Daniel Carlsson (rally driver)

Daniel Carlsson
Born	(1976-06-29) June 29, 1976 Sweden
Occupation	Rally driver
Years active	1998–2007
Known for	Competing in World Rally Championship

Daniel Carlsson (born 29 June 1976) is a rally driver from Sweden.

Biography

At 22 years old, Carlsson secured second place in the Swedish Junior Rally Championship in 1998 and claimed the Group H title in the 1999 Swedish Rally Championship. He also finished as runner-up in the Swedish Junior category that same year.

Carlsson made his World Rally Championship debut in 2000, driving a Toyota to a 22nd-place finish at the Swedish Rally, improving to seventh place in 2001. During his first appearance at the Monte Carlo Rally in 2002, he achieved fourth place behind the wheel of a Ford Puma S1600. Additionally, he won the Group N category at the 2002 Swedish Rally driving a Mitsubishi.

In 2005, following Markko Märtin’s withdrawal due to a tragic accident, Carlsson took over his position at Peugeot Sport and completed the remainder of the season with the team.

His best WRC result on home soil came in 2006 when he finished third at the Swedish Rally piloting a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, alongside co-driver Bo Holmstrand.

Carlsson’s professional rally career ended in 2007 after losing his driving license due to a drink-driving offense.

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
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo										FIN Ret	CHN	ITA	AUS	GBR
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			rowspan=2 NC	rowspan=2 0
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII		SWE 20							FIN Ret
nowrap Daniel Carlsson	nowrap Suzuki Ignis S1600	style="background:#FFFFFF;" (2003 Monte Carlo Rally MON) EX	(2003 Swedish Rally SWE )	} JWRC Performance Year Competitor Vehicle 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 JWRC Standing 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