Daniel Carlsson

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

Biography Carlsson came in second at the Swedish Junior Rally Championship in 1998 when he was only 22. He went on to compete in the Swedish Rally Championship in 1999, finishing first in Group H. In 1999, he finished second again in the Swedish Juniors.

By 2000, Carlsson graduated to the WRC and finished 22nd at his home rally of Sweden driving a Toyota. The following year in the same event, he finished seventh.

At his first Monte Carlo rally in 2002, Carlsson promptly came in fourth just off the podium driving a Ford Puma S1600. At his home rally of Sweden, driving a Mitsubishi in the group N class, he finished first.

In the 2005 WRC season, Carlsson was asked to stand in for Markko Märtin after the Wales Rally GB, in which Märtin's co-driver was killed. Martin decided to quit for the rest of the season, therefore prompting Peugeot Sport team to hire Carlsson for the remainder of the season.

At the start of the 2006 season, Carlsson posted his best home result with a third in the Swedish WRC Rally. For the 2006 season Carlsson drove a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution with co-driver Bo Holmstrand.

In 2007, Carlsson was caught for drunk driving, had his driving license revoked, and decided to quit his rally career.

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 SWE40 KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL NC 0 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo FINRet CHN ITA AUS GBR 2000 Daniel Carlsson Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWE23 KEN POR ESP ARG GRE NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR NC 0 2001 Daniel Carlsson Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWE7 PORRet ESP ARG CYP GRE KEN FINRet NZL ITARet FRA AUS GBR NC 0 2002 Daniel Carlsson Ford Puma S1600 MON20 FRA ESPRet CYP ARG GRERet KEN GERRet ITARet NZL AUS GBRRet NC 0 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII SWE20 FINRet 2003 Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 MONEX SWE TURRet NZL ARG GRE18 CYP GER FIN19 AUS ITARet FRA ESP22 GBR14 NC 0 2004 Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC MON SWE8 MEX NZL8 CYP GRE5 TURRet ARG FIN9 GERRet JPN FRA11 ESP AUS 12th 6 Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC GBRRet ITA 2005 Bozian Racing Peugeot 307 WRC MON SWE6 MEX NZL 19th 5 Rally Team Olsbergs Subaru Impreza WRC 04 ITARet TURRet GRE14 Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC CYP8 ARG15 FIN GER GBR Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC JPN8 FRA ESP AUSRet 2006 Daniel Carlsson Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 MON SWE3 MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER FINRet JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR 16th 6 2007 Kronos Citroën World Rally Team Citroën Xsara WRC MON SWE5 NOR7 MEX POR6 ARG ITARet GRE FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE GBR 14th 9

JWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 JWRC Points 2002 Daniel Carlsson Ford Puma S1600 MON4 ESPRet GRERet GERRet ITARet GBRRet 12th 3 2003 Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 MONEX TURRet GRE2 FIN1 ITARet ESP4 GBR1 3rd 33