Petter Solberg to race at Simola Hillclimb
Spectators are in for an exhilarating Hillclimb event in May, due to the many superbly skilled and experienced drivers who will participate.
Volkswagen Motorsport has announced the line-up of drivers and cars that will be competing in the annual Simola Hillclimb racing event. Now in its 13th year, the Simola Hillclimb will take place from May 4 to 7.
Renowned Rallycross driver Petter Solberg and the Polo R WRX Supercar are the big drawcards for Volkswagen at this event.
Other well-known drivers are Jonathan Mogotsi and Daniel Rowe, who will be competing in Golf 8 Rs. Greame Nathan will be racing in a Polo SupaCup car.
“We are very excited to announce that Petter Solberg will be making his way to South Africa to race in the Polo R WRX Supercar. Solberg’s partnership with Volkswagen started in 2017 when he set up the PSRX Volkswagen Sweden team in partnership with Volkswagen Motorsport. Solberg won the Team’s Championship in both 2017 and 2018 before his retirement from full-time racing. We are thrilled to have Petter come out of retirement to race for us in South Africa,” said Mike Rowe, head of Volkswagen Motorsport.
With two drivers’ titles and two teams’ FIA World Championship wins, the Polo R WRX Supercar is arguably the most successful race car of the modern Rallycross era. The Polo R WRX Supercar’s engine develops 419kW of power with 650Nm. The four-cylinder engine is coupled with a sequential, six-gear racing transmission and it takes just 1.9 seconds to complete the 0-100km/h sprint.
Source: MotorPress
