Daniel Carlsson (rally driver)

Daniel Carlsson
	Carlsson driving a Peugeot 206 WRC at the 2005 Rally Argentina
Personal information
Nationality	Swedish
Born	29 June 1976 (age 48); Säffle, Sweden
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1999–2007
Co-driver	Kent-Åke Stenbäck; Benny Melander; Per Karlsson; Mattias Andersson; Bosse Holmstrand; Tomas Thorszelius; Denis Giraudet
Teams	Peugeot, Bozian Racing, OMV Kronos Citroën
Rallies	43
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	1
Stage wins	2
Total points	26
First rally	1999 Swedish Rally
Last rally	2007 Rally di Sardegna

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

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 drunk 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
1999	Daniel Carlsson	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo										FIN Ret	CHN	ITA	AUS	GBR			NC	0
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
2002	Daniel Carlsson	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII		SWE 20							FIN Ret								NC	0
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
2004	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC												GBR Ret	ITA				12th	6
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

^ Daniel Carlsson gör comeback Archived 6 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Svenska Bilsportförbundet, retrieved 2010-05-24 (in Swedish)
^ "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.

External links

Official site
Profile of the driver from Ewrc-results.com

[1] Daniel Carlsson gör comeback Archived 6 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Svenska Bilsportförbundet, retrieved 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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