Thomas Rådström
Rådström during Citroën's testing in Finland in 2002.
Personal information
NationalitySweden Swedish
Born (1966-01-22) 22 January 1966
Umeå
World Rally Championship record
Active years1989 – 2002, 2006
Co-driverFrance Denis Giraudet
Sweden Lars Bäckman
United Kingdom Fred Gallagher
TeamsToyota, Ford, Mitsubishi, Citroën
Rallies39
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums4
Stage wins26
Total points56
First rally1989 Swedish Rally
Last rally2006 Swedish Rally

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.

He 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.

Between 2003 and 2007, Rådström drove a 500+bhp strong Hyundai Accent T16 4x4 in both, the Swedish Rallycross Championship (4th overall in 2006 as well as in 2007) and in the FIA European Rallycross Championship. His plans to continue driving Rallycross with a Hyundai i30 T16 4x4 were paused due to economical reasons.

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 SWE
Ret		 MON POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV GBR - 0
1991 Thomas Rådström Toyota Celica GT-4 MON SWE
Ret		 POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV ESP GBR - 0
1993 Thomas Rådström Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD MON SWE
Ret		 POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN
Ret		 AUS ITA ESP GBR - 0
1994 Thomas Rådström Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN
7		 ITA GBR 31st 4
1995 Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Celica GT-Four MON SWE
3		 POR FRA NZL AUS ESP GBR DSQ 12
1996 Toyota Castrol Team Sweden Toyota Celica GT-Four SWE
6		 KEN IDN ESP
Ret		 15th 12
H.F. Grifone SRL GRE
Ret		 ARG
Toyota Castrol Finland FIN
6		 AUS ITA
1997 Toyota Castrol Team Sweden Toyota Celica GT-Four MON SWE
5		 KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE
5		 NZL FIN IDN ITA AUS GBR 15th 4
1998 Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWE
Ret		 KEN 19th 1
Toyota Castrol Team Sweden POR
Ret		 ESP
12		 FRA ARG GRE
Ret		 FIN
6		 ITA AUS GBR
H.F. Grifone SRL NZL
7
1999 Ford Motor Co Ltd Ford Focus RS WRC '99 MON SWE
3		 KEN POR ESP FRA ARG
6		 GRE
Ret		 NZL
Ret		 FIN
Ret		 CHN
Ret		 ITA AUS
7		 GBR
6		 12th 6
2000 Toyota Team Sweden Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWE
4		 KEN 16th 3
Thomas Rådström POR
Ret		 ESP ARG GRC NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR
2001 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5 MON SWE
2		 15th 6
Thomas Rådström Citroën Saxo Kit Car POR
Ret		 ESP ARG CYP
Automobiles Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC GRE
Ret		 KEN FIN NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR
2002 Automobiles Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC MON
Ret		 SWE
37		 FRA ESP
Ret		 CYP ARG GRE
8		 KEN
3		 FIN
Ret		 GER ITA NZL AUS GBR
Ret		 12th 4
2006 Rally Team Olsbergs Subaru Impreza WRC 2004 MON SWE
5		 MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR 20th 4
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