Kristian Sohlberg (born 15 March 1978, in

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) is a

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driver, who scored three

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points during his career with a best finish of sixth on the

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Career

Sohlberg's first WRC event came on

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in 2000 in a

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, winning the first event of the season in

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. A further category win followed on

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, finishing the season as runner-up in the standings. In 2003 Sohlberg contested three WRC rounds in a

Mitsubishi Lancer WRC The Mitsubishi Lancer WRC is a World Rally Car built by Ralliart, Mitsubishi Motors' motorsport division, to compete in the World Rally Championship. The previous Lancer Evolution series were homologated for the Group A class, and their competiti ...

2. For 2004 he was signed by

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on Rally Sweden, before switching to a

Subaru Impreza WRC The Subaru Impreza WRC is a World Rally Car based on the Subaru Impreza road car. It was used by Subaru World Rally Team, Subaru's factory team, and replaced Subaru Legacy RS in 1993. The car was debuted at 1993 Rally Finland and won a total o ...

to contest the

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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

References

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