Teemu Suninen
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![]() Teemu Suninen in the 2018 Rally de Portugal | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Tuusula, Finland | February 1, 1994
World Rally Championship record | |
Active years | 2014–Present |
Co-driver | ![]() |
Teams | Oreca, M-Sport, Hyundai |
Rallies | 70 |
Championships | 0 |
Rally wins | 0 |
Podiums | 3 |
Stage wins | 14 |
Total points | 253 |
First rally | 2014 Rally Finland |
FIA European Rallycross Championship | |
Years active | 2012 |
Car number | 83 |
Former teams | |
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 was driving for Malcolm Wilson's M-Sport WRT in WRC between 2017 and 2021. 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[]
* 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 | 3rd | 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 WRT | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON 3 |
SWE | MEX | FRA | ARG | POR | ITA | FIN | GER | TUR | GBR | ESP | AUS | 25th | 15 | |
2021 | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON | ARC | CRO 2 |
POR 2 |
ITA | KEN WD |
EST | BEL Ret |
GRE WD |
5th | 93 | |||||
Movisport | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | FIN 1 |
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Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | ESP 2 |
MNZ |
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 | 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 | 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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- Living people
- 1994 births
- Finnish rally drivers
- World Rally Championship drivers
- People from Tuusula