Teemu Dani Kristian Suninen (; born 1 February 1994) is a Finnish rally driver. He has competed in the top class in the World Rally Championship (WRC) with M-Sport Ford from 2017 to 2021 and with Hyundai in 2021 and 2023. Suninen won the 2026 European Rally Championship (ERC).
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.
Suninen 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, Suninen 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 would 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
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Points 2014 AKK Sports Team Finland Citroën DS3 R3T MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN17 GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0 2015 Team Oreca Citroën DS3 R3T MON SWE MEX ARG PORRet ITA34 FIN54 NC 0 TGS Worldwide Škoda Fabia S2000 POL19 GBR11 Team Oreca Ford Fiesta R5 GER19 AUS FRA18 ESP37 2016 Team Oreca Škoda Fabia R5 MON12 SWE10 ARG POR46 ITA8 POL11 FIN10 GER56 CHNC FRA15 ESP28 GBR14 AUS 18th 8 TGS Worldwide MEX9 2017 M-Sport WRT Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE10 MEX FRA8 ARG POR12 ITA GER16 ESP8 GBR31 AUS 14th 29 Ford Fiesta WRC POL6 FIN4 2018 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta R5 MON18 11th 54 Ford Fiesta WRC SWE8 MEX12 FRA ARG9 POR3 ITA10 FIN6 GER5 TUR4 GBRRet ESP11 AUSRet 2019 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC MON11 SWE23 MEXRet FRA5 ARG7 CHL5 POR4 ITA2 FIN8 GER29 TUR4 GBRRet ESP7 AUS 9th 89 2020 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC MON8 SWE8 MEX3 EST6 TURRet ITA5MNZRet 7th 44 2021 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC MONRet ARC8 ITA31 EST6 11th 29 Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II CRO10 POR8 KEN BELRet GREWD Movisport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 FIN Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 ESP Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC MNZ 2022 Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 MON SWE CRO POR ITA KEN EST FIN BEL GRE NZL ESP JPN 20th 9 2023 Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 MON SWE MEX CRO POR ITA KEN 9th 42 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 EST FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN Teemu Suninen Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU 27th* 1* Season still in progress.
WRC-2 results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Points 2015 TGS Worldwide Škoda Fabia S2000 MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL6 FIN GBR1 10th 51 Team Oreca Ford Fiesta R5 GER6 AUS FRA5 ESP13 2016 TGS Worldwide Škoda Fabia R5 MON SWE MEX1 ARG 3rd 120 Team Oreca POR16 ITA1 POL1 FIN2 GER CHNC FRA ESP4 GBR3 AUS 2017 M-Sport Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE2 MEX FRA2 ARG POR2 ITA POL FIN GER7 ESP1 GBR13 AUS 3rd 85 2018 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta R5 MON3 SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN GER TUR GBR ESP AUS 25th 15 2021 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II MON ARC CRO POR ITA KEN EST BELRet GREWD 5th 93 Movisport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 FIN Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 ESP MNZ 2022 Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 MON SWE CRO POR ITA KEN EST FIN BEL GRE NZL ESP JPN 6th 68 2023 Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 MON SWE MEX CROPOR ITA KEN EST FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN 10th 36 2026 Teemu Suninen Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU 4th* 42* Season still in progress.
WRC-3 results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Points 2014 AKK Sports Team Finland Citroën DS3 R3T MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN1 GER AUS FRA ESP GBR 8th 25 2015 Team Oreca Citroën DS3 R3T MON SWE MEX ARG PORRet ITA1 POL FIN11 GER AUS FRA ESP GBR 9th 25
Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results JRX Cup Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 ERX Points 2012 SET Promotion JRX Renault Clio SWE3 BEL NED FIN GER6th15
Super1600 Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ERX Points 2012 SET Promotion Renault Clio GBR FRA AUT HUN NOR SWE BEL6 NED5 FIN2 GER18th60
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