Henning Solberg secures Focus drive for 2005.
Henning Solberg has secu𓃲red a part season in a 'works-assisted' Ford Focus WRC.
A🐓ccording to reports by the official WRC website, the deal will see him compete in seven of the 16 events in 2005, b💝eginning with the Swedish Rally in February, round two of the championship.
Although, Henning is not a p🎃art of the official Ford team, he will have the latest specification car and could be nominated for points on cer🌄tain events - in much the same way as Janne Tuohino substituted for Francois Duval in Sweden and Finland this season.
Henning Solberg has secured a part season in a 'works-assistꦕed' Ford Focus WRC.
According to reports by the official WRC website, the deal will see him compete in seven of the 16 events in 2005, beginning with the Swedish Ra♑lly in February, round two of the champiꦗonship.
Although, Henning is not a part of the official Ford team, he will have the latest specification car and could be nominated for points on certain ev🔯ents - in much the same way as Janne Tuohino substituted for Francois Duval in Sweden and Finland this season.
"We hope to fight among the six best in every round we will compete in, and in Sweden I will go for the podium," he told wrc.com.
"I'm really looking forw⭕ard to d🍨riving the very competitive Ford.
"I also look forward to working with Malcolm W💯ilson, and driving alongside Toni Gardemeister and Roman Kresta."
Henning, the brother of Petter Solberg, contested seven WRC events thi꧂s season, in a Bozian Peugeot 206.
M-Sport have now confirmed they will run four cars in 2005, the works Fordsജ of Toni Gardemeister and Roman Kresta, as well as a privately ran Focus for Anthony Warmbold. These drivers will🍎 contest all 16 events.
Four more drivers are said to be in ta൩lks with M-Sport about running in privateer Ford's, including, so WRC insiders suggest, Subaru reject Mikko Hirvonen and Daniel Sola.
