Manfred Stohl

Manfred Stohl (born 7 July 1972, in Vienna) is an Austrian rally driver who debuted in the World Rally Championship in 1991. Stohl's co-driver is fellow Austrian Ilka Minor.

Career Stohl ventured into rallying following the career path of his father Rudi Stohl. Stohl's first professional rally was the 1991 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire Bandama, driving an Audi 90 Quattro with Kay Gerlach as his co-driver. He took his first World Rally Championship points by finishing seventh in the same event the following year.

After several more privateer entries in the WRC, Stohl got a contract with Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany to compete in the FIA Cup for Drivers of Production Cars (now the Production World Rally Championship) driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. He finished third in the championship in 1997, second in 1998 and fourth in 1999, before winning the title in 2000 ahead of defending champion Gustavo Trelles.

Progressing from Group N production cars to World Rally Cars, Stohl took his first WRC points in ten years by driving his Peugeot 206 WRC to seventh place at the 2003 Wales Rally GB. In the 2004 season, driving mainly for the OMV World Rally Team, backed by Austrian oil company OMV, his best event result was sixth at the Acropolis Rally.

In 2005, Stohl continued with the OMV team now driving the Citroën Xsara WRC. He took his first podium finish with a surprise second place at the Cyprus Rally, behind Citroën Total factory driver Sébastien Loeb. In the season-ending Rally Australia, he took his second podium by finishing third. His results placed him ninth in the Drivers' World Championship.

In the 2006 season, with Henning Solberg as his team-mate, Stohl drove a Peugeot 307 WRC for the Bozian Racing-run OMV Peugeot Norway WRT. He took four podium places and finished a career-best fourth in the drivers' standings. He also became one of the few drivers to reach participation in 100 world rallies without winning one of them.

In 2007, Stohl returned to the wheel of a Xsara WRC for the OMV Kronos Citroën. After a disappointing season, in which he finished ninth in the championship and his best result was sixth place in both Mexico and Japan, OMV withdrew their support of Stohl. This left him without a full-time drive for the 2008 season. Stohl returned to WRC at 2012 Rally New Zealand, driving Ford Fiesta RS WRC for Brazil World Rally Team, replacing the regular driver Daniel Oliveira. He finished 10th in the rally.

Since disappearing from the WRC, Stohl has successfully run his own team, Stohl Racing. The team is currently responsible for developing and running Subaru Impreza WRX STi R4 cars in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, with the crew of 2008 PWRC champion Andreas Aigner and Stohl's old partner, Ilka Minor. Meanwhile, Stohl -with a self-developed, petrol-powered Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX- is contesting the Austrian Rally Championship (ÖRM); in 2012, he finished third overall against strong opposition, and remained winless through the season.

Racing record

Complete WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points 1991 Manfred Stohl Audi 90 Quattro MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIVRet ESP GBR – 0 1992 Manfred Stohl Audi 90 Quattro MON SWE POR KENRet FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV7 ESP GBR 41st 4 1993 Manfred Stohl Audi 90 Quattro MON SWE POR KEN10 FRA GRE 65th 1 Audi Coupé S2 ARG12 NZL FIN AUS ITA ESP GBR 1994 Manfred Stohl Audi Coupé S2 MON POR KEN FRA GRERet ARG NZLRet FIN ITA GBR – 0 1995 Manfred Stohl Audi Coupé S2 MON SWE PORRet FRA NZL AUS ESP GBRRet – 0 1996 Manfred Stohl Audi Coupé S2 SWE KENDSQ IDN GRE AUS ITA ESP17 NC 0 Subaru Impreza 555 ARG11 1997 Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III MON13 SWE18 KEN POR8 ESP18 FRA ARG12 GRE NZL IDN ITA20 AUS GBR NC 0 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV FIN20 1998 Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III MON15 SWE KEN11 POR18 ESP23 ARGRet GRERet NZL15 FIN ITARet AUS21 NC 0 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V FRA20 GBR10 1999 Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V MONRet SWE18 KEN12 PORRet ESPRet FRA21 ARGRet GRERet NZL NC 0 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI FIN18 CHN ITA25 AUS GBRRet 2000 Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI MON9 SWE20 KEN11 POR17 ESP19 ARGRet GRE13 NZL7 FIN18 CYP15 FRA17 ITA25 AUS14 GBR17 NC 0 2001 Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI MON10 SWE PORDSQ CYP12 NZL16 AUS22 NC 0 Top Run Fiat Punto S1600 ESPRet ARG GRERet KEN FINRet ITARet FRA22 GBRRet 2002 Manfred Stohl Toyota Corolla WRC MON16 SWE FRA ESP NC 0 Ford Focus RS WRC 01 CYPRet ARG GRE KEN FIN GER ITA GBR12 Top Run Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI NZL22 AUS10 2003 Stohl Racing Peugeot 206 WRC MON SWE TUR NZLRet ARG FIN AUS ITA FRARet ESP GBR7 19th 2 Manfred Stohl Hyundai Accent WRC GRE11 CYP Hyundai World Rally Team GER18 2004 OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII MON SWERet MEXRet NZL10 CYP ARG12 FIN AUSRet 18th 4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII GER32 JPN Manfred Stohl Peugeot 206 WRC GRE6 TUR GBR8 ITA FRA ESP 2005 OMV World Rally Team Citroën Xsara WRC MON6 SWE MEX NZL9 ITA9 CYP2 TUR GRE20 ARG8 FINRet GERRet GBR5 JPN FRA ESP AUS3 9th 22 2006 OMV Peugeot Norway WRT Peugeot 307 WRC MON4 SWE18 MEX3 ESP12 FRA7 ARG4 ITA7 GRERet GER5 FIN9 JPN5 CYP4 TUR8 AUS3 NZL3 GBR2 4th 54 2007 OMV Kronos Citroën WRT Citroën Xsara WRC MON10 SWE7 NOR12 MEX6 POR9 ARG8 ITA7 GRE8 FINRet GERRet NZL12 ESPRet FRA14 JPN6 IRERet GBR8 9th 13 2012 Brazil World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL10 FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP 35th 1

PWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 PWRC Points 1997 Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III MON3 SWE6 KEN POR2 ESP5 FRA ARG3 GRE NZL IDN ITA4 AUS GBR 3rd 26 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV FIN6 1998 Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III MON1 SWE KEN2 POR2 ESP2 ARGRet GRERet NZL3 FIN ITARet AUS4 2nd 71 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V FRA1 GBR1 1999 Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V MONRet SWE4 KEN4 PORRet ESPRet FRA2 ARGRet GRERet NZL 4th 27 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI FIN3 CHN ITA2 AUS GBRRet 2000 Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI MON1 SWE4 KEN3 POR2 ESP3 ARGRet GRE3 NZL1 FIN3 CYP4 FRA1 ITA4 AUS3 GBR1 1st 75 2004 OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII SWERet MEXRet NZL1 ARG2 GER9 FRA AUSRet 6th 18

JWRC Results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 JWRC Points 2001 Top Run Fiat Punto S1600 ESPRet GRERet FINRet ITARet FRA8 GBRRet - 0

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

Supercar Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Position Points 2014 PSRX Citroën DS3 POR GBR NOR FIN SWE BEL CAN FRA GER ITA TUR ARG10 34th 9 2015 World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta POR12 HOC14 BEL11 GBR10 GER8 SWE13 CAN10 NOR14 FRA21 BAR13 TUR13 ITA5 ARG12 11th 82