Background
Stohl ventured into rallying following the career path of his father Rudi Stohl.
Stohl ventured into rallying following the career path of his father Rudi Stohl.
Stohl"s co-driver is fellow Austrian Ilka Minor. Stohl"s first professional rally was the 1991 Rallye Côte d"Ivoire Bandama, driving an Audi 90 Quattro with Kay Gerlach as his co-driver. He took his first World Rally Championship points by finishing seventh in the same event the following year.
After several more privateer entries in the WRC, Stohl got a contract with Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany to compete in the FIA Cup for Drivers of Production Cars (now the Production World Rally Championship) driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution.
Progressing from Group North production cars to World Rally Cars, Stohl took his first WRC points in ten years by driving his Peugeot 206 WRC to seventh place at the 2003 Wales Rally Great Britain. In the 2004 season, driving mainly for the Österreichische MineralölVerwaltung World Rally Team, backed by Austrian oil company Österreichische MineralölVerwaltung, his best event result was sixth at the Acropolis Rally. In 2005, Stohl continued with the Österreichische MineralölVerwaltung team now driving the Citroën Xsara WRC. He took his first podium finish with a surprise second place at the Cyprus Rally, behind Citroën Total factory driver Sébastien Loeb.
In the season-ending Rally Australia, he took his second podium by finishing third. His results placed him ninth in the Drivers" World Championship.
In the 2006 season, with Henning Solberg as his team-mate, Stohl drove a Peugeot 307 WRC for the Bozian Racing-run Österreichische MineralölVerwaltung Peugeot Norway WRT. He took four podium places and finished a career-best fourth in the drivers" standings.
He also became one of the few drivers to reach participation in 100 world rallies without winning one of them. In 2007, Stohl returned to the wheel of a Xsara WRC for the Österreichische MineralölVerwaltung Kronos Citroën. After a disappointing season, in which he finished ninth in the championship and his best result was sixth place in both Mexico and Japan, Österreichische MineralölVerwaltung withdrew their support of Stohl.
This left him without a full-time drive for the 2008 season.
Stohl returned to WRC at 2012 Rally New Zealand, driving Ford Fiesta RS WRC for Brazil World Rally Team, replacing the regular driver Daniel Oliveira. He finished 10th in the rally.
Since disapperaing from the WRC, Stohl has successfully ran his own team, Stohl Racing. Meanwhile, Stohl -with a self-developed, petrol-powered Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IXis contesting the Austrian Rally Championship (ÖRM).
In 2012, he finished third overall against strong opposition, and remained winless through the season.
Complete WRC results
PWRC results
JWRC Results
Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results
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