Teemu Suninen

Teemu Suninen
	Suninen at the 2023 Central European Rally
Personal information
Nationality	Finnish
Born	1 February 1994 (age 31); Tuusula, Finland
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2014–Present
Co-driver	Mikko Markkula
Teams	Oreca, M-Sport, Hyundai
Rallies	79
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	3
Stage wins	15
Total points	304
First rally	2014 Rally Finland
Last rally	2023 Central European Rally
FIA European Rallycross Championship
Years active	2012
Car number	83
Former teams	SET Promotion
Starts	5
Wins	1
Podiums	3
Best finish	8th in 2012 (Super1600)

Teemu Suninen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈt̪e̞ːmu ˈsunine̞n]; born 1 February 1994) is a Finnish rally driver.^[1] He currently competes part-time for the Hyundai team in the World Rally Championship (WRC).

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

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2014	AKK Sports Team Finland	Citroën DS3 R3T	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	POL	FIN 17	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR		NC	0
2015	Team Oreca	Citroën DS3 R3T	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR Ret	ITA 34		FIN 54							NC	0
	TGS Worldwide	Škoda Fabia S2000							POL 19						GBR 11
	Team Oreca	Ford Fiesta R5									GER 19	AUS	FRA 18	ESP 37
2016	Team Oreca	Škoda Fabia R5	MON 12	SWE 10		ARG	POR 46	ITA 8	POL 11	FIN 10	GER 56	CHN C	FRA 15	ESP 28	GBR 14	AUS	18th	8
2016	TGS Worldwide	Škoda Fabia R5			MEX 9												18th	8
2017	M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta R5	MON	SWE 10	MEX	FRA 8	ARG	POR 12	ITA			GER 16	ESP 8	GBR 31	AUS		14th	29
2017	M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC								POL 6	FIN 4						14th	29
2018	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5	MON 18														11th	54
2018	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC		SWE 8	MEX 12	FRA	ARG 9	POR 3	ITA 10	FIN 6	GER 5	TUR 4	GBR Ret	ESP 11	AUS Ret		11th	54
2019	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON 11	SWE 23	MEX Ret	FRA 5	ARG 7	CHL 5	POR 4	ITA 2	FIN 8	GER 29	TUR 4	GBR Ret	ESP 7	AUS C	9th	89
2020	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON 8	SWE 8	MEX 3	EST 6	TUR Ret	ITA 5	MNZ Ret								7th	44
2021	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON Ret	ARC 8			ITA 31		EST 6								11th	29
	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II			CRO 10	POR 8		KEN WD		BEL Ret	GRE WD
	Movisport	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5										FIN 8
	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 N Rally2											ESP 11
	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC												MNZ 6
2022	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	MON	SWE	CRO	POR Ret	ITA 38	KEN	EST 9	FIN DSQ	BEL	GRE 17	NZL	ESP 11	JPN 8		20th	9
2023	\|Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	MON	SWE 15	MEX	CRO	POR 10	ITA 6	KEN								9th	42
2023	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1								EST 5	FIN 4	GRE	CHL Ret	EUR 6	JPN		9th	42

* 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
2015	TGS Worldwide	Škoda Fabia S2000	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL 6	FIN					GBR 1		10th	51
2015	Team Oreca	Ford Fiesta R5									GER 6	AUS	FRA 5	ESP 13			10th	51
2016	TGS Worldwide	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE	MEX 1	ARG											3rd	120
2016	Team Oreca	Škoda Fabia R5					POR 16	ITA 1	POL 1	FIN 2	GER	CHN C	FRA	ESP 4	GBR 3	AUS	3rd	120
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 Mk. II	MON	ARC	CRO 2	POR 2	ITA	KEN WD	EST	BEL Ret	GRE WD						5th	93
	Movisport	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5										FIN 1
	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 N Rally2											ESP 2	MNZ
2022	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	MON	SWE	CRO	POR Ret	ITA 25	KEN	EST 2	FIN DSQ	BEL	GRE 10	NZL	ESP 1	JPN 2		6th	68
2023	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	MON	SWE 6	MEX	CRO	POR 5	ITA 2	KEN	EST	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN		10th*	36*

* Season still in progress.

WRC-3 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Points
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