Manfred Stohl Explained

Manfred Stohl
Birth Date:	7 July 1972
Birth Place:	Vienna, Austria
Nationality:	Austria
Years:	1991 - 2007, 2012
Co-Driver:	Kay Gerlach Peter Diekmann Jürgen Bertl Reinhard Kaufmann Peter Müller Dieter Schneppenheim Ilka Minor
Teams:	Mitsubishi, Hyundai, OMV, Brazil WRT
Races:	127
Championships:	0
Wins:	0
Podiums:	6
Stagewins:	10
Points:	101
First Race:	1991 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
Last Race:	2012 Rally New Zealand

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.^[1]

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	CIV Ret	ESP	GBR			–	0
1992	Manfred Stohl	Audi 90 Quattro	MON	SWE	POR	KEN Ret	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA	CIV 7	ESP	GBR			41st	4
1993	Manfred Stohl	Audi 90 Quattro	MON	SWE	POR	KEN 10	FRA	GRE											65th	1
		Audi Coupé S2							ARG 12	NZL	FIN	AUS	ITA	ESP	GBR
1994	Manfred Stohl	Audi Coupé S2	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE Ret	ARG	NZL Ret	FIN	ITA	GBR							–	0
1995	Manfred Stohl	Audi Coupé S2	MON	SWE	POR Ret	FRA	NZL	AUS	ESP	GBR Ret									–	0
1996	Manfred Stohl	Audi Coupé S2	SWE	KEN DSQ	IDN	GRE		AUS	ITA	ESP 17									NC	0
		Subaru Impreza 555					ARG 11
1997	Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III	MON 13	SWE 18	KEN	POR 8	ESP 18	FRA	ARG 12	GRE	NZL		IDN	ITA 20	AUS	GBR			NC	0
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV										FIN 20
1998	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III	MON 15	SWE	KEN 11	POR 18	ESP 23		ARG Ret	GRE Ret	NZL 15	FIN	ITA Ret	AUS 21					NC	0
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V						FRA 20							GBR 10
1999	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V	MON Ret	SWE 18	KEN 12	POR Ret	ESP Ret	FRA 21	ARG Ret	GRE Ret	NZL								NC	0
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI										FIN 18	CHN	ITA 25	AUS	GBR Ret
2000	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI	MON 9	SWE 20	KEN 11	POR 17	ESP 19	ARG Ret	GRE 13	NZL 7	FIN 18	CYP 15	FRA 17	ITA 25	AUS 14	GBR 17			NC	0
2001	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI	MON 10	SWE	POR DSQ			CYP 12				NZL 16			AUS 22				NC	0
	Top Run	Fiat Punto S1600				ESP Ret	ARG		GRE Ret	KEN	FIN Ret		ITA Ret	FRA 22		GBR Ret
2002	Manfred Stohl	Toyota Corolla WRC	MON 16	SWE	FRA	ESP													NC	0
		Ford Focus RS WRC 01					CYP Ret	ARG	GRE	KEN	FIN	GER	ITA			GBR 12
	Top Run	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI												NZL 22	AUS 10
2003	Stohl Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	MON	SWE	TUR	NZL Ret	ARG				FIN	AUS	ITA	FRA Ret	ESP	GBR 7			19th	2
	Manfred Stohl	Hyundai Accent WRC						GRE 11	CYP
	Hyundai World Rally Team									GER 18
2004	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII	MON	SWE Ret	MEX Ret	NZL 10	CYP			ARG 12	FIN							AUS Ret	18th	4
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII										GER 32	JPN
	Manfred Stohl	Peugeot 206 WRC						GRE 6	TUR					GBR 8	ITA	FRA	ESP
2005	OMV World Rally Team	Citroën Xsara WRC	MON 6	SWE	MEX	NZL 9	ITA 9	CYP 2	TUR	GRE 20	ARG 8	FIN Ret	GER Ret	GBR 5	JPN	FRA	ESP	AUS 3	9th	22
2006	OMV Peugeot Norway WRT	Peugeot 307 WRC	MON 4	SWE 18	MEX 3	ESP 12	FRA 7	ARG 4	ITA 7	GRE Ret	GER 5	FIN 9	JPN 5	CYP 4	TUR 8	AUS 3	NZL 3	GBR 2	4th	54
2007	OMV Kronos Citroën WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	MON 10	SWE 7	NOR 12	MEX 6	POR 9	ARG 8	ITA 7	GRE 8	FIN Ret	GER Ret	NZL 12	ESP Ret	FRA 14	JPN 6	IRE Ret	GBR 8	9th	13
2012	Brazil World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL 10	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	MON 3	SWE 6	KEN	POR 2	ESP 5	FRA	ARG 3	GRE	NZL		IDN	ITA 4	AUS	GBR	3rd	26
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV										FIN 6
1998	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III	MON 1	SWE	KEN 2	POR 2	ESP 2		ARG Ret	GRE Ret	NZL 3	FIN	ITA Ret	AUS 4			2nd	71
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V						FRA 1							GBR 1
1999	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V	MON Ret	SWE 4	KEN 4	POR Ret	ESP Ret	FRA 2	ARG Ret	GRE Ret	NZL						4th	27
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI										FIN 3	CHN	ITA 2	AUS	GBR Ret
2000	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI	MON 1	SWE 4	KEN 3	POR 2	ESP 3	ARG Ret	GRE 3	NZL 1	FIN 3	CYP 4	FRA 1	ITA 4	AUS 3	GBR 1	1st	75
2004	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	SWE Ret	MEX Ret	NZL 1	ARG 2	GER 9	FRA	AUS Ret								6th	18

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	ARG 10		34th	9
2015	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	POR 12	HOC 14	BEL 11	GBR 10	GER 8	SWE 13	CAN 10	NOR 14	FRA 21	BAR 13	TUR 13	ITA 5	ARG 12	11th	82

External links

• • RallyBase profile
• eWRC profile
• World Rally Archive profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Manfred Stohl. RallyBase. 3 December 2008.