Per-Gunnar Andersson (rally driver, 1980)

Per-Gunnar Andersson

Nation:	Sweden
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally:	Rally Sweden 2002
Co-driver:	Emil Axelsson
Team:	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team Proton Satria Neo S2000 Rufa Sport Suzuki WRT
Vehicle:	Subaru Impreza STi R4 Škoda Fabia S2000 Suzuki SX4 WRC Suzuki Swift S1600 Suzuki Ignis S1600 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Renault Clio S1600 Ford Focus RS WRC Ford Fiesta RS WRC
Rallies Victories Podiums WP 74 - - 7th
Points:	34
As of September 21, 2014
Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC)
First rally:	Rally Sardinia 2010
Co-driver:	Emil Axelsson
Team:	Proton Motorsport
Vehicle:	Proton Satira Neo S2000
Rallies: Victories: Podiums: WP 8th - - -
Points:	2
As of September 21, 2014

Per-Gunnar "PG" Andersson (born March 10, 1980 in Årjäng ) is a Swedish rally driver .

Career

Beginnings in rallying

Per-Gunnar Andersson began his motorsport career at the age of 15. In a Saab 99 he drove Folkrace , an entry-level variant of rallycross that is widespread in Sweden . In 1999 he contested his first rallies with a VW Golf I. In the fall of 1999, he bought a Seat Ibiza GTi 16V of the group N , with which he departed in the next two years to rallies. After the autumn of 2001 was unsuccessful, he bought a Renault Clio RS from Group N, with which good results were achieved immediately in 2002. In each group N he won the Norwegian rally championship and he was runner-up in the Swedish rally championship. He also made his debut in the Rally Sweden in the World Rally Championship . In 2003 he switched to a Renault Clio of the Super 1600 class and won the Swedish rally championship in this category. He also took part in four rallies in the WRC in the second half of the year. At the Rally Finland he was the best-placed driver with a Super 1600 car until he retired. The best result he achieved was 19th overall at the San Remo Rally .

JWRC with Suzuki

Per-Gunnar Andersson after winning the 2004 JWRC Rally Finland

In 2004 Andersson received a cockpit in the Suzuki Sport Europe team . With a Suzuki Ignis S1600 , he contested a full season in the Junior World Rally Championship for the first time . He achieved JWRC victories at the Rally Turkey , the Rally Finland and the Rally Sardinia , where with ninth place in the overall standings he was within reach of the WRC points. At the end of the season, he took first place in the JWRC points classification with a two-point lead and was able to celebrate his first title as junior rally world champion. At the same time, he continued to drive in the Swedish rally championship, where he defended his title in the Super 1600 class with a clear point advantage.

Suzuki used Andersson in the 2005 season in addition to the rallies with JWRC rating in almost all other races of the world championship. After the season had started only partially successful for him, he scored his first JWRC victory of the year at the Rally Greece . Subsequently, Suzuki provided him with a Suzuki Swift S1600 . The new vehicle initially failed to produce any good results, and he finished the season in sixth place in the Junior World Rally Championship.

Per-Gunnar Andersson in the Suzuki Swift S1600 at Rally Finland 2006

At the season opener of the 2006 Junior World Rally Championship, the Rally Sweden, Andersson achieved his first JWRC victory with the Suzuki Swift S1600. He also finished the following rallies in the top points of the JWRC. At the Rally Turkey Andersson was again the fastest JWRC driver and could have secured the title early with the victory. However, he was subsequently excluded from the evaluation because he had allegedly used unauthorized help with service work. An objection was unsuccessful. Since he then had to post a failure at the season finale, he had to admit defeat in the fight for the title. In between, Andersson also made guest starts for Bryntesson Motorsport in some races of the Camaro Cup . He achieved top positions and secured a permanent place in the team for the following season.

In 2007 Andersson continued to compete for Suzuki Sport Europe in the JWRC. At the beginning of the season he won the JWRC classification of the Rally Sweden. This was followed by further class victories at the Rally Portugal and the Rally Catalonia . Although he had to skip two rallies due to the loss of his driver's license, he collected the most points and became junior rally world champion again after 2004. This made him the first driver to win the JWRC twice. In the Camaro Cup he won five races and finished second overall at the end of the season.

With the Suzuki SX4 in the WRC

Per-Gunnar Andersson in the Suzuki SX4 WRC at the Rallye Deutschland 2008

Andersson became a works driver in the Suzuki World Rally Team in 2008 and received a cockpit in the new Suzuki SX4 WRC . At the season opener, the Monte Carlo Rally , he drove a World Rally Car to eighth place in the overall standings on his very first rally . With this he scored his first WRC point and also the first WRC points for Suzuki. In the period that followed, several technical defects prevented good placements. His vehicle was continuously developed and it gained in speed and reliability. From the last third of the season, Andersson was able to get into the points again. He finished sixth in the New Zealand Rally . He then achieved his best WRC result to date at the Rally Japan , finishing fifth. At the final Rally Wales he managed to repeat fifth place. At the end of the season he finished twelfth in the championship with twelve points. However, after the 2008 season, Suzuki ended his involvement in the WRC again after only one season, which is why Andersson had to look for a new employer.

Again without a fixed cockpit

Andersson took part in the 2009 Rally Norway in a privately entered Škoda Fabia WRC . He surprisingly drove two special stage best times with the aged vehicle and was now in fifth place. However, he later had to give up because of a damaged clutch. In 2009 he did not make any further appearances in the WRC. The rest of the season he took part in the Swedish Rally Championship with a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX from Group N. There he achieved four overall victories and also prevailed against World Rally Cars. For the title in Group N, he had not collected enough points because he had not participated in the season opener.

Per-Gunnar Andersson in the Škoda Fabia S2000 at the 2010 Rally Finland

At the beginning of the 2010 season, Andersson contested a WRC rally for the first time in a year in a Škoda Fabia S2000 from JM Engineering at the Rally Sweden. He achieved a WRC point with tenth place overall and also won the SWRC classification , which was held for the first time at this rally. He then received an offer from Rufa Sport to take part in a few other WRC rallies with their Škoda Fabia S2000. He achieved several top placings in the SWRC and he scored a WRC point again at the Rally Finland. In the Rally Sardinia , he also made his debut in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Intercontinental Rally Challenge . Andersson's highlight of the season was a guest start in the Ford Focus RS WRC 08 by the Stobart team at the 2010 Rally Bulgaria . There he finished seventh and scored six WRC points. He finished the season with a total of eight points in 13th place in the WRC drivers' standings. In the overall ranking of the SWRC, he only finished ninth at the end of the season, despite several good results. As a result, the points were deleted from his four last rallies because he had not competed in the Rally Japan.

Factory driver at Proton

Before the 2011 season, Andersson negotiated with Ford and Mini about a cockpit in a World Rally Car, but the negotiations were unsuccessful. Finally, he was able to work in the Proton Satria Neo S2000 of the Proton works team at the 2011 Monte Carlo Rally . Despite an accident at this rally, Proton gave him a contract for the entire season in the IRC. Donations from his fans also enabled him to take part in the 2011 Rally Sweden in a Ford Fiesta RS WRC from Stobart . After four special stage best times and a brief lead, but also a few incidents, he finished in seventh place. He had once again raised enough money to start at the Sardinia Rally. He made his third appearance in the 2011 WRC in the Subaru Impreza R4 from Tommi Mäkinen Racing at the Rally Finland.

statistics

title

• Norwegian Rally Championship (Group N): 2002
• Swedish Rally Championship (Super 1600): 2003, 2004
• Junior World Rally Championship : 2004, 2007

WRC results

season	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	Item
2002	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Renault Clio RS	MON	SWE 43	FRA	ESP	CYP	ARG	GRE	KEN	FIN	GER	ITA	NZL	OUT	GBR			0	-
2003	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Renault Clio S1600	MON	SWE	DOOR	NZL	ARG	GRE	CYP	GER	FIN DNF	OUT	ITA 19	FRA	ESP DNF	GBR DNF			0	-
2004	Suzuki Sport Europe	Suzuki Ignis S1600	MON 19					GRE DNF	TUR 11	ARG	FIN 16	GER	JPN DNF	GBR DNF	ITA 9	FRA	ESP 16	OUT	0	-
	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII		SWE 25	MEX	NZL	CYP
2005	Suzuki Sport Europe	Suzuki Ignis S1600	MON 18	SWE 18	MEX 14	NZL 17	ITA 22	CYP 33	TUR 19	GRE 15	ARG								0	-
		Suzuki Swift S1600										FIN DNF	GER 16	GBR 22	JPN 22	FRA	ESP DNF	OUT
2006	Suzuki Sport Europe	Suzuki Swift S1600	MON	SWE 19	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG 34	ITA 21	GRE	GER	FIN 18	JPN	CYP	TUR DSQ	OUT	NZL	GBR DNF	0	-
2007	Suzuki Sport Europe	Suzuki Swift S1600	MON	SWE	NOR 18	MEX	POR 14	ARG	ITA 14	GRE	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP 15	FRA 20	JPN	IRISHMAN	GBR	0	-
2008	Suzuki World Rally Team	Suzuki SX4 WRC	MON 8	SWE DNF	MEX DNF	ARG 24	JOR DNF	ITA 9	GRE 11	TUR DNF	FIN DNF	GER 15	NZL 6	ESP 32	FRA 17	JPN 5	GBR 5		12	12
2009	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Škoda Fabia WRC	IRL	NOR DNF	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POLE	FIN	OUT	ESP	GBR					0	-
2010	JM Engineering	Škoda Fabia S2000	SWE 10																8th	13
	Rufa Sport	Škoda Fabia S2000		MEX	JOR 16	DOOR	NZL	POR 16		FIN 10	GER 13	JPN	FRA	ESP	GBR
	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC							BUL 7
2011	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	SWE 7	MEX	POR	JOR													20th	6th
	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team						ITA 15	ARG	GRE
	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Subaru Impreza STi R4								FIN 15	GER	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR
2012	Proton Motorsport	Proton Satria Neo S2000	MON DNF	SWE 14	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL 23	FIN 11	GER	GBR 24	FRA 24	ITA	ESP 8				24	4th
2013	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Ford Fiesta S2000	MON	SWE	MEX	POR DNF	ARG	GRE											23	4th
	AT rally team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC							ITA 13	FIN 8	GER DNF	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR

IRC results

season	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	Points	Item
2010	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	MON	CUR	ARG	CAN	SAR DNF	YPR	AZO	MAD	ZLI	SAN	SCO	CYP	0	-
2011	Proton Motorsport	Proton Satria Neo S2000	MON DNF	CAN 16	COR	YAL DNF	YPR 18	AZO	ZLI 9	MEC DNF	SAN	SCO DNF	CYP		2	37

Web links

Commons : Per-Gunnar Andersson  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official website
• Results and statistics on eWRC-results.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Suzuki dominance in Turkey  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de on June 27, 2004)  
2. ↑ Andersson gets second victory  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de on August 8, 2004)  
3. ↑ Suzuki guys beat  ( Page no longer available , searching web archives )  Info: The link is automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de on October 4th, 2004)  
4. ↑ PG Andersson becomes JWRC-Champ  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de on October 31, 2004)  
5. ↑ PG Andersson becomes champion (Rallye-Magazin.de on August 24, 2004)
6. ↑ "It will be a tough fight!"  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de on June 27, 2005)  
7. ↑ PG makes the first Swift victory clear  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de on February 5, 2006)  
8. ↑ Andersson files an objection  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de on October 19, 2006)  
9. ↑ PG's objection unsuccessful  ( page no longer accessible , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de on November 29, 2006)  
10. ↑ Andersson gets first win  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de on February 18, 2007)  
11. ↑ Second duel in the final  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de on April 1, 2007)  
12. ↑ Wozencroft takes over  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de on August 16, 2007)  
13. ↑ Andersson becomes Junior-Champ  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de on October 14, 2007)  
14. ↑ Gardemeister and Andersson in the SX4 ( memento of the original from December 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de on December 17, 2007) 
15. ↑ Suzuki: own expectations exceeded (Motorsport-Total.com on January 27, 2008)
16. ↑ At Suzuki you just want to enjoy (Motorsport-Total.com on September 1, 2008)
17. ↑ Domestic terrain inspires Suzuki (Motorsport-Total.com on November 2, 2008)
18. ↑ Two points: Successful final for Suzuki (Motorsport-Total.com on December 7, 2008)
19. ↑ Suzuki exit: The background ( memento of the original from December 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de on December 15, 2008) 
20. ↑ Andersson sets best times  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de on February 13, 2009)  
21. ↑ Off for PG Andersson  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsport-Total.com on February 14, 2009)  
22. ↑ PG wins - Jonsson celebrates (Rallye-Magazin.de on October 16, 2009)
23. ↑ Andersson first S-WRC winner (Motorsport-Total.com on February 14, 2010)
24. ↑ Andersson with IRC debut in Sardinia (Motorsport-Total.com on May 13, 2010)
25. ↑ Stobart: Andersson satisfied with his debut (Motorsport-Total.com on July 11, 2010)
26. ↑ After the debacle, Andersson plans for 2011 (Motorsport-Total.com on September 18, 2010)
27. ↑ Andersson in the Proton S2000 (Motorsport-Total.com on December 5, 2010)
28. ↑ PG Andersson stays with Proton (Rallye-Magazin.de on January 21, 2011)
29. ↑ Andersson: Sorry to his fans (Motorsport-Total.com on February 14, 2011)
30. ↑ Andersson: Start of Sardinia thanks to fans (Motorsport-Total.com on April 17, 2011)