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Finnish rally driver (born 1978)
Kristian Sohlberg
Sohlberg during the 2004 Cyprus Rally
Personal information
NationalityFinland Finnish
Born (1978-03-15) 15 March 1978 (age 46)
World Rally Championship record
Active years2000–2007, 2014
Co-driverFinland Jussi Aariainen
Finland Jukka Aho
Finland Jakke Honkanen
Finland Arto Kapanen
Finland Kaj Lindström
Finland Timo Hantunen
Finland Tomi Tuominen
Finland Risto Pietiläinen
Finland Peter Flythström
TeamsMitsubishi
Rallies32
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points3
First rally2000 Rally Finland
Last rally2014 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.

Career

Sohlberg during the 2001 Rally Finland.
Sohlberg during the 2005 Acropolis Rally.

Sohlberg's first WRC event came on Rally Finland in 2000 in a Mitsubishi Carisma GT N4. 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

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WRX Points
2015 Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 POR
 HOC
 BEL
 GBR
 GER
 SWE
 CAN
 NOR
 FRA
 ESP
 TUR
16 		ITA
 ARG
 34th 1

References

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