Timmy Hansen

Timmy Hansen
Timmy Hansen in 2015
Nationality	Swedish
Born	21 May 1992 Lidköping, Sweden
Related to	Kenneth Hansen (father) Kevin Hansen (brother)
FIA World Rallycross Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Team Peugeot-Hansen
Car no.	3
Starts	26
Wins	4

Kenneth Timmy Hansen (born 21 May 1992) is a rallycross driver from Sweden. He has won the Swedish Karting Championship in 2008 and has won races in Formula BMW, Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and the Formula Renault Eurocup. He currently competes in the FIA World Rallycross Championship Supercar category, driving for Team Peugeot-Hansen.^[1] His father is the 14-times European Rallycross Champion Kenneth Hansen, his mother the 1994 ERA European Cup (Group N up to 1400cc) winner Susann Hansen (née Bergvall), and his brother rallycross driver Kevin Hansen.

Hansen in action during the 2014 World RX of Great Britain.

World RX

For 2014 Hansen was partnered by former European Rallycross Championship title winner Timur Timerzyanov at his father's team to enter the inaugural season of World RX.

Hansen took one win and a further three podium finishes in the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship season and would finish the year with 199 points and fourth place in the championship standings while Timerzyanov finished in seventh with one podium.

For the 2015 season it was announced^[2] that he would be driving alongside Davy Jeanney for the Team Peugeot-Hansen team in their new Peugeot 208 WRX. Hansen took 3 wins on his way to 2nd in the championship behind Petter Solberg.

For 2016 Hansen will be partnered with 9-time WRC champion Sébastien Loeb at Hansen Motorsport. Jeanney moved to the team's 2nd outfit Peugeot Hansen Academy, alongside Timmy's junger brother Kevin.

Racing record

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	ERX	Points
2012	Hansen Motorsport	Citroën DS3	GBR	FRA	AUT	HUN	NOR	SWE	BEL	NED	FIN 5	GER	24th	12
2013	Hansen Motorsport	Citroën DS3	GBR 3	POR 11	HUN 1	FIN 3	NOR 9	SWE 3	FRA 8	AUT 10	GER 13		3rd	145

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WRX	Points
2014	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208 T16	POR 8	GBR 11	NOR 6	FIN 9	SWE 11	BEL 2	CAN 7	FRA 3	GER 6	ITA 1	TUR 2	ARG 4		4th	199
2015	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208 WRX	POR 3	HOC 3	BEL 8	GBR 8	GER 3	SWE 2	CAN 7	NOR 1	FRA 1	BAR 3	TUR 1	ITA 7	ARG 6	2nd	275
2016	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208 WRX	POR 9	HOC	BEL	GBR	NOR	SWE	CAN	FRA	BAR	LAT	GER	ARG		9th*	9*

* Season in progress.

References

1. http://www.rallycrossrx.com/driver/1/hansen
2. Pettit, Vince (9 April 2015). "Team Peugeot-Hansen Announce Hansen and Jeanney for 2015 Season". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

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