Posted Friday, June 14, 2024 at 9:48pm
Hayden Paddon finished second to one Solberg at last year’s Royal Rally of Scandinavia – this year he faces two of them as Petter joins his son Oliver on the start list for Sweden’s round of the European Rally Championship this week.
Predictably, the intra-family fight has grabbed the headlines in Karlstad and Paddon’s well aware of the potential threat from the house of Solberg – but he’s looking more at the longer game of the a second successive European title.
“This is one of my favorite rallies in the ERC,” said Paddon. “We were second last year and this time I’m looking for a minimum of a podium finish – but there will be some very tough competition and some fast locals, with both Oliver and Petter!
