Andrè Faye Solvang is a Norwegian powerboat racer and was born in

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in 2003.

Early racing career

He started racing in GT15 in 2017 and won his first championship in that class a year later. In 2019 he won the UIM GT30 World Championship in

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Signing for the Sharjah Team

Solvang raced for his own team until the end of the 2023 season. Early 2024, he signed with the prestigious Formula 1 powerboat team, Team Sharjah, and began racing under their banner in the F4 series in 2024.

A second UIM world championship win

Solvang secured his second

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world championship win and his first for the Sharjah Team after winning the 2024 UIM F4 World Championship. In the same season the Norwegian also won the UIM F4 European Championship.

Honours

References

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