Mats Jonsson (rally driver)

{{short description|Swedish rally driver (born 1957)}}

{{Infobox WRC driver

| name = Mats Jonsson

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|11|28|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| nationality = {{flagicon|SWE}} Swedish

| Years = 19791993, 19952001, 2007

| Co-driver = {{flagicon|Sweden}} Per Hansson
{{flagicon|Sweden}} Magnus Olsson
{{flagicon|Sweden}} Sven-Olov Kvarnlöv
{{flagicon|Sweden}} Johnny Johansson
{{flagicon|Sweden}} Åke Gustavsson
{{flagicon|Sweden}} Lars Bäckman
{{flagicon|UK}} Bryan Thomas
{{flagicon|Sweden}} Anders Olsson

| Teams = Opel Team Sweden, GM Euro Sport, Toyota, Subaru

| Races = 40

| Championships = 0

| Wins = 2

| Podiums = 3

| Stagewins = 36

| Points = 102

| First race = 1979 Swedish Rally

| First win = 1992 Swedish Rally

| Last win = 1993 Swedish Rally

| Last race = 2007 Swedish Rally

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Mats Jonsson (born November 28, 1957) is a rally driver from Sweden. He competed in the World Rally Championship from 1984 to 1993, with a best position of 12th overall in the 1991 season..[http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=standing&standingid=wcd1991 1991 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers - Final classification] His greatest individual events were in his home Swedish Rally, which he won outright in successive years in 1992 and 1993. He has won the Swedish rally championship 17 times [http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=result&rallyid=137 41st International Swedish Rally][http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=result&rallyid=124 42nd International Swedish Rally]

He continues to compete in Scandinavian events, and in both the European and Estonian Rally Championships, in a Group A Ford Escort.{{Cite web |url=http://www.matsjonsson.com/ |title=Mats Jonsson Motorsport |access-date=2009-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410114658/http://www.matsjonsson.com/ |archive-date=2014-04-10 |url-status=dead }}

WRC victories

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!Event

!Season

!Co-driver

!Car

1

| {{flagicon|Sweden}} 41st International Swedish Rally

| 1992

| Lars Bäckman

| Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165

2

| {{flagicon|Sweden}} 42nd International Swedish Rally

| 1993

| Lars Bäckman

| Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD

References

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