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Teemu Suninen

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{short description|Finnish rally driver (born 1994)}}

{{BLP sources|date=October 2018}}

{{Infobox WRC driver

| name = Teemu Suninen

| image = 2023 Central European Rally - Suninen (cropped).jpg

| caption = Suninen at the 2023 Central European Rally

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|02|01|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tuusula, Finland

| nationality = {{flagicon|FIN}} Finnish

| Years = 2014–Present

| Co-driver = {{flagicon|FIN}} Mikko Markkula

| Teams = Oreca, M-Sport, Hyundai

| Races = 79

| Championships = 0

| Wins = 0

| Podiums = 3

| Stagewins = 15

| Points = 304

| First race = 2014 Rally Finland

| Last race = 2023 Central European Rally

{{Infobox racing driver|embed=yes

| name =

| last series = FIA European Rallycross Championship

| years active = 2012

| car number = 83

| former teams = SET Promotion

| best finish = 8th

| year = 2012 (Super1600)

| starts =5

| wins = 1

| podiums = 3

}}

}}

Teemu Suninen ({{IPA|fi|ˈt̪e̞ːmu ˈsunine̞n}}; born 1 February 1994) is a Finnish rally driver.{{cite web|url=http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc-2/drivers/drivers/driver/teemu-suninen/page/895-273-895--.html?h=2016%2Fdrivers%2F5174|title=WRC2 - Drivers - World Rally Championship - wrc.com|work=wrc.com|access-date=14 February 2016|archive-date=3 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703190810/https://www.wrc.com/en/wrc-2/drivers/drivers/driver/teemu-suninen/page/895-273-895--.html?h=2016%2Fdrivers%2F5174|url-status=dead}} 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=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Points

2014

! nowrap| AKK Sports Team Finland

! nowrap| Citroën DS3 R3T

| MON

| SWE

| MEX

| POR

| ARG

| ITA

| POL

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| FIN
17

| GER

| AUS

| FRA

| ESP

| GBR

|

! NC

! 0

rowspan=3| 2015

! nowrap| Team Oreca

! nowrap| Citroën DS3 R3T

| MON

| SWE

| MEX

| ARG

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR
Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA
34

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FIN
54

|colspan=6|

!rowspan=3| NC

!rowspan=3| 0

nowrap| TGS Worldwide

! nowrap| Škoda Fabia S2000

|colspan=6|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POL
19

|colspan=5|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR
11

|

nowrap| Team Oreca

! nowrap| Ford Fiesta R5

|colspan=8|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER
19

| AUS

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA
18

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP
37

|colspan=2|

rowspan=2 nowrap| 2016

! nowrap| Team Oreca

!rowspan=2 nowrap| Škoda Fabia R5

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| MON
12

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SWE
10

|

| ARG

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| POR
46

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ITA
8

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| POL
11

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| FIN
10

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER
56

| CHN
C

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA
15

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| ESP
28

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR
14

| AUS

!rowspan=2| 18th

!rowspan=2| 8

nowrap| TGS Worldwide

|colspan=2|

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| MEX
9

|colspan=11|

rowspan=2| 2017

!rowspan=2 nowrap| M-Sport WRT

! nowrap| Ford Fiesta R5

| MON

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SWE
10

| MEX

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| FRA
8

| ARG

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| POR
12

| ITA

|colspan=2|

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER
16

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ESP
8

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR
31

| AUS

|

!rowspan=2| 14th

!rowspan=2| 29

nowrap| Ford Fiesta WRC

|colspan=7|

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| POL
6

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| FIN
4

|colspan=5|

rowspan=2| 2018

!rowspan=2 nowrap| M-Sport Ford WRT

! nowrap| Ford Fiesta R5

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| MON
18

|colspan=13|

!rowspan=2| 11th

!rowspan=2| 54

nowrap| Ford Fiesta WRC

|

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SWE
8

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MEX
12

| FRA

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ARG
9

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| POR
3

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ITA
10

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| FIN
6

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| GER
5

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| TUR
4

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR
Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP
11

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUS
Ret

|

2019

! nowrap| M-Sport Ford WRT

! nowrap| Ford Fiesta WRC

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON
11

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SWE
23

|style="background:#EFCFFF"| MEX
Ret

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| FRA
5

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ARG
7

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| CHL
5

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| POR
4

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ITA
2

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| FIN
8

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER
29

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| TUR
4

|style="background:#EFCFFF"| GBR
Ret

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ESP
7

| AUS
{{small|C}}

! 9th

! 89

2020

! nowrap| M-Sport Ford WRT

! nowrap| Ford Fiesta WRC

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| MON
8

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SWE
8

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| MEX
3

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| EST
6

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TUR
Ret

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ITA
5

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|MNZ
Ret

|colspan=7|

! 7th

! 44

rowspan=5| 2021

!rowspan=2 nowrap| M-Sport Ford WRT

! nowrap| Ford Fiesta WRC

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
Ret

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ARC
8

|colspan=2|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA
31

|

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| EST
6

|colspan=7|

!rowspan=5| 11th

!rowspan=5| 29

nowrap| Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II

|colspan=2|

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| CRO
10

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| POR
8

|

|KEN
{{small|WD}}

|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BEL
Ret

| GRE
WD

|colspan=5|

nowrap| Movisport

! nowrap| Volkswagen Polo GTI R5

|colspan=9|

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| FIN
{{small|8}}

|colspan=4|

nowrap| Hyundai Motorsport N

! nowrap| Hyundai i20 N Rally2

|colspan=10|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP
{{small|11}}

|colspan=3|

nowrap| Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT

! nowrap| Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC

|colspan=11|

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| MNZ
{{small|6}}

|colspan=2|

2022

! nowrap| Hyundai Motorsport N

! nowrap| Hyundai i20 N Rally2

| MON

| SWE

| CRO

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA
{{small|38}}

| KEN

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| EST
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff"| FIN
{{small|DSQ}}

| BEL

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| GRE
{{small|17}}

| NZL

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| ESP
{{small|11}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| JPN
{{small|8}}

|

! 20th

! 9

rowspan=2|2023

! nowrap| |Hyundai Motorsport N

! nowrap| Hyundai i20 N Rally2

| MON

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| SWE
{{small|15}}

| MEX

| CRO

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| POR
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ITA
{{small|6}}

| KEN

|colspan=7|

!rowspan=2|9th

!rowspan=2|42

nowrap| Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT

! nowrap| Hyundai i20 N Rally1

|colspan=7|

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| EST
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| FIN
{{small|4}}

| GRE

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CHL
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| EUR
{{small|6}}

| JPN

|

* Season still in progress.

=WRC-2 results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Points

rowspan=2| 2015

! nowrap| TGS Worldwide

! nowrap| Škoda Fabia S2000

| MON

| SWE

| MEX

| ARG

| POR

| ITA

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| POL
6

| FIN

|colspan=4|

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| GBR
1

|

!rowspan=2| 10th

!rowspan=2| 51

nowrap| Team Oreca

! nowrap| Ford Fiesta R5

|colspan=8|

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| GER
6

| AUS

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| FRA
5

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| ESP
13

|colspan=2|

rowspan=2| 2016

! nowrap| TGS Worldwide

!rowspan=2 nowrap| Škoda Fabia R5

| MON

| SWE

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| MEX
1

| ARG

|colspan=10|

|rowspan=2 style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd

|rowspan=2 style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 120

nowrap| Team Oreca

|colspan=4|

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| POR
16

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| ITA
1

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| POL
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FIN
2

| GER

| CHN
C

| FRA

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ESP
4

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| GBR
3

| AUS

2017

! nowrap| M-Sport

! nowrap| Ford Fiesta R5

| MON

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SWE
2

| MEX

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FRA
2

| ARG

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| POR
2

| ITA

| POL

| FIN

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| GER
7

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| ESP
1

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR
13

| AUS

|

!style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd

!style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 85

2018

! nowrap| M-Sport Ford WRT

! nowrap| Ford Fiesta R5

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| MON
3

| SWE

| MEX

| FRA

| ARG

| POR

| ITA

| FIN

| GER

| TUR

| GBR

| ESP

| AUS

|

! 25th

! 15

rowspan="3"| 2021

! nowrap| M-Sport Ford WRT

! nowrap| Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II

| MON

| ARC

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CRO
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| POR
{{small|2}}

| ITA

| KEN
{{small|WD}}

| EST

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BEL
Ret

| GRE
WD

|colspan=5|

!rowspan="3"| 5th

!rowspan="3"| 93

nowrap| Movisport

! nowrap| Volkswagen Polo GTI R5

|colspan=9|

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| FIN
{{small|1}}

|colspan=4|

nowrap| Hyundai Motorsport N

! nowrap| Hyundai i20 N Rally2

|colspan=10|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ESP
{{small|2}}

| MNZ

|colspan=2|

2022

! nowrap| Hyundai Motorsport N

! nowrap| Hyundai i20 N Rally2

| MON

| SWE

| CRO

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA
{{small|25}}

| KEN

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| EST
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff"| FIN
{{small|DSQ}}

| BEL

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| GRE
{{small|10}}

| NZL

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| ESP
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| JPN
{{small|2}}

|

! 6th

! 68

2023

! nowrap| Hyundai Motorsport N

! nowrap| Hyundai i20 N Rally2

| MON

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SWE
{{small|6}}

| MEX

| CRO

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|POR
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ITA
{{small|2}}

| KEN

| EST

| FIN

| GRE

| CHL

| EUR

| JPN

|

! 10th*

! 36*

* Season still in progress.

=WRC-3 results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Points

2014

! nowrap| AKK Sports Team Finland

! nowrap| Citroën DS3 R3T

| MON

| SWE

| MEX

| POR

| ARG

| ITA

| POL

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FIN
1

| GER

| AUS

| FRA

| ESP

| GBR

! 8th

! 25

2015

! nowrap| Team Oreca

! nowrap| Citroën DS3 R3T

| MON

| SWE

| MEX

| ARG

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR
Ret

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ITA
1

| POL

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FIN
11

| GER

| AUS

| FRA

| ESP

| GBR

! 9th

! 25

=Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results=

==JRX Cup==

class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"
valign="top"

! Year

! Entrant

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! ERX

! Points

2012

! nowrap| SET Promotion

! nowrap| JRX Renault Clio

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"|SWE
3

| BEL

| NED

| FIN

| GER

!6th

!15

==Super1600==

class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"
valign="top"

! Year

! Entrant

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! ERX

! Points

2012

! nowrap| SET Promotion

! nowrap| Renault Clio

| GBR

| FRA

| AUT

| HUN

| NOR

| SWE

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BEL
6

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"|NED
5

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FIN
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GER
1

!8th

!60

References

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External links

{{commonscat}}

  • [https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile/46560-teemu-suninen/ Profile at ewrc-results.com]

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