Pontus Tidemand
Pontus Tidemand (born 10 December 1990) is a Swedish rally and rallycross driver. He is the son of the in Scandinavia wellknown former rally and rallycross driver Thomas Tidemand from Charlottenberg and Maud Solberg. Therefore, he is also known for being the stepson of WRC veteran and five-time Norwegian Rally Champion Henning Solberg.
Career
He made his World Rally Championship début in 2012, competing in the WRC Academy. He finished third in the WRC Academy championship behind winner Elfyn Evans and José Antonio Suárez. He also competed that years Rally Sweden in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship, finishing third in the SWRC class. He is set to make his World Rally Car début at the 2013 Rally Sweden in a Ford Fiesta RS WRC.
For 2014 he switched to rallycross, joining Mattias Ekström's new EKS RX team to drive an Audi S1 in the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship.[1]
Results
WRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Pontus Tidemand | Škoda Fabia S2000 | MON | SWE 18 |
MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | GER | GBR | FRA | ITA | ESP | NC | 0 |
| 2013 | Pontus Tidemand | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | MON | SWE Ret |
MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | ITA | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | NC | 0 |
| 2014 | Pontus Tidemand | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | MON | SWE 8 |
MEX | 19th | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ford Fiesta R5 | POR 11 |
ARG | ITA | POL | FIN | GER 9 |
AUS | FRA 23 |
ESP | GBR | |||||||
| 2015 | Pontus Tidemand | Ford Fiesta RRC | MON | SWE 17 |
MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | NC* | 0* |
* Season in progress.
SWRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | SWRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Pontus Tidemand | Škoda Fabia S2000 | MON | SWE 3 |
POR | NZL | FIN | GBR | FRA | ESP | 8th | 15 |
WRC Academy/JWRC Results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Pontus Tidemand | POR 3 1 |
GRE Ret 1 |
FIN 2 6 |
GER 6 |
FRA 6 2 |
ESP 2 7 |
3rd | 84 |
| 2013 | Pontus Tidemand | POR 1 5 |
GRE 2 8 |
FIN 3 6 |
GER 1 3 |
FRA 1 1 |
ESP Ret 1 |
1st | 132 |
WRC-2 Results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | WRC-2 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Pontus Tidemand | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | POR 3 |
ARG | ITA | POL | FIN | GER 1 |
AUS | FRA 4 |
ESP | GBR | 7th | 52 |
| 2015 | Pontus Tidemand | Ford Fiesta RRC | MON | SWE 5 |
MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | 13th* | 10 |
* Season in progress.
References
- ↑ Ridge, Hal (5 June 2014). "Audi DTM star Mattias Ekstrom's World Rallycross team in Hell debut". autosport.com. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pontus Tidemand. |