the double after beating the All Nations team in the final, made up of the Belgian Thierry Neuville and the Brazilian Felipe Drugovich.
But before that many motorsport stars like Sebastian Vettel, Mick Schumacher (who made up the German team and were eliminated in the semifinals) or Sebastien Loeb fell by the wayside. The Frenchman was the last to arrive at Pite Havsbad, the town in northern Sweden where the snow circuit is located. He had a funeral in his country and flew in at dawn by private jet and helicopter to join the party.
But no one has been able to with the Solbergs. Accustomed to driving on snow in the surroundings of the family home, they have taken advantage of that advantage to eliminate their important rivals one by one with whom they have dealt. The father, Petter, was full of praise about his son: “Nations Cup champions again. Is incredible! This trophy goes to Oliver Solberg. His speed today was incredible and he was unbeatable. Super proud and super happy ”, he acknowledged after collecting the trophies.
Along the way, besides Vettel, Schumacher or Loeb, there have been other great names in motorsport such as Valtteri Bottas, Davi Coulthard, Mikka Hakkinen, Mattias Ekstrom and many more. But everyone has a new opportunity tomorrow in the Race of Champions, the competition that has crowned the champion of champions since the competition began in Monthery in 1988. Loeb defends the crown achieved last year, which made him the driver who He has achieved more victories together with Didier Auriol, with four.