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Tommy Rustad
Norwegian racing driver

Tommy Rustad

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Norwegian racing driver
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Place of birth
Oslo, Norway
Age
56 years
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Biography

Tommy Rustad (born 3 September 1968, in Oslo) is a Norwegian auto racing driver. He currently drives in the FIA European Rallycross Championship and occasionally in the FIA World Rallycross Championship. Tommy is the son of former well known Norwegian racer Ola Rustad.

Racing career

Early Rallycross Years

Rustad started his motor sport career in karting before racing in the Norwegian Rallycross Championship, winning the so-called Supernasjonal title for six years in a row between 1987 and 1992. On 14 June 1992 he claimed overall victory in the Irish round of the European Rallycross Championship at Mondello Park, racing one of the two 650bhp strong Ford RS200 Group B cars of his compatriot and mentor Martin Schanche.

Single Seaters

In 1993 he switched to circuit racing, becoming the Swedish Formula Opel Champion in his first year. He drove in the Formula Opel Euroseries in 1994, finishing fifth in points, and finished sixth in the 1995 Eurocup Formula Renault. In 1996 he was in the Italian Formula Three Championship finishing ninth, and the Renault Spider Eurocup, finishing second in his first year, and was champion in 1997.

BTCC

In 1998 Rustad got a drive in the British Touring Car Championship. He drove a Renault Laguna for the DC Cook Motorsport team in the Michelin Independents Cup, despite getting some backing from the Renault works team. With five class wins throughout the seasons, he was crownedindependent champion. A sixteenth place overall finish saw him one place ahead of works Peugeot driver Tim Harvey.

STCC

Rustad driving a Volvo C30 at Falkenbergs Motorbana.

Since his drive in the BTCC, he has spent most of his career driving in the Swedish Touring Car Championship. He was champion in both the STCC and the Norwegian Touring Car Championship in 2000, driving a works Nissan Primera. After this he spent a couple of seasons racing in the European Touring Car Championship, before returning to Sweden in 2003 in an Opel Astra. After another rallycross year he returned to the STCC Opel Team in 2007. 2008 had him drive a works Volvo C30 powered by bio-ethanol for Polestar Racing. He went on to win the championship for the second time in 2009 for Polestar.

WTCC

Rustad became the first Norwegian to drive in the World Touring Car Championship when his Polestar Racing team entered rounds 15 and 16 of the 2009 season at Brands Hatch. Rustad retired from both races.

Rallycross

In 2006 Rustad went back to rallycross for one year, forming a team with his compatriot Sverre Isachsen for to compete in the FIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers where he eventually finished third overall with a Ford Focus T16 4x4.

After his retirement from tarmac racing, Rustad took the decision to return full-time to rallycross in 2013, driving a Volvo S40 Mk1 in all the rounds of the Norwegian Rallycross Championship for SuperNational cars with an engine capacity of over 2000cc. He was also seen in the two Scandinavian rounds (Norway and Sweden) of the 2013 European Rallycross Championship, driving a rented Volvo C30 SuperCar. In 2014 he participated in six of the twelve rounds of the inaugural FIA World Rallycross Championship, again racing a Volvo C30 SuperCar, but with little success. However, while finishing 27th of the final WorldRX standings only his sixth place overall in the EuroRX series was a much better result. For 2015 he was entrusted by his sponsor with a competitive VW Polo Mk5 SuperCar of the Volkswagen Team Marklund Motorsport, which he used successfully to claim his first European Rallycross title. Of the five rounds counting towards the EuroRX series Rustad won three, beating his strongest competitor Jérôme Grosset-Janin from France to second place.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded)

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526PosPts
1998DC Cook MotorsportRenault LagunaTHR1
16
THR2
Ret
SIL1
15
SIL2
13
DON1
17
DON2
12
BRH1
12
BRH2
OUL1
13
OUL2
12
DON1
12
DON2
8
CRO1
15
CRO2
Ret
SNE1
17
SNE2
12
THR1
14
THR2
Ret
KNO1
13
KNO2
8
BRH1
15
BRH2
13
OUL1
12
OUL2
8
16th12
Blend 37 Williams RenaultSIL1
11
SIL2
9

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920DCPts
2002RJN MotorsportNissan PrimeraMAG1
Ret
MAG2
10
SIL1
11
SIL2
Ret
BRN1
11
BRN2
15†
JAR1
DNS
JAR2
10
AND1
14
AND2
Ret
OSC1
10
OSC2
10
SPA1
11
SPA2
Ret
PER1
16
PER2
15
DON1
Ret
DON2
DNS
EST1
5
EST2
10
15th2

† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
2009Volvo Olsbergs Green RacingVolvo C30BRA1BRA2MEX1MEX2MAR1MAR2FRA1FRA2ESP1ESP2CZE1CZE2POR1POR2GBR1
Ret
GBR2
Ret
GER1GER2ITA1ITA2JPN1JPN2MAC1MAC2NC†0†

† – Not eligible for points, as a guest driver.

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Supercar

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213WRXPoints
2014HTB RacingVolvo C30PORGBR
21
NOR
16
FINSWE
18
BEL
22
CANFRAGER
9
ITA
14
TURARG27th14
2015HTB Racing-Marklund MotorsportVolkswagen PoloPORHOCBELGBRGERSWE
12
18th24
All-Inkl.com Münnich MotorsportAudi S3CAN
4
NORFRABARTURITAARG
2016Albatec RacingPeugeot 208PORHOCBELGBRNORSWECANFRA
13
BARLAT22nd4
All-Inkl.com Münnich MotorsportSEAT IbizaGER
25
ARG
2018HTB Racing-Marklund MotorsportVolkswagen PoloBAR
POR
BEL
GBR
NOR
SWE
CAN
FRA
LAT
USA
GER
RSA
15th*13*

Season still in progress.

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Division 2*

YearEntrantCar1234567891011ERXPoints
1989Tommy RustadVolvo 240ESPAUTSWEFINIREFRABELNEDNOR
13
GBRGER44th4
1990Tommy RustadVolvo 240AUTSWEFINIREFRABELNEDNOR
14
GERGBR41st3
1991Tommy RustadFord RS200 E2PORAUTFINFRAIRESWEBELNEDNOR
2
GBRGER
2
13th34
1992Tommy RustadFord RS200 E2GBRAUTPORFINSWEFRA
5
IRE
1
BELNEDNOR
2
GER11th49

Division 2 was rebranded as Division 1 in 1997.

Division 1

YearEntrantCar1234567891011ERXPoints
2004Tommy RustadFord Focus T16PORFRACZEAUTNOR
6
SWEBELNEDPOLGER20th11
2006Tommy RustadFord Focus T16POR
3
FRA
4
CZE
AUT
6
SWE
4
HUN
2
BEL
NED
2
NOR
3
POL
5
GER
3
3rd128
2007Tommy RustadCitroën Xsara T16PORFRAHUNAUTSWENOR
2
BELNEDPOLCZE18th17

Supercar

YearEntrantCar123456789ERXPoints
2013Tommy RustadVolvo C30GBRPORHUNFINNOR
8
SWE
17
FRAAUTGER20th16
2014HTB RacingVolvo C30GBR
12
NOR
8
BEL
13
GER
6
ITA
7
6th39
2015HTB Racing-Marklund MotorsportVolkswagen PoloBEL
4
GER
1
NOR
1
BAR
6
ITA
1
1st135
2016Albatec-HTB RacingPeugeot 208BEL
5
NOR
7
SWE
3
BAR
2
LAT
1
4th94
2017Albatec-HTB RacingPeugeot 208BAR
9
NOR
6
SWE
9
FRA
6
LAT
4
5th86
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