Per-Gunnar Andersson

Per-Gunnar "P-G" Andersson (born 10 March 1980 in Årjäng) is a Swedish rally driver. He is a two-time winner of the Junior World Rally Championship.

Career

Andersson was competing in Junior World Rally Championship since 2003. He became JWRC champion in 2004 during his first complete season. Piloting a Suzuki Ignis S1600, he earned three wins, a second place, an eight place, and two retirements. He scored 39 points during this year while runner-up Nicolas Bernardi, piloting Renault Clio S1600, scored only 2 fewer points.

In 2005 season, Andersson continued competing in the JWRC with Suzuki Ignis S1600 and later Suzuki Swift S1600. Although he won Rally Acropolis, the rest of season wasn't that successful and, in final standings, Andersson finished sixth with 30 points.

In 2006, Andersson was still racing in JWRC with a Suzuki Swift S1600. He won Rally Sweden but was excluded from Rally Turkey and crashed at Rally GB. He finished the season in third place with 29 points. Second place was Urmo Aava piloting a Suzuki Swift S1600 with 31 points, and Patrik Sandell became JWRC champion piloting a Renault Clio S1600 with 32 points.

In 2007, Andersson became Junior World Rally Champion for a second time with a Suzuki Swift S1600. Andersson won three rallies, scored one second place and one fourth place. Runner-up was Urmo Aava piloting a Suzuki Swift S1600 and third was Martin Prokop piloting a Citroen C2 S1600.

With two JWRC titles, Andersson was chosen by factory WRC team. Suzuki World Rally Team in the 2008 season. He started the season by finishing eighth at the 2008 Monte Carlo Rally in his first rally in a World Rally Car. He suffered from many mistakes and retirements during the season, finishing in the points only four times. His best result came in last two rallies of the season, fifth places at Rally Japan and Rally GB.

After the withdrawal of the Suzuki team at the end of 2008, Andersson was left without a regular drive for 2009. A drive in an ageing Škoda Fabia at Rally Norway saw two stage wins and a place in the top six on the first day before clutch problems forced him to retire. After that Andersson participated only at few local rallies and prepared for next season.

In 2010, Andersson was racing in SWRC with Škoda Fabia S2000, and won SWRC Rally Sweden. Although he was later removed from SWRC 2010 standings and only his victory in Sweden counted. He also raced a Ford Focus WRC in Rally Bulgaria for Stobart WRT and finished seventh.

In 2011, Andersson competed in two WRC events with a Ford Fiesta RS WRC, finishing seventh in Sweden and in Italy. He drove Tommi Mäkinen Racing's Subaru Impreza STi R4 on Rally Finland, finishing fifteenth. He was also signed by Proton Motorsport to drive one of the Satria Neo S2000s in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The team's season was full of mechanical failures. The competitiveness of the car was also poor compared to that of rivals (i.e. Skoda Fabia S2000, Peugeot 207 S2000); he only scored points in the Barum Czech Rally Zlín, finishing ninth.

As for 2012, Proton decided to enter the S2000 World Rally Championship (SWRC), with Andersson as their number one driver. The season started off bittersweet, with Andersson leading almost till the end of the Monte Carlo Rallye, but was forced to retire due to fire. In Sweden, he bounced back, and won the SWRC category. He followed this up with a second place in New Zealand, and with a win in Finland. However, due to various problems and retirements in Wales and France, Craig Breen passed Andersson to claim the lead of the category, and with Andersson unable to win in Spain, he finished runner-up to the Irishman, although this was Proton's best result since winning the PWRC in 2002.

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 2002 Per-Gunnar Andersson Renault Clio RS MON SWE43 FRA ESP CYP ARG GRE KEN FIN GER ITA NZL AUS GBR NC 0 2003 Per-Gunnar Andersson Renault Clio S1600 MON SWE TUR NZL ARG GRE CYP GER FINRet AUS ITA19 FRA ESPRet GBRRet NC 0 2004 Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON19 GRERet TUR11 ARG FIN16 GER JPNRet GBRRet ITA9 FRA ESP16 AUS NC 0 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII SWE25 MEX NZL CYP 2005 Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON18 SWE18 MEX14 NZL17 ITA22 CYP33 TUR19 GRE15 ARG NC 0 Suzuki Swift S1600 FINRet GER16 GBR22 JPN22 FRA ESPRet AUS 2006 Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Swift S1600 MON SWE19 MEX ESP FRA ARG34 ITA21 GRE GER FIN18 JPN CYP TURDSQ AUS NZL GBRRet NC 0 2007 Suzuki Sports Europe Suzuki Swift S1600 MON SWE NOR18 MEX POR14 ARG ITA14 GRE FIN GER NZL ESP15 FRA20 JPN IRE GBR NC 0 2008 Suzuki World Rally Team Suzuki SX4 WRC MON8 SWERet MEXRet ARG24 JORRet ITA9 GRE11 TURRet FINRet GER15 NZL6 ESP32 FRA17 JPN5 GBR5 12th 12 2009 Per-Gunnar Andersson Škoda Fabia WRC IRE NORRet CYP POR ARG ITA GRE POL FIN AUS ESP GBR NC 0 2010 Per-Gunnar Andersson Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE10 13th 8 Rufa Sport MEX JOR16 TUR NZL POR16 FIN10 GER13 JPN FRA ESP GBR Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 BUL7 2011 Per-Gunnar Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC SWE7 MEX POR JOR 20th 6 M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team ITA15 ARG GRE Tommi Mäkinen Racing Subaru Impreza STi R4 FIN15 GER AUS FRA ESP GBR 2012 Proton Motorsport Proton Satria Neo S2000 MONRet SWE14 MEX POR ARG GRE NZL23 FIN11 GER GBR24 FRA24 ITA ESP8 24th 4 2013 Per-Gunnar Andersson Ford Fiesta S2000 MON SWE MEX PORRet ARG GRE 23rd 4 AT Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC ITA13 FIN8 GERRet AUS FRA ESP GBR 2022 Per-Gunnar Andersson Ford Fiesta Rally2 MON SWE CRO POR ITA KEN EST FIN BEL GRE NZL ESP JPN NC 0

JWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 JWRC Points 2004 Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON8 GRERet TUR1 FIN1 GBRRet ITA1 ESP2 1st 39 2005 Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON6 MEX2 ITA5 GRE1 6th 30 Suzuki Swift S1600 FINRet GER4 FRA ESPRet 2006 Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Swift S1600 SWE1 ESP FRA ARG3 ITA4 GER FIN2 TURDSQ GBRRet 3rd 29 2007 Suzuki Sports Europe Suzuki Swift S1600 NOR1 POR1 ITA2 FIN GER ESP1 FRA4 1st 43

SWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SWRC Points 2010 Per-Gunnar Andersson Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE1 9th† 25† Rufa Sport MEX JOR3 NZL POR5 FIN2 GER3 JPN FRA GBR 2012 Proton Motorsport Proton Satria Neo S2000 MONRet SWE1 POR NZL2 FIN1 GBR6 FRA3 ESP2 2nd 109 † Andersson's entrant Rufa Sport failed to compete in the required number of events, meaning all of Andersson's points scored with the team have been annulled. His win in Sweden remains as he competed as a wildcard entrant and not with Rufa.

APRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 APRC Points 2012 Proton Motorsport Proton Satria Neo S2000 NZL2 NCLRet AUS4 MYSRet JPN CHN 7th 55

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