Pontus Tidemand

Pontus Tidemand
	Tidemand in 2015
Personal information
Nationality	Swedish
Born	10 December 1990; Charlottenberg, Värmland, Sweden
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2012–present
Teams	Škoda, M-Sport
Rallies	51
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	1
Total points	54
First rally	2012 Rally Sweden
Last rally	2020 Rally Mexico
FIA World Rallycross Championship
Years active	2014
Former teams	EKS RX
Starts	7
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Best finish	8th in 2014
FIA European Rallycross Championship
Years active	2013–2014
Former teams	EKS RX; Volkswagen Dealer Team KMS
Starts	5
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Best finish	3rd in 2014 (Supercar)

Pontus Johan Tidemand (born 10 December 1990) is a Swedish rally and rallycross driver. He is the 2017 WRC-2 champion and a previous M-Sport and Škoda Motorsport driver.[1]

Career

Tidemand at the 2020 Rally Sweden.

Tidemand at 2012 Rally Finland

Tidemand at the 2014 World RX of Finland

Tidemand at the 2020 Rally Sweden.

He made his World Rally Championship début in 2012, competing in the WRC Academy. He finished third in the WRC Academy championship behind winner Elfyn Evans and José Antonio Suárez. He also competed that years Rally Sweden in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship, finishing third in the SWRC class. He made his World Rally Car début at the 2013 Rally Sweden in a Ford Fiesta RS WRC.

For 2014 he switched to rallycross, joining Mattias Ekström's new EKS RX team to drive an Audi S1 in the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship.[2]

Racing record

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WDC	Points
2012	Pontus Tidemand	Škoda Fabia S2000	MON	SWE 18	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	GER	GBR	FRA	ITA	ESP		NC	0
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												19th	6
2014	Pontus Tidemand	Ford Fiesta R5				POR 11	ARG	ITA	POL	FIN	GER 9	AUS	FRA 23	ESP	GBR		19th	6
2015	Pontus Tidemand	Ford Fiesta RRC	MON	SWE 17	MEX	ARG											24th	4
2015	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5					POR 13	ITA	POL 13	FIN 9	GER	AUS	FRA Ret	ESP 9	GBR WD		24th	4
2016	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE 11	MEX	ARG	POR 9	ITA	POL 20	FIN Ret		CHN C	FRA	ESP 9		AUS	17th	8
2016	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5									GER 8				GBR 13		17th	8
2017	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5	MON 11							POL 13							18th	4
2017	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5		SWE 9	MEX 10	FRA	ARG 10	POR 11	ITA		FIN	GER 12	ESP	GBR 11	AUS		18th	4
2018	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE 12	MEX 7	FRA	ARG 10	POR 8	ITA	FIN	GER			ESP	AUS		16th	12
2018	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5										TUR Ret	GBR 10				16th	12
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	13th	12
2019	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II										GER WD					13th	12
2020	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	MON	SWE 15	MEX 6	EST	TUR	GER	ITA	JPN							8th*	8*

* Season still in progress.

SWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	SWRC	Points
2012	Pontus Tidemand	Škoda Fabia S2000	MON	SWE 3	POR	NZL	FIN	GBR	FRA	ESP	8th	15

WRC Academy/JWRC results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Points
2012	Pontus Tidemand	POR 3 ¹	GRE Ret ¹	FIN 2 ⁶	GER 6	FRA 6 ²	ESP 2 ⁷	3rd	84
2013	Pontus Tidemand	POR 1 ⁵	GRE 2 ⁸	FIN 3 ⁶	GER 1 ³	FRA 1 ¹	ESP Ret ¹	1st	132

WRC-2 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WRC-2	Points
2014	Pontus Tidemand	Ford Fiesta R5	MON	SWE	MEX	POR 3	ARG	ITA	POL	FIN	GER 1	AUS	FRA 4	ESP	GBR		7th	52
2015	Pontus Tidemand	Ford Fiesta RRC	MON	SWE 5	MEX	ARG											4th	86
2015	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5					POR 3	ITA	POL 2	FIN 2	GER	AUS	FRA Ret	ESP 1	GBR WD		4th	86
2016	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE 2	MEX	ARG	POR 1	ITA	POL 7	FIN Ret	GER	CHN C	FRA	ESP 2		AUS	5th	85
2016	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5													GBR 2		5th	85
2017	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE 1	MEX 1	FRA	ARG 1	POR 1	ITA		FIN	GER 3	ESP	GBR 1	AUS		1st	143
2017	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5								POL 2							1st	143
2018	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE 2	MEX 1	FRA	ARG 1	POR 1	ITA	FIN	GER			ESP	AUS		2nd	111
2018	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5										TUR Ret	GBR 2				2nd	111
2020	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	MON	SWE 3	MEX 1	ARG	POR	ITA	KEN	FIN	NZL	TUR	GER	GBR	JPN		3rd*	40*

* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	ERX	Points
2013	Volkswagen Dealer Team KMS	Volkswagen Scirocco	GBR	POR	FRA	NOR	SWE 26	BEL	NED	AUT	POL	45th	0
2014	EKS RX	Audi S1	GBR	NOR 6	BEL 2	GER 4	ITA 6					3rd	50

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	WRX	Points
2014	EKS RX	Audi S1	POR	GBR	NOR 13	FIN 13	SWE 10	BEL 5	CAN	FRA 5	GER 4	ITA 13	TUR	ARG	8th	84

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References

"Tidemand gets two WRC rounds with M-Sport". motorsport.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
Ridge, Hal (5 June 2014). "Audi DTM star Mattias Ekstrom's World Rallycross team in Hell debut". autosport.com. Retrieved 28 June 2014.

External links

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[1] "Tidemand gets two WRC rounds with M-Sport". motorsport.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.

[2] Ridge, Hal (5 June 2014). "Audi DTM star Mattias Ekstrom's World Rallycross team in Hell debut". autosport.com. Retrieved 28 June 2014.