Ola Fløene
Ola Fløene (born February 1, 1969) is a Norwegian rally co-driver in the World Rally Championship. He will be teamed with Pontus Tidemand for M-Sport Ford in 2019 World Rally Championship for selected events.[1]
Ola Fløene at the 2014 Rallye Deutschland | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | |
Born | Hamar, Norway | February 1, 1969
World Rally Championship record | |
Active years | 1995, 2000–present |
Teams | Volkswagen Motorsport, M-Sport |
Rallies | 103 |
Championships | 0 |
Rally wins | 1 |
Podiums | 15 |
Stage wins | 37 |
First rally | 1995 RAC Rally |
First win | 2015 Rally Catalunya |
Last win | 2015 Rally Catalunya |
Rally career
Fløene and Mikkelsen won the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2011 and 2012. And, in 2013, he and Pontus Tidemand were the Junior World Rally champions.[2]
Debuting in the World Rally Championship in 1995, Fløene began co-driving Mikkelsen at the 2006 Wales Rally GB and they got their first win at the 2015 Rally Catalunya. Mikkelsen won consecutive titles in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge with Škoda in 2011 and 2012.[3]
He joined Volkswagen Motorsport after replacing his successor, Markkula, mid-season in 2014 and restarting his partnership with Mikkelsen.[4] He got his first podium on his second time back at Volkswagen.
In 2016 it was announced he would become Mads Østberg's co-driver at Ford whilst Anders Jæger took over from Fløene at Volkswagen.[5]
WRC victories
# | Event | Season | Driver | Car |
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1 | 2015 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC |
Rally results
WRC results
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos. | Points |
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2006 | Stobart VK Ford Rally Team | Ford Focus RS WRC 04 | MON | SWE | MEX | ESP | FRA | ARG | ITA | GRE | GER | FIN | JPN | CYP | TUR | AUS | NZL | GBR Ret |
NC | 0 |
2007 | Stobart VK Ford Rally Team | Ford Focus RS WRC 04 | MON | SWE | NOR 10 |
MEX | POR 10 |
NC | 0 | |||||||||||
Ramsport | ARG | ITA | GRE | FIN 12 |
GER 24 |
NZW | ESP 25 |
FRA DSQ |
JPN | IRE 9 |
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Ford Focus RS WRC 06 | GBR Ret | |||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Ramsport | Ford Focus RS WRC 06 | MON | SWE 5 |
MEX | ARG | JOR | ITA Ret |
GRE | TUR 19 |
FIN 12 |
16th | 5 | |||||||
Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | GER 11 |
NZL | ESP 8 |
FRA 11 |
JPN | GBR | ||||||||||||||
2009 | Andreas Mikkelsen | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | IRE | NOR Ret |
NC | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Škoda Fabia WRC | CYP | POR | ARG | ITA | GRE | POL Ret |
FIN | AUS | ESP | GBR | ||||||||||
2010 | Andreas Mikkelsen | Ford Fiesta S2000 | SWE 11 |
MEX | JOR | TUR | NZL | POR | BUL | FIN | GER | JPN | 26th | 1 | ||||||
Škoda Fabia S2000 | FRA 18 |
ESP | ||||||||||||||||||
Czech Ford National Team | GBR 10 |
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2011 | Volkswagen Motorsport | Škoda Fabia S2000 | SWE | MEX | POR | JOR | ITA | ARG | GRE | FIN Ret |
GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | NC | 0 | |||
2012 | Volkswagen Motorsport | Škoda Fabia S2000 | MON | SWE 13 |
MEX | POR | ARG Ret |
GRE Ret |
NZL | FIN 27 |
GER 7 |
GBR | FRA 12 |
ITA 7 |
ESP 21 |
14th | 13 | |||
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 | 5th | 106 | |||||||||||||
Ford Fiesta R5 | POR 11 |
ARG | ||||||||||||||||||
Volkswagen Motorsport II | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | ITA 4 |
POL 2 |
FIN 4 |
GER 3 |
AUS 3 |
FRA 2 |
ESP 7 |
GBR Ret |
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2015 | Volkswagen Motorsport II | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | MON 3 |
SWE 3 |
MEX 3 |
ARG Ret |
POR 3 |
ITA 36 |
POL 2 |
FIN Ret |
GER 3 |
AUS 4 |
FRA 3 |
ESP 1 |
GBR 3 |
3rd | 171 | |||
2016 | M-Sport | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | MON 4 |
SWE 3 |
MEX 3 |
ARG 5 |
POR 7 |
ITA Ret |
POL 8 |
FIN 6 |
GER 6 |
CHN C |
FRA 9 |
ESP 5 |
GBR 8 |
AUS 6 |
7th | 102 | ||
2017 | M-Sport | Ford Fiesta WRC | MON | SWE 15 |
MEX | FRA | ARG 9 |
POR 8 |
ITA 7 |
POL 7 |
FIN | 16th | 18 | |||||||
Emil Bergkvist | Citroën DS3 R5 | GER 19 |
ESP | GBR Ret |
AUS | |||||||||||||||
2018 | Emil Bergkvist | Ford Fiesta R2T | MON | SWE 24 |
MEX | FRA 22 |
ARG | POR | ITA | FIN | GER | TUR | GBR | ESP | AUS | NC | 0 | |||
2019 | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta WRC | MON 20 |
SWE 8 |
MEX | FRA | ARG | CHL | POR | ITA | FIN | TUR 9 |
GBR 7 |
ESP | AUS C |
14th | 12 | |||
Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | GER WD |
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References
- Klien, Jamie (21 December 2018). "Tidemand gets two WRC rounds with M-Sport". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- "JWRC: Tidemand secures Junior Title". WRC.com. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- "World Rally Championship Co-Driver | Co-Driver Profile". wrc.com. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
- "Mikkelsen replaces co-driver Markkula". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- "Ola Floene is Mads Ostberg's new co-driver!". madsostberg.no. Mads Østberg official site. Archived from the original on 9 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
External links
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Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Mikko Markkula |
Intercontinental Rally Challenge Champion Co-Driver 2011–2012 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Preceded by Phil Pugh |
Junior World Rally Champion Co-Driver 2013 |
Succeeded by Thomas Dubois |