Toshi Arai
![]() |
Toshi Arai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | 25 December 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Related to | Hiroki Arai (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Toshihiro 'Toshi' Arai (新井敏弘, Arai Toshihiro, born December 25, 1966) is a Japanese rally driver and team owner. He is the first Japanese FIA world champion.[1]
Arai was born in Isesaki, Gunma. He made his debut in 1987 and drove for the Subaru World Rally Team in the Group N World Rally Championship from 1997 to 2000 and 2002–2003, and in the Group A Championship in 2000–2001.
In 2004 he established his own team, Subaru Team Arai, and won the FIA Production Car World Rally Championship for Drivers in 2005 and 2007 driving a Subaru Impreza WRX STI, which made him the first Japanese FIA world champion.[2] He scored class victories in Turkey, Japan and Australia on his way to the title.
He was also the winner of the short-lived FIA Teams' Cup in 2000.
Career results
[edit]WRC results
[edit]PWRC results
[edit]Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Toshihiro Arai | Subaru Impreza 555 | SWE 2 |
FRA | 4th | 22 | |||||||
Spike Subaru Team | Subaru Impreza WRX | CYP Ret |
ARG 2 |
KEN Ret |
FIN | NZL Ret |
AUS 1 |
||||||
2003 | Subaru Production Rally Team | Subaru Impreza WRX | SWE Ret |
NZL 1 |
ARG 1 |
CYP 1 |
GER | AUS Ret |
FRA 2 |
2nd | 38 | ||
2004 | Subaru Team Arai | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | SWE 6 |
MEX 2 |
NZL 5 |
ARG Ret |
GER 4 |
FRA | AUS 2 |
2nd | 30 | ||
2005 | Subaru Team Arai | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | SWE 1 |
NZL 2 |
CYP 7 |
TUR 1 |
ARG | GBR | JPN 1 |
AUS 1 |
1st | 50 | |
2006 | Subaru Team Arai | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | MON | MEX 1 |
ARG 8 |
GRE 5 |
JPN | CYP 6 |
AUS Ret |
NZL 9 |
6th | 18 | |
2007 | Subaru Team Arai | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | SWE 6 |
MEX 2 |
ARG 2 |
GRE 1 |
NZL 1 |
JPN 10 |
IRE | GBR | 1st | 39 | |
2008 | Subaru Team Arai | Subaru Impreza STi N14 | SWE 6 |
ARG Ret |
GRE Ret |
TUR Ret |
FIN | NZL Ret |
JPN 3 |
GBR | 12th | 9 | |
2009 | Subaru Team Arai | Subaru Impreza STi N14 | NOR Ret |
CYP 4 |
POR | ARG 3 |
ITA | GRE 3 |
AUS Ret |
GBR 2 |
5th | 25 | |
2010 | Subaru Team Arai | Subaru Impreza STi N15 | SWE | MEX 2 |
JOR | NZL 4 |
FIN | GER 6 |
JPN Ret |
FRA 3 |
GBR 9 |
5th | 55 |
IRC results
[edit]Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Subaru Team Arai | Subaru Impreza STi N15 | MON | BRA | ARG | CAN | ITA | YPR Ret |
AZO | MAD | ZLI | ITA | SCO | CYP | NC | 0 | |
2011 | Stohl Racing[3][4] | Subaru Impreza STi R4 | MON | CAN | COR 13 |
UKR | YPR | AZO Ret |
ZLI | MEC 18 |
SAN | SCO 9 |
CYP 7 |
17th | 15 | ||
2012 | Subaru Team Arai | Subaru Impreza STi R4 | AZO | CAN | IRL | COR 14 |
ITA | YPR | SMR Ret |
ROM | ZLI 11 |
YAL | SLI | SAN | 10th | 30 | |
Subaru Impreza TMR R4 | CYP 3 |
European Rally Championship results
[edit]Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Stohl Racing | Subaru Impreza STi R4 | JÄN | LIE | CAN | AZO | COR | YPR | ROM 38 |
ZLÍ Ret |
POL 13 |
CRO | SAN 19 |
VAL | 21st | 23 |
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
[edit](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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Chevrolet RML | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | BRA 1 |
BRA 2 |
BEL 1 |
BEL 2 |
ITA 1 |
ITA 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
CZE 1 |
CZE 2 |
POR 1 |
POR 2 |
GBR 1 |
GBR 2 |
GER 1 |
GER 2 |
ESP 1 |
ESP 2 |
JPN 1 13 |
JPN 2 15 |
CHN 1 |
CHN 2 |
MAC 1 |
MAC 2 |
NC | 0 |
Complete Global Rallycross results
[edit]Supercar
[edit]Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | GRC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Subaru Rally Team USA | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | PHO1 |
PHO2 |
DAL |
DAY1 |
DAY2 |
MCAS1 |
MCAS2† | DC |
AC |
SEA |
LA1 13 |
LA2 13 |
19th | 4 |
†Race cancelled.
References
[edit]- ^ CORPORATION, TOYOTA MOTOR. "THE HISTORY OF WRC -Toyota has challenged to a great many roads in the world- | 2018 | SPECIAL | WRC". TOYOTA GAZOO Racing. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- ^ RallyBase
- ^ "IRC: Korsika-Rallye". 11 May 2011.
- ^ "IRC: Korsika-Rallye". 5 May 2011.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)