Toshi Arai

Toshi Arai
Born (1966-12-25) 25 December 1966 (age 57)
Related toHiroki Arai (son)
World Rally Championship record
Active years1997–2010, 2022
Co-driverJapan Toshio Omizo
Japan Hiroshi Suzuki
United Kingdom Roger Freeman
Australia Glenn MacNeall
New Zealand Tony Sircombe
United Kingdom Daniel Barritt
Japan Naoya Tanaka
TeamsPrivateer, Subaru
Rallies87
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points11
First rally1997 Rally Australia
Last rally2022 Rally Japan

Toshihiro 'Toshi' Arai (新井敏弘, Arai Toshihiro, born December 25, 1966) is a Japanese rally driver and team owner. He is the first Japanese FIA world champion.[1]

Arai was born in Isesaki, Gunma. He made his debut in 1987 and drove for the Subaru World Rally Team in the Group N World Rally Championship from 1997 to 2000 and 2002–2003, and in the Group A Championship in 2000–2001.

In 2004 he established his own team, Subaru Team Arai, and won the FIA Production Car World Rally Championship for Drivers in 2005 and 2007 driving a Subaru Impreza WRX STI, which made him the first Japanese FIA world champion.[2] He scored class victories in Turkey, Japan and Australia on his way to the title.

He was also the winner of the short-lived FIA Teams' Cup in 2000.

Career results

Arai driving for Chevrolet at Suzuka during the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season.

WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Pts
1997 Subaru Rally Team Japan Subaru Impreza 555 MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN IDN ITA AUS
16 		GBR NC 0
1998 Subaru Rally Team Japan Subaru Impreza WRX MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL
EX 		FIN ITA NC 0
Toshihiro Arai AUS
Ret 		GBR
Ret
1999 Subaru Allstars Endless Sport Subaru Impreza WRC 98 MON SWE KEN POR
Ret 		ESP
21 		FRA
16 		ARG GRE
9 		NC 0
Subaru Rally Team Japan Subaru Impreza WRX NZL
13 		FIN
STi Club Rally Team CHN
7 		ITA
Subaru Rally Team Japan Subaru Impreza 555 AUS
8 		GBR
2000 Spike Subaru Team Subaru Impreza WRC 99 MON SWE KEN
6 		POR ESP
16 		ARG GRE
4 		NZL
Ret 		FIN CYP
9 		FRA ITA GBR
Ret 		13th 4
Subaru Impreza 555 AUS
13
2001 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC 01 MON SWE POR
Ret 		ESP ARG
8 		CYP
4 		GRE
Ret 		KEN
Ret 		FIN NZL
14 		ITA
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		AUS
Ret 		GBR
10 		18th 3
2002 Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza 555 MON SWE
25 		FRA ESP NC 0
Spike Subaru Team Subaru Impreza WRX CYP
Ret 		ARG
11 		KEN
Ret 		FIN NZL
Ret 		AUS
14 		GBR
555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC 02 GRE
13 		GER
Ret 		ITA
2003 Subaru Production Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX MON SWE
Ret 		TUR NZL
11 		ARG
9 		GRE CYP
9 		GER FIN AUS
Ret 		ITA FRA
17 		ESP GBR NC 0
2004 Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE
26 		MEX
13 		NZL
15 		CYP GRE TUR ARG
Ret 		FIN GER
18 		JPN
9 		GBR ITA FRA ESP AUS
8 		30th 1
2005 Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE
17 		MEX NZL
14 		ITA CYP
21 		TUR
14 		GRE ARG FIN GER GBR JPN
12 		FRA ESP AUS
9 		NC 0
2006 Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE MEX
9 		ESP FRA ARG
30 		ITA GRE
21 		GER FIN CYP
22 		TUR AUS
Ret 		NZL
30 		GBR 25th 3
Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC 06 JPN
6
2007 Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE
23 		NOR MEX
11 		POR ARG
10 		ITA GRE
15 		FIN GER NZL
13 		ESP FRA JPN
29 		IRE GBR NC 0
2008 Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza STi N14 MON SWE
15 		MEX ARG
Ret 		JOR ITA GRE
Ret 		TUR
Ret 		FIN GER NZL
Ret 		ESP FRA JPN
12 		GBR NC 0
2009 Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza STi N14 IRL NOR
Ret 		CYP
13 		POR ARG
12 		ITA GRE
10 		POL FIN AUS
Ret 		ESP GBR
13 		NC 0
2010 Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza STi N15 SWE MEX
11 		JOR TUR NZL
26 		POR BUL FIN GER
34 		JPN
Ret 		FRA
23 		ESP GBR
30 		NC 0
2022 Toshi Arai Citroën C3 Rally2 MON SWE CRO POR ITA KEN EST FIN BEL GRE NZL ESP JPN
Ret 		NC 0

PWRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos. Points
2002 Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza 555 SWE
2 		FRA 4th 22
Spike Subaru Team Subaru Impreza WRX CYP
Ret 		ARG
2 		KEN
Ret 		FIN NZL
Ret 		AUS
1
2003 Subaru Production Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX SWE
Ret 		NZL
1 		ARG
1 		CYP
1 		GER AUS
Ret 		FRA
2 		2nd 38
2004 Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi SWE
6 		MEX
2 		NZL
5 		ARG
Ret 		GER
4 		FRA AUS
2 		2nd 30
2005 Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi SWE
1 		NZL
2 		CYP
7 		TUR
1 		ARG GBR JPN
1 		AUS
1 		1st 50
2006 Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON MEX
1 		ARG
8 		GRE
5 		JPN CYP
6 		AUS
Ret 		NZL
9 		6th 18
2007 Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi SWE
6 		MEX
2 		ARG
2 		GRE
1 		NZL
1 		JPN
10 		IRE GBR 1st 39
2008 Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza STi N14 SWE
6 		ARG
Ret 		GRE
Ret 		TUR
Ret 		FIN NZL
Ret 		JPN
3 		GBR 12th 9
2009 Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza STi N14 NOR
Ret 		CYP
4 		POR ARG
3 		ITA GRE
3 		AUS
Ret 		GBR
2 		5th 25
2010 Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza STi N15 SWE MEX
2 		JOR NZL
4 		FIN GER
6 		JPN
Ret 		FRA
3 		GBR
9 		5th 55

IRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos. Points
2010 Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza STi N15 MON BRA ARG CAN ITA YPR
Ret 		AZO MAD ZLI ITA SCO CYP NC 0
2011 Stohl Racing[3][4] Subaru Impreza STi R4 MON CAN COR
13 		UKR YPR AZO
Ret 		ZLI MEC
18 		SAN SCO
9 		CYP
7 		17th 15
2012 Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza STi R4 AZO CAN IRL COR
14 		ITA YPR SMR
Ret 		ROM ZLI
11 		YAL SLI SAN 10th 30
Subaru Impreza TMR R4 CYP
3

European Rally Championship results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points
2013 Stohl Racing Subaru Impreza STi R4 JÄN LIE CAN AZO COR YPR ROM
38 		ZLÍ
Ret 		POL
13 		CRO SAN
19 		VAL 21st 23

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2011 Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T BRA
1
 BRA
2
 BEL
1
 BEL
2
 ITA
1
 ITA
2
 HUN
1
 HUN
2
 CZE
1
 CZE
2
 POR
1
 POR
2
GBR
1
 GBR
2
 GER
1
 GER
2
 ESP
1
 ESP
2
 JPN
1
13 		JPN
2
15 		CHN
1
 CHN
2
 MAC
1
 MAC
2
 NC 0

Complete Global Rallycross results

Supercar

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 GRC Points
2016 Subaru Rally Team USA Subaru Impreza WRX STi PHO1
 PHO2
 DAL
 DAY1
 DAY2
 MCAS1
 MCAS2† DC
 AC
 SEA
 LA1
13 		LA2
13 		19th 4

†Race cancelled.

References

  1. ^ CORPORATION, TOYOTA MOTOR. "THE HISTORY OF WRC -Toyota has challenged to a great many roads in the world- | 2018 | SPECIAL | WRC". TOYOTA GAZOO Racing. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  2. ^ RallyBase
  3. ^ "IRC: Korsika-Rallye". 11 May 2011.
  4. ^ "IRC: Korsika-Rallye". 5 May 2011.
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