Jonas Andersson (co-driver) explained

Jonas Andersson
Birth Date:	1 January 1977
Birth Place:	Arvika, Sweden
Years:	–present
Teams:	Suzuki, Adapta, M-Sport, Citroën, Škoda, Hyundai
Championships:	0
Races:	184
Wins:	1
Podiums:	14
Stagewins:	56
Points:	714
First Race:	2002 Rally Sweden
First Win:	2012 Rally de Portugal
Last Win:	2012 Rally de Portugal

Jonas Andersson (born 1 January 1977) is a Swedish rally co-driver. Currently, he is the co-driver of Gus Greensmith.^[1]

Rally career

Jonas Andersson began his rally career in 2002, co-driving for Per-Gunnar Andersson. In the 2002 Rally Sweden, he made his WRC debut in a Renault Clio RS.^[1]

From 2009, he started to partner with the Norwegian rally driver Mads Østberg.^[1] In the 2011 Rally Sweden, they achieved their first podium finish.^[2] One year later, in Portugal, the crew won their first and only WRC victory after Mikko Hirvonen's disqualification.^[3]

Starting from 2017, Andersson began to cooperate with Pontus Tidemand. They won the 2017 WRC-2 title at Škoda Motorsport in a Škoda Fabia R5.^[4]

The 2022 season saw Andersson moved to M-Sport, co-driving for Gus Greensmith on a full-season basis.^[5]

Rally results

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	SWE 43	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	FIN Ret	AUS	ITA 19	FRA	ESP Ret	GBR Ret			NC	0
2004	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	MON 19					GRE Ret	TUR 11	ARG	FIN 16	GER	JPN Ret	GBR Ret	ITA 9	FRA	ESP 16	AUS	NC	0
2004	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII		SWE 25	MEX	NZL	CYP												NC	0
2005	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	MON 18	SWE 18	MEX 14	NZL 17	ITA 22	CYP 33	TUR 19	GRE 15	ARG								NC	0
2005	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Swift S1600										FIN Ret	GER 16	GBR 22	JPN 22	FRA	ESP Ret	AUS	NC	0
2006	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Swift S1600	MON	SWE 19	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG 34	ITA 21	GRE		FIN 18	JPN	CYP	TUR DSQ	AUS	NZL	GBR Ret	NC	0
2006	Red Bull Škoda	Škoda Fabia WRC									GER 11								NC	0
2007	Suzuki Sports Europe	Suzuki Swift S1600	MON	SWE	NOR 18	MEX	POR 14	ARG	ITA 14	GRE	FIN	GER 58	NZL	ESP 15	FRA 20	JPN	IRE	GBR	NC	0
2008	Suzuki World Rally Team	Suzuki SX4 WRC	MON 8	SWE Ret	MEX Ret	ARG 24	JOR Ret	ITA 9	GRE 11	TUR Ret	FIN Ret	GER 15	NZL 6	ESP 32	FRA 17	JPN 5	GBR 5		12th	12
2009	Adapta AS	Subaru Impreza WRC2008	IRE	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE 7	POL Ret	FIN Ret	AUS	ESP	GBR Ret					11th	7
2010	Adapta AS	Subaru Impreza WRC2007	SWE 8	MEX						FIN 7					GBR 9				11th	24
	Adapta AS	Subaru Impreza WRC2008						POR 7
	Stobart M-Sport	Ford Fiesta S2000									GER 16	JPN	FRA 41	ESP
	Rufa Sport	Škoda Fabia S2000			JOR 16	TUR
	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 08							BUL 7
2011	M-Sport Stobart	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	SWE 2	MEX 5	POR 31	JOR 13	ITA 5	ARG 5	GRE 12	FIN 6	GER Ret	AUS	FRA 7	ESP 6	GBR 2				6th	88
2012	Mads Østberg	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE 3															4th	149
2012	Adapta	Ford Fiesta RS WRC			MEX 4	POR 1	ARG 3	GRE 4	NZL	FIN 5	GER 4	GBR 4	FRA 5	ITA 4	ESP 4				4th	149
2013	Qatar M-Sport	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON 6	SWE 3	MEX 11	POR 8	ARG 7	GRE 6	ITA 8	FIN 3	GER 9	AUS 5	FRA 8	ESP 6	GBR 4				6th	103
2014	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi	Citroën DS3 WRC	MON 4	SWE 3	MEX 9	POR 3	ARG Ret	ITA 2	POL Ret	FIN Ret	GER 6	AUS 16	FRA 7	ESP 4	GBR 3				5th	108
2015	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi	Citroën DS3 WRC	MON 4	SWE 10	MEX 2	ARG 2	POR 7	ITA 5	POL 9	FIN 3	GER 7	AUS WD	FRA 6	ESP 4	GBR 7				4th	116
2016	Printsport	Citroën DS3 R3T	MON 19																17th	8
	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5		SWE 11	MEX	ARG	POR 9	ITA	POL 20	FIN Ret		CHN C	FRA	ESP 9		AUS
	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5									GER 8				GBR 13
2017	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5	MON 11							POL 13									18th	4
2017	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5		SWE 9	MEX 10	FRA	ARG 10	POR 11	ITA		FIN	GER 12	ESP	GBR 11	AUS				18th	4
2018	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE 12	MEX 7	FRA	ARG 10	POR 8	ITA	FIN	GER			ESP	AUS				16th	12
2018	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5										TUR Ret	GBR 10						16th	12
2019	Ole Christian Veiby	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	MON 12	SWE 9	MEX	FRA Ret	ARG	CHL	POR Ret	ITA 20	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR 35	ESP 16	AUS			23rd	2
2020	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 R5	MON Ret	SWE 13	MEX 10	EST Ret	TUR	ITA 12											25th	1
2020	Hyundai 2C Competition	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC							MNZ Ret										25th	1
2021	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 R5	MON	ARC	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	BEL	GRE	FIN	ESP						25th	4
2021	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC												MNZ					25th	4
2022	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	MON 5	SWE 5	CRO 15	POR 19	ITA 7	KEN 14	EST Ret	FIN 7	BEL 19	GRE 29	NZL Ret	ESP Ret	JPN 6				10th	44
2023	Toksport WRT 2	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	MEX 6	CRO 14	POR 6	ITA Ret	KEN	EST	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN				13th	26
2024	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	KEN	CRO	POR	ITA	POL	LAT	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN				16th*	6*

* Season still in progress.

WRC-2 Results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WRC-2	Points
2016	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE 2	MEX	ARG	POR 1	ITA	POL 7	FIN Ret	GER	CHN C	FRA	ESP 2		AUS	5th	85
2016	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5													GBR 2		5th	85
2017	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE 1	MEX 1	FRA	ARG 1	POR 1	ITA		FIN	GER 3	ESP	GBR 1	AUS		1st	143
2017	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5								POL 2
2018	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE 2	MEX 1	FRA	ARG 1	POR 1	ITA	FIN	GER			ESP	AUS		2nd	111
2018	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5										TUR Ret	GBR 2				2nd	111
2019	Ole Christian Veiby	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	MON 3	SWE 1	MEX	FRA Ret	ARG	CHL	POR Ret	ITA 5	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR 11	ESP 4	AUS	5th	62
2020	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 R5	MON Ret	SWE 2	MEX 3	EST Ret	TUR	ITA 2	MNZ								4th	51
2021	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 R5	MON	ARC	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	BEL	GRE	FIN	ESP	MNZ			21st	13
2023	Toksport WRT 2	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	MEX 1	CRO 6	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN		2nd	111
2024	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	KEN	CRO	POR	ITA	POL	LAT	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN		13th*	27*

* Season still in progress.

External links

Jonas Andersson's e-wrc profile

Notes and References

Web site: Jonas Andersson.
News: Hirvonen lands thrilling victory. 13 February 2011. 13 February 2011. World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators.
Web site: Mikko Hirvonen excluded from Rally of Portugal victory, giving win to Mads Ostberg. David. Evans. autosport.com. Motorsport Network. 1 April 2012. 17 December 2018.
Web site: Tidemand Clinches Title. fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 20 August 2017. 8 October 2017.
News: Greensmith retains Andersson for 2022 WRC season. Luke. Barry. dirtfish.com. 15 December 2021. 16 December 2021.