Kristian Sohlberg

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Kristian Sohlberg
Kristian Sohlberg-2004 Cyprus Rally-001.jpg
Sohlberg during the 2004 Cyprus Rally
Personal information
Nationality Flag of Finland.svg Finnish
Born (1978-03-15) 15 March 1978 (age 46)
World Rally Championship record
Active years 2000 2007, 2014
Co-driver Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Aariainen
Flag of Finland.svg Jukka Aho
Flag of Finland.svg Jakke Honkanen
Flag of Finland.svg Arto Kapanen
Flag of Finland.svg Kaj Lindström
Flag of Finland.svg Timo Hantunen
Flag of Finland.svg Tomi Tuominen
Flag of Finland.svg Risto Pietiläinen
Flag of Finland.svg Peter Flythström
Teams Mitsubishi
Rallies32
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points3
First rally2000 Rally Finland
Last rally 2014 Rally Finland

Kristian Sohlberg (born 15 March 1978, in Espoo) is a Finnish rally driver, who scored three World Rally Championship points during his career with a best finish of sixth on the 2006 Rally d'Italia Sardegna.

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Career

Sohlberg during the 2001 Rally Finland. Ss1 42ks.jpg
Sohlberg during the 2001 Rally Finland.
Sohlberg during the 2005 Acropolis Rally. Ss7 sohlberg.jpg
Sohlberg during the 2005 Acropolis Rally.

Sohlberg's first WRC event came on Rally Finland in 2000 in a Mitsubishi Carisma GT N4. [1] In 2002 he contested the Production World Rally Championship, winning the first event of the season in Sweden. A further category win followed on Rally New Zealand, finishing the season as runner-up in the standings.

In 2003 Sohlberg contested three WRC rounds in a Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2. For 2004 he was signed by Mitsubishi Motors to do five events for the team, but he retired from all of them. He started 2005 in a Ford Focus RS WRC on Rally Sweden, before switching to a Subaru Impreza WRC to contest the Acropolis Rally and Rally Finland. He then entered three rounds of the 2006 season, finishing sixth in Sardinia and scoring his first and only WRC points.

Sohlberg returned to the PWRC for 2007, but only did the first four rounds of the season, while a Lancer WRC outing on Rally Finland ended in an accident.

Racing record

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213WRXPoints
2015 Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 POR
HOC
BEL
GBR
GER
SWE
CAN
NOR
FRA
ESP
TUR
16
ITA
ARG
34th1

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References

  1. "Kristian Sohlberg". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 22 June 2011.