Thomas Rådström

Thomas Rådström (born 22 January 1966), nicknamed "Rådis", is a rally and rallycross driver from Sweden.

Career Rådström was one of the leading drivers of the National Swedish Rallycross Championship series during the second half of the 1980s. He then started rallying and competed in the World Rally Championship for nine consecutive years during 1994–2002, and returned in 2006.

Rådström won the Swedish Rally Championship in 1996, and his most significant international successes have been in his home event, the Swedish Rally, which he won in 1994 when the event was not part of the WRC schedule. This was the first of four podiums and seven top ten finishes in nine attempts at this event.

Rådström was a Toyota works driver from 1991–98, before switching to Ford for a season, competing as the team's star signing Colin McRae's gravel and snow event wingman in the debut season of the Ford Focus WRC. He returned to Toyota in 2000, and from 2001–02 was employed by the then Championship newcomers, Citroën, with the exception of one outing in the Group A Lancer Evolution for Mitsubishi Ralliart at the 2001 Swedish Rally, where he finished second. He scored another podium, now aboard the Xsara WRC, in 2002: a third place on the gruelling Safari Rally, on his team's first visit to the event.

Complete WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WRC Points 1989 Thomas Rådström Audi 80 Quattro SWERet MON POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV GBR - 0 1991 Thomas Rådström Toyota Celica GT-4 MON SWERet POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV ESP GBR - 0 1993 Thomas Rådström Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD MON SWERet POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FINRet AUS ITA ESP GBR - 0 1994 Thomas Rådström Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN7 ITA GBR 31st 4 1995 Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Celica GT-Four MON SWE3 POR FRA NZL AUS ESP GBR DSQ 12 1996 Toyota Castrol Team Sweden Toyota Celica GT-Four SWE6 KEN IDN ESPRet 15th 12 H.F. Grifone SRL GRERet ARG Toyota Castrol Finland FIN6 AUS ITA 1997 Toyota Castrol Team Sweden Toyota Celica GT-Four MON SWE5 KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE5 NZL FIN IDN ITA AUS GBR 15th 4 1998 Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWERet KEN 19th 1 Toyota Castrol Team Sweden PORRet ESP12 FRA ARG GRERet FIN6 ITA AUS GBR H.F. Grifone SRL NZL7 1999 Ford Motor Co Ltd Ford Focus RS WRC '99 MON SWE3 KEN POR ESP FRA ARG6 GRERet NZLRet FINRet CHNRet ITA AUS7 GBR6 12th 6 2000 Toyota Team Sweden Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWE4 KEN 16th 3 Thomas Rådström PORRet ESP ARG GRC NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR 2001 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5 MON SWE2 15th 6 Thomas Rådström Citroën Saxo Kit Car PORRet ESP ARG CYP Automobiles Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC GRERet KEN FIN NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR 2002 Automobiles Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC MONRet SWE37 FRA ESPRet CYP ARG GRE8 KEN3 FINRet GER ITA NZL AUS GBRRet 12th 4 2006 Rally Team Olsbergs Subaru Impreza WRC 2004 MON SWE5 MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR 20th 4