# Thomas Rådström

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 |
| 1996 | H.F. Grifone SRL | Toyota Celica GT-Four | | | | GRE Ret | ARG | | | | | | | | | | | | 15th | 12 |
| 1996 | Toyota Castrol Finland | Toyota Celica GT-Four | | | | | | FIN 6 | AUS | ITA | | | | | | | | | 15th | 12 |
| 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 |
| 1998 | Toyota Castrol Team Sweden | Toyota Corolla WRC | | | | POR Ret | ESP 12 | FRA | ARG | GRE Ret | | FIN 6 | ITA | AUS | GBR | | | | 19th | 1 |
| 1998 | H.F. Grifone SRL | Toyota Corolla WRC | | | | | | | | | NZL 7 | | | | | | | | 19th | 1 |
| 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 |
| 2000 | Thomas Rådström | Toyota Corolla WRC | | | | POR Ret | ESP | ARG | GRC | NZL | FIN | CYP | FRA | ITA | AUS | GBR | | | 16th | 3 |
| 2001 | Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5 | MON | SWE 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15th | 6 |
| 2001 | Thomas Rådström | Citroën Saxo Kit Car | | | POR Ret | ESP | ARG | CYP | | | | | | | | | | | 15th | 6 |
| 2001 | Automobiles Citroën | Citroën Xsara WRC | | | | | | | GRE Ret | KEN | FIN | NZL | ITA | FRA | AUS | GBR | | | 15th | 6 |
| 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 |