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Toshi Arai

*anese rally driver and team owner Arai driving for Chevrolet at Suzuka during the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season.

Toshihiro 'Toshi' Arai (新井敏弘, Arai Toshihiro, born December 25, 1966) is a *anese rally driver and team owner. He is the first *anese FIA world champion.

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 1997–2000 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 *anese FIA world champion. He scored cl* victories in Turkey, *an and Australia on his way to the *le.

He was also the winner of the short-lived FIA Teams' Cup in 2000.

Contents

  • 1 Career results
    • 1.1 WRC results
    • 1.2 PWRC results
    • 1.3 IRC results
    • 1.4 European Rally Championship results
    • 1.5 Complete World Touring Car Championship results
    • 1.6 Complete Global Rallycross results
      • 1.6.1 Supercar
  • 2 References
  • 3 External links

Career results

WRC results

PWRC results

IRC results

European Rally Championship results

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Global Rallycross results

Supercar

Race cancelled.

References

    External links

    • Official website
    • Profile at World Rally Archive
    • Profile and results at Rallybase