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词条 Suzuki World Rally Team
释义

  1. History

     JWRC (2002-2007)  2007  2008 

  2. WRC Results

     JWRC  WRC 

  3. Gallery

  4. References

  5. External links

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|Short_name = Suzuki Sport
|Long_name = Suzuki World Rally Team
|Logo =
|Base =
|Principal = Nobuhiro Tajima[1]
|Director = Shusuke Inagaki[2]
|Co-drivers =
|Chassis = Suzuki SX4
|Tyres = Pirelli
|Debut = 2007 Tour de Corse[3]
|Cons_champ =
|Drivers_champ =
|Wins =
}}

The Suzuki World Rally Team, also known as the Suzuki WRC Challenge was Suzuki's factory backed World Rally Championship team, as part of the Suzuki Sport organization. The team debuted for the first time at the 2007 Tour de Corse in France.[4] After just one full season in 2008, in which the team finished fifth in the manufacturers' championship, Suzuki announced that they would be pulling out of the WRC.[5] The decision was attributed to falling car sales caused by the economic crisis, although reports had surfaced that Suzuki were ready to abandon its WRC program before the economic downturn began.[6]

History

JWRC (2002-2007)

In 2002 Suzuki began competing in the FIA Junior World Rally Championship with a Super 1600 version of the Ignis. The following year it won two events with Daniel Carlsson and in 2004 it won the FIA Junior World Rally Championship title with Per-Gunnar Andersson.

To gain experience of all the rallies in the series, Suzuki contested all 16-rounds of the WRC in 2005 and introduced a new model, the Swift S1600 in Finland. British driver Guy Wilks finished runner-up in that year’s championship.

In 2007 the team had its best ever year in the J-WRC. Andersson won the title for the second time, while Urmo Aava finished second in the standings in an identical Swift S1600.

2007

Testing of the Suzuki SX4 WRC car was conducted in Japan in February 2007, before relocating to Europe in March.[7] Gravel testing was undertaken in Southern France in April.[8]

The Suzuki SX4 WRC made a competitive debut in Corsica, at the 2007 Tour de Corse, driven by Nicolas Bernardi and co-driver Jean-Marc Fortin, and set several stage times just outside the top ten.[3][9] The team also participated in 2007 Rally GB with driver Sebastian Lindholm and co-driver Tomi Tuominen.[4]

2008

Drivers for the 2008 season were announced Monday, December 17, to be Toni Gardemeister and Per-Gunnar Andersson.[10] Technical Director Michel Nandan has been replaced by Shusuke Inagaki and Akira Kawada has been appointed as team manager.[2]

Suzuki scored on their proper debut with Andersson finishing eighth in the 2008 Monte Carlo Rally, with Suzuki getting two points in the manufacturers' title race. In the 2008 Swedish Rally, Gardemeister finished seventh, earning Suzuki three more manufacturers' points.[11] Both of these early races were marred by engine problems due to faulty head gaskets, with Gardemeister retiring from the Monte Carlo Rally and Andersson retiring from the Swedish Rally, before both cars retired from the Rally of Mexico.[12]

After struggling with reliability issues for several rallies, Suzuki achieved their best result in New Zealand, with Andersson finishing sixth and Gardemeister seventh. At their home event, the 2008 Rally Japan, the team did even better and took fifth and sixth places. During a super special stage in the Sapporo Dome, Gardemeister also gave Suzuki and the SX4 WRC their first stage win. Andersson challenged for a podium in the early stages of Rally GB before going on to finish fifth, while Gardemeister finished seventh ahead of the works Ford of Mikko Hirvonen.

WRC Results

JWRC

Year Entrant Car No Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 JWRC Points
2002Suzuki SportSuzuki Ignis S1600 59FIN Juha KangasMON
9
ESP
11
GRE
Ret
GER
Ret
ITA
14
GBR
Ret
- 0
68GER Niki SchelleMON
6
ESP
8
GRE
Ret
GER
3
ITA
7
GBR
Ret
8th 5
75JPN Kazuhiko NiwaMON
Ret
ESP
Ret
GRE
Ret
GER
9
ITAGBR
Ret
- 0
2003Suzuki SportSuzuki Ignis S1600 52SWE Daniel CarlssonMON
EX
TUR
Ret
GRE
2
FIN
1
ITA
Ret
ESP
4
GBR
1
3rd33
64FIN Ville-Pertti TeuronenMON
Ret
TUR
4
GRE
Ret
FIN
Ret
ITA
4
ESP
6
GBR
3
6th 19
69ESP Salvador CañellasMON
Ret
TUR
2
GRE
4
FIN
5
ITA
2
ESP
3
GBR
4
2nd36
71EST Urmo AavaMON
4
TUR
Ret
GRE
3
FIN
4
ITA
Ret
ESP
5
GBR
Ret
4th 20
2004Suzuki SportSuzuki Ignis S1600 31SMR Mirco BaldacciMON
6
GRE
Ret
TUR
6
FIN
4
GBR
Ret
ITA
3
ESP
3
5th 23
32EST Urmo AavaMON
2
GRE
Ret
TUR
5
FIN
5
GBR
Ret
ITA
Ret
ESP
Ret
8th 16
33GBR Guy WilksMON
Ret
GRE
1
TUR
3
FIN
Ret
GBR
1
ITA
2
ESP
Ret
3rd34
35FIN Kosti KatajamäkiMON
Ret
GRE
Ret
TUR
2
FIN
2
GBR
3
ITA
4
ESP
5
4th 31
43FIN Jari-Matti Latvala MON GRE TURFIN
Ret
GBR
4
ITA
Ret
ESP
9
13th 5
45SWE Per-Gunnar AnderssonMON
8
GRE
Ret
TUR
1
FIN
1
GBR
Ret
ITA
1
ESP
2
1st39
2005Suzuki Sport Europe Suzuki Ignis S160031{{flagicon|SWE Per-Gunnar AnderssonMON
6
MEX
2
ITA
5
GRE
1
6th30
Suzuki Swift S1600FIN
Ret
GER
4
FRAESP
Ret
Suzuki Ignis S160032{{flagicon|GBR Guy WilksMON
7
MEX
1
ITA
6
GRE
2
2nd35
Suzuki Swift S1600FIN
3
GER
3
FRAESP
Ret
Suzuki Ignis S1600 33FIN Kosti KatajamäkiMON
2
MEXITA
Ret
GRE
4
FIN
Ret
GER
5
FRA
3
ESP
2
5th 31
36EST Urmo AavaMON
Ret
MEXITA
2
GRE
3
FIN
2
GER
Ret
FRA
4
ESP
4
4th 32
2006Suzuki Sport EuropeSuzuki Swift S1600 33EST Urmo AavaSWE
3
ESPFRA
2
ARGITA
3
GERFIN
DSQ
TUR
1
GBR
9
2nd31
35SWE Per-Gunnar AnderssonSWE
1
ESP FRAARG
3
ITA
4
GERFIN
2
TUR
DSQ
GBR
Ret
3rd29
37CZE Pavel ValoušekSWE
4
ESPFRA
Ret
ARGITA
14
GER
3
FIN
12
TUR
13
GBR 15th 11
43EST Jaan Mölder SWE ESP FRA ARG ITA GER FIN TURGBR
1
9th 18
48GBR Guy WilksSWE
9
ESP FRAARG
1
ITA
8
GERFIN
1
TUR
4
GBR
11
4th 26
2007Suzuki Sport EuropeSuzuki Swift S1600 33EST Urmo AavaNOR
3
POR
2
ITA
1
FINGER
2
ESP
3
FRA
Ret
2nd38
36EST Jaan MölderNOR
4
POR
4
ITA
5
FIN
13
GER
6
ESP
6
FRA 5th 20
42EST Aigar PärsNOR
12
POR
14
ITA
Ret
FIN
Ret
GER
8
ESPFRA
Ret
21st 1
43LAT Vilius RožukasNOR
11
POR
8
ITA
9
FIN
6
GER ESP FRA 12th 4
45SWE Per-Gunnar AnderssonNOR
1
POR
1
ITA
2
FIN GERESP
1
FRA
4
1st43
GBR James Wozencroft NOR POR ITA FINGER
13
ESP FRA - 0
2008Suzuki Sport EuropeSuzuki Swift S1600 32EST Jaan MölderMEX
2
JOR
Ret
ITA
9
FIN
Ret
GERESP
6
FRA
11
8th 11
35POL Michał KościuszkoMEX
3
JOR
Ret
ITA
1
FIN
3
GERESP
9
FRA
Ret
5th 22
43GER Florian Niegel MEXJOR
4
ITA
Ret
FINGER
8
ESP
10
FRA
7
11th 8
60FRA Pierre Marche MEX JOR ITA FIN GER ESPFRA
4
15th 5
2009Suzuki Sport EuropeSuzuki Swift S1600 31GER Aaron BurkartIRE
1
CYP
3
PORARG
2
ITA
3
POLFIN
4
ESP
5
3rd39
32POL Michał Kościuszko IRECYP
2
POR
1
ARG
1
ITA
2
POL
Ret
FIN
3
ESP2nd42
33ITA Simone BertolottiIRE
3
CYPPOR
6
ARGITA
7
POL
5
FIN
6
ESP
2
6th 26
2010 Suzuki Sport EuropeSuzuki Swift S1600 21GER Aaron BurkartTUR
1
POR
3
BULGER
2
FRA
5
ESP
4
1st80
World Rally Team Estonia 30EST Karl KruudaTUR
6
POR
2
BUL
5
GER
3
FRA ESP 4th 51

WRC

Year Car No Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points TC Points
2007Suzuki SX4 WRC19FRA Nicolas Bernardi MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN GER NZL ESPFRA
31
JPN IRE - 0-0
FIN Sebastian LindholmGBR
27
- 0
2008Suzuki SX4 WRC 11FIN Toni GardemeisterMON
Ret
SWE
7
MEX
Ret
ARG
Ret
JOR
Ret
ITA
Ret
GRE
9
TUR
Ret
FIN
8
GER
10
NZL
7
ESP
13
FRA
13
JPN
6
GBR
7
13th 105th34
12SWE Per-Gunnar AnderssonMON
8
SWE
Ret
MEX
Ret
ARG
24
JOR
Ret
ITA
9
GRE
11
TUR
Ret
FIN
Ret
GER
15
NZL
6
ESP
32
FRA
17
JPN
5
GBR
5
12th 12

Gallery

References

1. ^Suzuki WRC Press Room: Home {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030154803/http://media.suzuki-wrc.com/index.php?pageid=0-6 |date=2007-10-30 }}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/158393-0/suzuki_appoints_new_technical_manager.html |title=WRC: Suzuki appoints new technical manager |publisher=Crash.net |date=2008-01-02 |accessdate=2011-11-27}}
3. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20071012112328/http://wrc.com/page/News/BreakingNewsDetail/0,,10111~1132407,00.html Bonjour Suzuki! | World Rally | News | WRC | WRC Latest News]
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rallysportmag.com.au/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2008&Itemid=2 |title=RallySport Magazine - Suzuki WRC - the dream has begun |publisher=Rallysportmag.com.au |date=2007-10-12 |accessdate=2011-11-27}}
5. ^{{cite web |title=Suzuki suspends its WRC programme |url=http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=3532&desc=Suzuki%20suspends%20its%20WRC%20programme |work=wrc.com |date=2008-12-15 |accessdate=2008-12-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216012307/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=3532&desc=Suzuki%20suspends%20its%20WRC%20programme |archivedate=2008-12-16 |df= }}
6. ^{{cite web | author = David Evans | title = Suzuki's WRC future in question | url = http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/67077 | work = Autosport.com | date = 2008-05-02 | accessdate = 2008-12-15}}
7. ^New Suzuki SX4 WRC to begin European Test Programme{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.suzuki-wrc.com/report/test1/e/index.html |title=SUZUKI WRC CHALLENGE | Reports | Test Report #01 SX4 WRC moves on to European tests |publisher=Suzuki-wrc.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002080741/http://www.suzuki-wrc.com/report/test1/e/index.html |archivedate=2011-10-02 |df= }}
9. ^{{cite web|author=PaddockTalk |url=http://www.paddocktalk.com/news/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=69190 |title=Corsica Rally: Suzuki WRC Leg 1 Recap - SX4 Debuts |publisher=PaddockTalk |date= |accessdate=2011-11-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928025948/http://www.paddocktalk.com/news/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=69190 |archivedate=2011-09-28 |df= }}
10. ^WRC: Official: Suzuki names drivers for '08.
11. ^World Rally Championship - News - Gardemeister takes Suzuki's best WRC result to date{{dead link|date=November 2011}}
12. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=257&desc=P-G%20Andersson%20out%20of%20Rally%20Sweden%20-%20UPDATED |title=World Rally Championship - News - P-G Andersson out of Rally Sweden - UPDATED |publisher=Wrc.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112013108/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=257&desc=P-G%20Andersson%20out%20of%20Rally%20Sweden%20-%20UPDATED |archivedate=2008-11-12 |df= }}

External links

{{commons category|Suzuki World Rally Team}}
  • Official website (Japanese)
Suzuki SX4#SX4 WRC

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