Raigo Mõlder
Estonian rally co-driver (born 1982)
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Raigo Mõlder (born 25 March 1982) is an Estonian rally co-driver. He was the co-driver of 2019 World Rally Champion Ott Tänak from 2014 to 2016.[1]
Mõlder in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | |
| Born | 25 March 1982 |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 2009, 2014–2016, 2020 |
| Driver | |
| Teams | |
| Rallies | 38 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 3 |
| Stage wins | 42 |
| First rally | 2009 Rally Finland |
| Last rally | 2020 Rally Estonia |
Rally career
Mõlder made his WRC debut at 2009 Rally Finland, where he was the navigator of compatriot Georg Gross in a Subaru Impreza STi N12.[1] His most successful part of career was with Ott Tänak.[2]
Mõlder achieved his first podium finish at 2015 Rally Poland.[3] A year later, at 2016 Rally Poland, it could be a victory until a puncture dropped the Estonian crew down to second.[4]
Mõlder and Tänak garnered mainstream attention during the third stage of 2015 Rally México, Los Mexicanos, when the Estonian crew crashed their Ford Fiesta RS WRC into a lake, but both Mõlder and Tänak were able to extract themselves from the car prior to it submerging.[5] The car was recovered from the lake before repaired by the M-Sport World Rally Team and dubbed the TiTänak[6] — a portmanteau of the RMS Titanic passenger liner, that sank in 1912, and Tänak's name.[7] They re-joined the rally on Sunday, finishing 22nd overall and scoring a manufacturers' championship point.[8]
Rally results
WRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Georg Gross | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | IRE | NOR | CYP | POR | ARG | ITA | GRE | POL | FIN Ret |
AUS | ESP | GBR | NC | 0 | ||
| 2014 | M-Sport WRT | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | MON | SWE 5 |
POR Ret |
16th | 17 | |||||||||||
| Drive Dmack | Ford Fiesta R5 | MEX 15 |
ARG 17 |
ITA 21 |
POL 11 |
FIN 12 |
GER 10 |
AUS Ret |
FRA | ESP | ||||||||
| Ford Fiesta RS WRC | GBR 7 |
|||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | M-Sport WRT | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | MON 18 |
SWE 4 |
MEX 22 |
ARG 11 |
POR 5 |
ITA 14 |
POL 3 |
FIN 5 |
GER 8 |
AUS 6 |
FRA 10 |
ESP 41 |
GBR Ret |
10th | 63 | |
| 2016 | DMACK WRT | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | MON 7 |
SWE 5 |
MEX 6 |
ARG 15 |
POR Ret |
ITA 5 |
POL 2 |
FIN Ret |
GER 23 |
CHN C |
FRA 10 |
ESP 6 |
GBR 2 |
AUS 7 |
8th | 88 |
| 2020 | OT Racing | Ford Fiesta WRC | MON | SWE | MEX | EST Ret |
TUR | ITA | MNZ | NC | 0 | |||||||