Torstein Eriksen
Personal information
Nationality Norway
Born (1990-04-29) April 29, 1990
World Rally Championship record
Active years2011–2012, 2015, 2017–present
TeamsM-Sport, Citroën
Rallies41
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums2
Stage wins6
First rally2011 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.

Torstein 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, he 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

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
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