Toshi Arai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth Date: | 25 December 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Related To: | Hiroki Arai (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Points | ||
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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 |
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Points | |
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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 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)