Teemu Suninen

Teemu Suninen
	Teemu Suninen in the 2018 Rally de Portugal
Personal information
Nationality	Finnish
Partner(s)	Vera Von Monika (2019–present)
Born	February 1, 1994; Tuusula, Finland
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2014–Present
Co-driver	Jarmo Lehtinen
Teams	Oreca, M-Sport
Rallies	56
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	3
Stage wins	13
Total points	206
First rally	2014 Rally Finland
FIA European Rallycross Championship
Years active	2012
Car number	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 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 behind 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
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
	Team Oreca	Ford Fiesta R5									GER 19	AUS	FRA 18	ESP 37
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
2016	TGS Worldwide	Škoda Fabia R5			MEX 9												18th	8
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
2017	M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC								POL 6	FIN 4						14th	29
2018	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5	MON 18														11th	54
2018	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC		SWE 8	MEX 12	FRA	ARG 9	POR 3	ITA 10	FIN 6	GER 5	TUR 4	GBR Ret	ESP 11	AUS Ret		11th	54
2019	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON 11	SWE 23	MEX Ret	FRA 5	ARG 7	CHL 5	POR 4	ITA 2	FIN 8	GER 29	TUR 4	GBR Ret	ESP 7	AUS C	9th	89
2020	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON 8	SWE 8	MEX 3	ARG	POR	ITA	KEN	FIN	NZL	TUR	GER	GBR	JPN		6th*	26*

* 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
2015	TGS Worldwide	Škoda Fabia S2000	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL 6	FIN					GBR 1		10th	51
2015	Team Oreca	Ford Fiesta R5									GER 6	AUS	FRA 5	ESP 13			10th	51
2016	TGS Worldwide	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE	MEX 1	ARG											3rd	120
2016	Team Oreca	Škoda Fabia R5					POR 16	ITA 1	POL 1	FIN 2	GER	CHN C	FRA	ESP 4	GBR 3	AUS	3rd	120
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		25th	15

WRC-3 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Points
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
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
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.

External links

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[1] "WRC2 - Drivers - World Rally Championship - wrc.com". wrc.com. Retrieved 14 February 2016.