After Friday morning's three stretches, the Hyundai driver is tenth in the summary.
On the final stretch before the lunch break, Solberg and the map reader Elliott Edmonson lost speed.
Lots of sand washed over the car and in the TV pictures you could see how Solberg was forced to drive in second and third gear.
- I think we lost speed due to the sand.
Typically, when I took it very carefully.
There are so many big rocks here.
I tried to drive "clean" in the morning and this happens.
It's so frustrating, Oliver tells wrc.com.
Solberg lost over 2.5 minutes on the stretch and is just over three minutes behind leader Elfyn Evans, Great Britain, in a Toyota.