Pontus Johan Tidemand (born 10 December 1990) is a Swedish

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and rallycross driver. He is the 2017 WRC-2 champion and a previous M-Sport and

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driver. Pontus is the son of Swedish rally driver Tomas Tidemand and ex-rally co-driver Maud Solberg, nowadays the wife of Norwegian rally driver Henning Solberg.

Career

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He made his World Rally Championship début in 2012, competing in the

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. He finished third in the WRC Academy championship behind winner Elfyn Evans and José Antonio Suárez. He also competed that years

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in the

Super 2000 World Rally Championship The FIA WRC2 (previously also known as World Rally Championship 2 and WRC 2), is a support championship of the World Rally Championship. The calendar consists of the same rallies and stages as the main class and crews usually compete immediately ...

, finishing third in the SWRC class. He made his World Rally Car début at the

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in a

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. For 2014 he switched to rallycross, joining Mattias Ekström's new EKS RX team to drive an

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S1 in the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship.

Racing record

WRC results

SWRC results

WRC Academy/JWRC results

WRC-2 results

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

References

External links

Official WebsiteResults at ewrc-results.com
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