Torstein Eriksen

Torstein Eriksen

Personal information
Nationality	Norway
Born	(1990-04-29) April 29, 1990 (age 35)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2011–2012, 2015, 2017–present
Teams	M-Sport, Citroën
Rallies	41
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	2
Stage wins	6
First rally	2011 Rally Finland

Torstein Eriksen (born 29 April 1990) is a rallying co-driver from Norway. He is currently teamed with Andreas Mikkelsen and is competing for Toksport WRT in the World Rally Championship-2. ^[1]

Rally career

Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen in a Ford Fiesta WRC.

Eriksen began his rally career in 2009, co-driving for Frank Tore Larsen. In 2011 Rally Finland, he made his WRC debut but retired from the rally due to mechanical issue. ^[1]

In the 2017 Rally Finland and 2017 Rally Catalunya, Eriksen partnered Mads Østberg and scored his first WRC points in Finland, where they finished tenth. ^[2]

In 2018, the Norwegian crew were signed by Citroën for selected events. ^[3] In the 2018 Rally Finland, Eriksen achieved his first WRC podium where he finished second overall in a Citroën C3 WRC. ^[4]

Results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WDC	Points
2011	Frank Tore Larsen	Ford Fiesta R2	SWE	MEX	POR	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN Ret	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR		NC	0
2012	Frank Tore Larsen	Ford Fiesta R2	MON	SWE 30	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN 32	GER	GBR	FRA	ITA	ESP		NC	0
2015	Frank Tore Larsen	Ford Fiesta R2	MON	SWE Ret	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR		NC	0
2017	M-Sport	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN 10	GER	ESP 5	GBR	AUS		17th	11
2018	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	MON	SWE 6	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR 6	ITA 5	FIN 2	GER Ret	TUR 23	GBR 8	ESP	AUS 3		10th	70
2019	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën C3 R5	MON	SWE 11	MEX	FRA	ARG 9	CHL 9	POR 24	ITA 18	FIN	GER 17	TUR	GBR 45	ESP 9		19th	6
		Citroën C3 WRC														AUS C
2020	PH Sport	Citroën C3 R5	MON 10	SWE 12	MEX	EST 10	TUR	ITA 14	MNZ 9								20th	4
2021	TRT World Rally Team	Citroën C3 R5	MON	ARC	CRO 9	POR 9	ITA 6	KEN	EST 10	BEL	GRE 31	FIN 9	ESP 15	MNZ			16th	15
2022	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	MON 7	SWE 7	CRO	POR Ret	ITA Ret	KEN	EST 8	FIN	BEL 7	GRE 13	NZL	ESP	JPN		14th	25
2023	Toksport WRT 3	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR 8	ITA 5	KEN	EST 9	FIN 10	GRE 7	CHL	EUR 23	JPN 7		11th	29
2024	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	MON 6	SWE	KEN	CRO 6	POR	ITA	POL 6	LAT	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN		8th*	29*

* Season still in progress.

References

1. "Torstein Eriksen". e-wrc.com. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
2. "Ice-cool Lappi nets first win". wrc.com. WRC. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
3. Evans, David; Beer, Matt. "Ostberg rejoins Citroen for Rally Portugal and two more WRC events". autosport.com . 18 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
4. "Breaking News: Ott on top in Finland". wrc.com. WRC. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

External links

• Torstein Eriksen's e-wrc profile