Teemu Suninen
![]() Teemu Suninen in the 2018 Rally de Portugal | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality |
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Born |
Tuusula, Finland | February 1, 1994
World Rally Championship record | |
Active years | 2014–Present |
Teams | Oreca, M-Sport |
Rallies | 38 |
Championships | 0 |
Rally wins | 0 |
Podiums | 1 |
Stage wins | 6 |
Total points | 91 |
First rally | |
FIA European Rallycross Championship | |
Years active | 2012 |
Car no. | 83 |
Former teams | SET Promotion |
Starts | 5 |
Wins | 1 |
Podiums | 3 |
Best finish | 8th in 2012 (Super1600) |
Teemu Suninen (born February 1, 1994) is a Finnish rally driver.[1] Suninen is currently driving for Malcolm Wilson's M-Sport WRT in WRC. His manager is Timo Jouhki.
Rally career
Suninen won the WRC-3 class in the 2014 Rally Finland and 2015 Rally Italia Sardegna driving a Citroën DS3 R3T, and won the WRC-2 class in the 2015 Wales Rally GB driving a Škoda Fabia S2000.
The Finn competed full-time at the 2016 World Rally Championship-2 with a Škoda Fabia R5. He won at Mexico with a TGS Worldwide, and at Italy and Poland with Oreca, finishing third in the drivers' championship behind Esapekka Lappi and Elfyn Evans.
For the 2017 World Rally Championship-2, he joined M-Sport to drive a Ford Fiesta R5. He scored a win at Spain and three runner-up finishes, ranking third in points Pontus Tidemand and Eric Camilli.
Suninen will do a double program with M-Sport in 2018, entering some races with a Ford Fiesta WRC and the rest with a Ford Fiesta R5.
Racing record
WRC results
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
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2014 | AKK Sports Team Finland | Citroën DS3 R3T | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | ITA | POL | FIN 17 |
GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | NC | 0 | |
2015 | Team Oreca | Citroën DS3 R3T | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR Ret |
ITA 34 |
FIN 54 |
NC | 0 | |||||||
TGS Worldwide | Škoda Fabia S2000 | POL 19 |
GBR 11 |
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Team Oreca | Ford Fiesta R5 | GER 19 |
AUS | FRA 18 |
ESP 37 |
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2016 | Team Oreca | Škoda Fabia R5 | MON 12 |
SWE 10 |
ARG | POR 46 |
ITA 8 |
POL 11 |
FIN 10 |
GER 56 |
CHN C |
FRA 15 |
ESP 28 |
GBR 14 |
AUS | 18th | 8 | |
TGS Worldwide | MEX 9 |
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2017 | M-Sport WRT | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON | SWE 10 |
MEX | FRA 8 |
ARG | POR 12 |
ITA | GER 16 |
ESP 8 |
GBR 31 |
AUS | 14th | 29 | |||
Ford Fiesta WRC | POL 6 |
FIN 4 |
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2018 | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON 18 |
8th* | 54* | |||||||||||||
Ford Fiesta WRC | SWE 8 |
MEX 12 |
FRA | ARG 9 |
POR 3 |
ITA 10 |
FIN 6 |
GER 5 |
TUR 4 |
GBR Ret |
ESP | AUS | ||||||
* Season still in progress.
WRC-2 results
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
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2015 | TGS Worldwide | Škoda Fabia S2000 | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL 6 |
FIN | GBR 1 |
10th | 51 | |||||
Team Oreca | Ford Fiesta R5 | GER 6 |
AUS | FRA 5 |
ESP 13 |
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2016 | TGS Worldwide | Škoda Fabia R5 | MON | SWE | MEX 1 |
ARG | 2nd | 120 | ||||||||||
Team Oreca | POR 16 |
ITA 1 |
POL 1 |
FIN 2 |
GER | CHN C |
FRA | ESP 4 |
GBR 3 |
AUS | ||||||||
2017 | M-Sport | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON | SWE 2 |
MEX | FRA 2 |
ARG | POR 2 |
ITA | POL | FIN | GER 7 |
ESP 1 |
GBR 13 |
AUS | 3rd | 85 | |
2018 | M-Sport Ford | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON 3 |
SWE | MEX | FRA | ARG | POR | ITA | FIN | GER | TUR | GBR | ESP | AUS | 22nd* | 15* | |
* Season still in progress.
WRC-3 results
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Points |
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2014 | AKK Sports Team Finland | Citroën DS3 R3T | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | ITA | POL | FIN 1 |
GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | 8th | 25 |
2015 | Team Oreca | Citroën DS3 R3T | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR Ret |
ITA 1 |
POL | FIN 11 |
GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | 9th | 25 |
Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results
JRX Cup
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ERX | Points |
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2012 | SET Promotion | JRX Renault Clio | SWE 3 |
BEL |
NED |
FIN |
GER |
6th | 15 |
Super1600
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ERX | Points |
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2012 | SET Promotion | Renault Clio | GBR |
FRA |
AUT |
HUN |
NOR |
SWE |
BEL 6 |
NED 5 |
FIN 2 |
GER 1 |
8th | 60 |
References
- ↑ "WRC2 - Drivers - World Rally Championship - wrc.com". wrc.com. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
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