Oliver Solberg

[Sulland]

If RedBull came to Oliver and said, we would like to have you on our A-List. He would then be part of a professional motorsport environment.

Could that happen, and that the solbergs leave Monster for RedBull and MSport?

[ouvreur]

If RedBull came to Oliver and said, we would like to have you on our A-List. He would then be part of a professional motorsport environment.

Could that happen, and that the solbergs leave Monster for RedBull and MSport?

Offer them enough money and I'm sure Oliver would drive with anything written on the car. That's what it all comes down to.

[pantealex]

If RedBull came to Oliver and said, we would like to have you on our A-List. He would then be part of a professional motorsport environment.

Could that happen, and that the solbergs leave Monster for RedBull and MSport?

There are already more than enough drivers in RedBull A-list (Loeb, Ogier, Kalle, Neuville, Katsuta + many Rally2 drivers)

No offer to Oliver!

[the sniper]

There are already more than enough drivers in RedBull A-list (Loeb, Ogier, Kalle, Neuville, Katsuta + many Rally2 drivers)

How many of those are 'Red Bull A-list' though? I get the impression that not all Red Bull athletes are in the same boat... You have the likes of Loeb, who I imagine is funded out of a kind of 'Central Bank of Red Bull', whereas at the other end you've got your Katsuta's or Evans, who I imagine are more on pocket money deals by comparison, dished out by the equivalent of a 'Red Bull regional development fund'.

If Oliver were to be offered a big money, multi year deal from the 'Central Bank of Red Bull', it'd probably be worth switching. If it's a standard 'Red Bull Athlete' association, he's presumably much better off trying to work with Monster. As much as I like Oliver, I see no reason to believe he'd be getting offered the former big deal at this point in his career.

[AndyRAC]

How many of those are 'Red Bull A-list' though? I get the impression that not all Red Bull athletes are in the same boat... You have the likes of Loeb, who I imagine is funded out of a kind of 'Central Bank of Red Bull', whereas at the other end you've got your Katsuta's or Evans, who I imagine are more on pocket money deals by comparison, dished out by the equivalent of a 'Red Bull regional development fund'.

If Oliver were to be offered a big money, multi year deal from the 'Central Bank of Red Bull', it'd probably be worth switching. If it's a standard 'Red Bull Athlete' association, he's presumably much better off trying to work with Monster. As much as I like Oliver, I see no reason to believe he'd be getting offered the former big deal at this point in his career.

I think you're right; not all are equal - some RB athletes are backed by each country's 'importer' - others by the main RB house. There is a list on the RB website of athletes. As somebody who follows MTB, there's a large number of them in that sport. Similarly, in MXGP, which is a Monster Energy sponsored series.

It's unusual for athletes to switch between the big two; from memory Jonathan Rea was a RB athlete back in BSB, but there was a big gap between getting ME backing. I can't see Oliver switching at all; he's their main guy in the WRC, and even went over to the USA last month. It's not something I see happening.

[Sulland]

This years livery

https://www.facebook.com/OliverSolberg01

[HKSjbg]

This years livery

https://www.facebook.com/OliverSolberg01

Anyone got an image for those of us not on facebook? I’d need to log in to see anything past the homepage

Edit: found it on twitter:

https://twitter.com/OliverSolberg01/...C-pbKto-QsAAAA

The livery was actually designed by a guy who goes by the name Sims Racing on youtube/reddit etc. He created the livery to showcase the Fabia RS Rally2 mod for Assetto Corsa.

When I put it to him that I assumed it was Solberg’s livery for this year he responded “I guess he’ll have the same livery as Lindholm and Gryazin but with a black bonnet which has Monster Energy on it”. Good to see Solberg has decided to use the livery for real!