Petter Solberg was the 2003 World Rally Champion. He drove for the Subaru team alongside Chris Atkinson and Jonas Andromeda in the 2008 season. This year he is in a privateer Citroen Xsara. His first rally was the 1998 Swedish Rally but it wasn't until the 2002 Network Q Rally of Great Britain where he took his first victory and finished the season runner-up to Marcus Gronholm. The next year, 2003, was his year. He took the title by 1 point ahead of Sebastian Loeb with wins on the Cyprus, Australian, French and GB rallies.