Toyota's newest World Rally Championship recruit offers Club DirtFish exclusive insight into the best day of his life
Photography by Toyota
Words by David Evans, DirtFish Head of Media
New Toyota Gazoo Racing driver Oliver Solberg has described his career renaissance as a miracle.
The 24-year-old returns to the World Rally Championship’s top-flight just three years on from being dropped by Hyundai. His announcement as part of the Toyota team’s 2026 WRC line-up comes on the back of a remarkable season in which he dominated the WRC2 title race and scored a maiden world championship win on a one-off Rally Estonia outing aboard a GR Yaris Rally1.
“Getting to this place hasn’t been easy,” said Solberg. “When you look back to 2022, that was tough. I was really low after that year and for quite a while – but we came out of that time with a deal to drive in Rally2 and I started to rebuild, to get the speed and the confidence back. But the goal was always to sign to drive a Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 and maybe have the chance to drive in Rally1.
“We came step-by-step and we made it, winning the WRC2 and winning Rally Estonia overall this year – the whole thing has been a miracle in my opinion.”
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Words:David Evans
Tags: Oliver Solberg, Toyota, WRC, WRC 2026
Publish Date November 10, 2025 DirtFish 
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