Oliver Solberg [photo courtesy]Solberg Jnr was forced to withdraw from the Italian rally the other weekend after his father and former WRC champion Petter tested positive for Covid-19. Hyundai Motorsport World Rally Team has made a change to its WRC2 team for Safari replacing Pierre-Louis Loubet with 19-year-old Oliver Solberg. Solberg's father, Petter, finished the 1999 and 2000 Safari editions fifth while driving a Ford Focus. Two weeks ago, Petter tested positive for coronavirus and this forced his son Solberg to withdraw from the 2021 WRC Italian leg held in Sardegna. KCB Bank Kenya and Toyota Kenya are co-sponsoring the WRC Safari Rally to a tune of Sh.100m and Sh30m respectively.

Source: Standard Digital June 13, 2021 09:46 UTC