Raigo Mõlder

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]

Raigo Mõlder
Mõlder in 2015
Personal information
Nationality Estonia
Born (1982-03-25) 25 March 1982
World Rally Championship record
Active years2009, 2014–2016, 2020
Driver
Teams
Rallies38
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums3
Stage wins42
First rally2009 Rally Finland
Last rally2020 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

References
  1. "Raigo Mõlder". e-wrc.com. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  2. "Ott Tanak back in WRC in 2014". Crash.Net. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  3. "Sebastien Ogier defeats Andreas Mikkelsen to win". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  4. "Rally Poland: Mikkelsen snatches victory after Tanak error". autosport.com. Autosport. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  5. "TiTanak's Mexico escape goes global". World Rally Championship. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  6. McMahon, Matthew (11 March 2015). "M-Sport Mechanics Earn Their Money As The Legend of "Titanak" is Born". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  7. "Elfyn Evans 'extremely happy' after fourth place finish in Rally Mexico". North Wales Daily Post. Trinity Mirror. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016. Despite the car spending almost 10 hours submerged in water, the M-Sport team had the car – dubbed TiTanak – back up and running to complete the Sunday's final stages of the rally.
  8. "The making of "Titanak"". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
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