Daniel Carlsson (rally driver)

Daniel Carlsson (born 29 June 1976) is a rally car driver from Sweden.[1]

Daniel Carlsson
Carlsson driving a Peugeot 206 WRC at the 2005 Rally Argentina
Personal information
Nationality Swedish
Born (1976-06-29) 29 June 1976
World Rally Championship record
Active years1999 – 2007
TeamsPeugeot, Bozian Racing, OMV Kronos Citroën
Rallies43
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums1
Stage wins2
Total points26
First rally1999 Swedish Rally
Last rally2007 Rally di Sardegna

Biography

Carlsson came in 2nd at the Swedish Junior Rally Championship in 1998 when he was only 22. He went on to compete in the Swedish Rally Championship in 1999, finishing 1st in Group H. In 1999 he finished 2nd again in the Swedish Juniors.

By 2000 he graduated to the WRC and finished 22nd at his home rally of Sweden driving a Toyota. The following year in the same event he finished 7th.

At his first Monte Carlo rally in 2002 he promptly came in 4th just off the podium driving a Ford Puma S1600. At his home rally of Sweden, driving a Mitsubishi in the group N class, he finished 1st.

In the 2005 WRC season Carlsson was asked to stand in for Markko Märtin after the Wales Rally GB, in which Märtin's co-driver was killed. Martin decided to quit for the rest of the season, therefore prompting Peugeot Sport team to hire Carlsson for the remainder of the season.

At the start of the 2006 season, Carlsson posted his best home result with a 3rd in the Swedish WRC Rally. For the 2006 season Carlsson drove a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution with co-driver Bo Holmstrand.

In 2007, Carlsson was caught for drink driving, had his driving license revoked, and decided to quit his rally career.[2]

WRC results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1999 Daniel Carlsson Opel Astra GSi 16v MON SWE
40		 KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL NC 0
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo FIN
Ret		 CHN ITA AUS GBR
2000 Daniel Carlsson Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWE
23		 KEN POR ESP ARG GRE NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR NC 0
2001 Daniel Carlsson Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWE
7		 POR
Ret		 ESP ARG CYP GRE KEN FIN
Ret		 NZL ITA
Ret		 FRA AUS GBR NC 0
2002 Daniel Carlsson Ford Puma S1600 MON
20		 FRA ESP
Ret		 CYP ARG GRE
Ret		 KEN GER
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 NZL AUS GBR
Ret		 NC 0
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII SWE
20		 FIN
Ret
2003 Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON
EX		 SWE TUR
Ret		 NZL ARG GRE
18		 CYP GER FIN
19		 AUS ITA
Ret		 FRA ESP
22		 GBR
14		 NC 0
2004 Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC MON SWE
8		 MEX NZL
8		 CYP GRE
5		 TUR
Ret		 ARG FIN
9		 GER
Ret		 JPN FRA
11		 ESP AUS 12th 6
Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC GBR
Ret		 ITA
2005 Bozian Racing Peugeot 307 WRC MON SWE
6		 MEX NZL 19th 5
Rally Team Olsbergs Subaru Impreza WRC 04 ITA
Ret		 TUR
Ret		 GRE
14
Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC CYP
8		 ARG
15		 FIN GER GBR
Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC JPN
8		 FRA ESP AUS
Ret
2006 Daniel Carlsson Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 MON SWE
3		 MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER FIN
Ret		 JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR 16th 6
2007 Kronos Citroën World Rally Team Citroën Xsara WRC MON SWE
5		 NOR
7		 MEX POR
6		 ARG ITA
Ret		 GRE FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE GBR 14th 9

JWRC results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 JWRC Points
2002 Daniel Carlsson Ford Puma S1600 MON
4		 ESP
Ret		 GRE
Ret		 GER
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 12th 3
2003 Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON
EX		 TUR
Ret		 GRE
2		 FIN
1		 ITA
Ret		 ESP
4		 GBR
1		 3rd 33

References
  1. Daniel Carlsson gör comeback Archived 6 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Svenska Bilsportförbundet, accessed 2010-05-24 (in Swedish)
  2. "Daniel Carlsson's rally career could be over after he was caught drink-driving in Sweden". rallybuzz.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
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