Tommy Rustad (born 3 September 1968) is a Norwegian racing driver. He currently drives in the FIA European Rallycross Championship and occasionally in the FIA World Rallycross Championship. He 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, Rustad 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 crowned independent champion. A sixteenth place overall finish saw him one place ahead of works Peugeot driver Tim Harvey.

STCC

Since his drive in the BTCC, Rustad 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)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Pos Pts 1998 DC Cook Motorsport Renault Laguna THR1 THR2 SIL1 SIL2 DON1 DON2 BRH1 BRH214* OUL1 OUL2 DON1 DON2 CRO1 CRO2 SNE1 SNE2 THR1 THR2 KNO1 KNO2 BRH1 BRH2 OUL1 OUL2 16th 12 Blend 37Williams Renault SIL1 SIL2

Complete Swedish Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 1999 Elgh Motorsport Nissan Primera GT MAN12 MAN2Ret KNU16 KNU29 KAR11 KAR2Ret AND11 AND21 FAL15 FAL22 AND11 AND21 ARC11 ARC21 MAN118 MAN2Ret 3rd 186 2000 Crawford Nissan Racing Nissan Primera Mk3 GT KAR17 KAR22 KNU15 KNU22 MAN11 MAN24 FAL13 FAL21 AND13 AND22 ARC12 ARC22 KAR12 KAR23 MAN120 MAN23 1st 175 2003 Opel Team Sweden Opel Astra FAL1Ret FAL26 MAN14 MAN25 KAR16 KAR22 FAL13 FAL25 KNU16 KNU24 KAR111 KAR27 KNU11 KNU22 MAN1Ret MAN2DNS 4th 161 2004 Opel Team Sweden Opel Astra KNU1Ret KNU24 FAL14 FAL27 KAR15 KAR2DNS MAN1Ret MAN23 FAL18 FAL26 KNU13 KNU21 ARC14 ARC22 KAR13 KAR21 MAN16 MAN2Ret 5th 137 2005 Opel Team Sweden Opel Astra KNU3 KARRet ANDRet FAL10 KNU10 KAR5 VALRet MAN5 8th 67 2007 Opel Team Sweden Opel Astra GTC 2000 STU9 KNURet MANRet KAR12 AND6 VALRet FALRet KAR9 KNU5 STU9 MAN1 11th 17 2008 Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 KNU10 STURet MAN2 KARRet GÖT5 STU10 FAL5 KAR6 KNU VAL MANRet 9th 19 2009 Polestar Racing Volvo C30 MAN12 MAN24 KAR15 KAR28 GÖT11 GÖT26 KNU16 KNU26 FAL11 FAL22 KAR1Ret KAR2DNS VAL11 VAL21 KNU14 KNU214 MAN11 MAN25 1st 94 2010 Polestar Racing Volvo C30 JYL11 JYL2Ret KNU1Ret KNU2DNS KAR19 KAR210 GÖT19 GÖT211 FAL18 FAL21 KAR110 KAR29 JYL13 JYL24 KNU13 KNU27 MAN16 MAN21 7th 143

Complete European Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts 2002 RJN Motorsport Nissan Primera MAG1 MAG2 SIL1 SIL2 BRN1 BRN2 JAR1 JAR2 AND1 AND2 OSC1 OSC2 SPA1 SPA2 PER1 PER2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 15th 2 † — 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) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points 2009 Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 MAR1 MAR2 FRA1 FRA2 ESP1 ESP2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 NC† 0† † – Not eligible for points, as a guest driver.

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results (key)

Supercar Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WRX Points 2014 HTB Racing Volvo C30 POR GBR NOR FINSWE BEL CAN FRA GER ITA TUR ARG27th14 2015 HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo POR HOC BEL GBR GER SWE 18th 24 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Audi S3 CAN NOR FRA BAR TUR ITA ARG 2016 Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 POR HOC BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA BAR LAT 22nd 4 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza GER ARG 2018 HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo BAR POR BEL GBR11 NOR13 SWE CAN FRA16 LAT USA GER RSA 17th 14

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results (key)

Division 2* Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ERX Points 1989 Tommy Rustad Volvo 240 ESP AUT SWE FIN IRE FRA BEL NED NOR GBR GER 44th4 1990 Tommy Rustad Volvo 240 AUT SWE FIN IRE FRA BEL NED NOR GER GBR 41st 3 1991 Tommy Rustad Ford RS200 E2 POR AUT FIN FRA IRE SWE BEL NED NOR GBR GER13th34 1992 Tommy Rustad Ford RS200 E2 GBR AUT POR FIN SWEFRAIRE BEL NED NOR GER11th49 * Division 2 was rebranded as Division 1 in 1997.

Division 1 Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ERX Points 2004 Tommy Rustad Ford Focus T16 POR FRA CZE AUTNOR SWE BEL NED POL GER20th11 2006 Tommy Rustad Ford Focus T16 PORFRA CZE(9) AUT SWE HUN BEL(10)NED NOR POL GER3rd128 2007 Tommy Rustad Citroën Xsara T16 POR FRA HUN AUT SWENOR BEL NED POL CZE18th17

Supercar Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ERX Points 2013 Tommy Rustad Volvo C30 GBR POR HUN FIN NOR SWE FRA AUT GER 20th 16 2014 HTB Racing Volvo C30 GBR NOR BELGERITA 6th 39 2015 HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo BELGERNOR BAR ITA 1st 135 2016 Albatec-HTB Racing Peugeot 208 BEL NOR SWE BAR LAT4th94 2017 Albatec-HTB Racing Peugeot 208 BAR NOR SWE FRA LAT 5th 86

References

External links

BTCC Pages Profile.