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Beware, I'm here to finish what my dad begun, says Hyundai Motorsport star Oliver Solberg

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Norwegian Petter Solberg. June 19, 2022. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] 

"My ultimate dream is to be a world champion, just like my father," said Hyundai Motorsport star Oliver Solberg, who is in the country to take part in the sixth leg of the World Rally Championships (WRC) series, the Safari Rally, set for this week in Naivasha.

The youngster will be out to finish the job that his father, Petter, started in the 1990s but failed to complete after ending the showpiece in Kenya in fifth both in 1999 and 2000 before clinching the WRC championships in 2003.

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