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If Petter Solberg met a spade, he’d politely call it a shovel.

This, I conclude after our conversation at Hockenheim, is his most endearing quality. It makes talking to him easy. It makes interviewing him easier still. Because Petter, quite simply, calls it like he sees it.

Take this gem for instance. “There’s a lot of assholes around who try to cheat you, basically. And a lot of bullshit. But that’s the same in every sport. I like straightforward people. Yeah. No bullshit.”

It’s important, though, to remember that...