Teemu Suninen (born February 1, 1994) is a Finnish

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driver. Suninen was driving for Malcolm Wilson's M-Sport WRT in

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between 2017 and 2021. His manager is Timo Jouhki.

Rally career

Suninen won the WRC-3 class in the

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and 2015 Rally Italia Sardegna driving a

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R3T, and won the WRC-2 class in the

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driving a

Škoda Fabia The Škoda Fabia is a supermini car produced by Czech manufacturer Škoda Auto since 1999. It is the successor of the Škoda Felicia, which was discontinued in 2001. The Fabia was available in hatchback, estate (named Fabia Combi) and saloon ( ...

S2000. The Finn competed full-time at the

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with a Škoda Fabia R5. He won at Mexico with TGS Worldwide, and at Italy and Poland with

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, finishing third in the drivers' championship behind

Esapekka Lappi Esapekka Lappi (born 17 January 1991) is a Finnish rally driver. He is the 2012 Finnish Rally Champion, 2014 European Rally Champion and the 2016 WRC-2 Champion. Career 2012 Lappi won the 2012 Finnish Rally Championship with Ford Fiesta S200 ...

and

Elfyn Evans Elfyn Rhys Evans (born 28 December 1988) is a Wales, Welsh rally driver. He is currently teamed with Scott Martin (co-driver), Scott Martin and is competing for Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Toyota Gazoo Racing in the World Rally Championship. Care ...

. For the

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, he joined

M-Sport M-Sport is an auto racing team and motorsport engineering company headquartered at Dovenby Hall near Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom. Formed in 1979 by the World Rally Championship driver Malcolm Wilson, and originally known as ...

to drive a

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R5. He scored a win at Spain and three runner-up finishes, ranking third in points behind

Pontus Tidemand Pontus Johan Tidemand (born 10 December 1990) is a Swedish Rallying, rally and Rallycross, rallycross driver. He is the 2017 WRC-2 champion and a previous M-Sport World Rally Team, M-Sport and Škoda Motorsport driver. Pontus is the son of Swedi ...

and

Eric Camilli Eric Camilli (born 6 September 1987) is a French rally driver. He has competed in the World Rally Championship since 2014. After starting out in the lower levels, he made his debut in the top level in 2016 while driving for M-Sport in a Ford Fi ...

. Suninen will do a double program with M-Sport in 2018, entering some races with a

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and the rest with a Ford Fiesta R5.

Racing record

WRC results

* Season still in progress.

WRC-2 results

WRC-3 results

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

JRX Cup

Super1600

References

External links

Profile at ewrc-results.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Suninen, Teemu Living people 1994 births Finnish rally drivers World Rally Championship drivers People from Tuusula Sportspeople from Uusimaa 21st-century Finnish people