Toksport World Rally Team is a motorsport preparation and race team based at the Nürburgring in

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, Germany. The team has prepared cars for, and entered events in 26 motorsports championship around the globe and has won notable

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championships in

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and Cross Country Rally World Cup as well as entering WTCC and GT series. The company was founded in 2002.

History

2019

In 2019, their car propelled Chris Ingram and Ross Whittock to the

driver and co-driver titles. The team finished just 3 points behind champions Saintéloc Junior Team. 2019 Rally Poland - Chris Ingram

2020

Toksport WRT joined the

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full-time in

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, fielding two

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's throughout the season.

Pontus Tidemand Pontus Johan Tidemand (born 10 December 1990) is a Swedish rally and rallycross driver. He is the 2017 WRC-2 champion and a previous M-Sport and Škoda Motorsport driver. Pontus is the son of Swedish rally driver Tomas Tidemand and ex-rally c ...

and Patrik Barth drove for the team starting from

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. The pair finished on the podium in each of the six events they took part in, achieving three victories. They finished the season second in the standings with 108 points. Eyvind Brynildsen, co-driven by

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, joined the team in

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, finishing on the podium twice in three rounds. Jan Kopecký and Jan Hloušek replaced Brynildsen for the final rally of the season, Rally Monza, in which they came third. The team finished the season in first place and won the Teams' Championship, beating

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by 35 points. In the

Toksport scaled back its involvement. The team did not enter in the main category, and instead fielded two Renault Clio RSR Rally5's in ERC-3 in the last two rallies of the season. Ola Nore Jr. and Rachele Somaschini competed in the Rally Hungary, while

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ERC Champion Chris Ingram returned to the series in the

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, driving alongside Nore.

Results

WRC-2 results

* Season still in progress.

ERC results

* Season still in progress.

References

External links

* {{official website, https://toksport.com/ 2002 establishments in Germany European Rally Championship teams German auto racing teams World Rally Championship teams World Touring Car Championship teams ADAC GT Masters teams Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters teams Mercedes-Benz in motorsport Porsche in motorsport Auto racing teams established in 2002