Ola Fløene

Ola Fløene (born February 1, 1969) is a Norwegian rally co-driver in the World Rally Championship. He is currently contesting WRC2 alongside long-time colleague Andreas Mikkelsen with Toksport WRT. In the past Ola has co-driven with a number of Norwegians and Swedes including Pontus Tidemand, Mads Østberg and Henning Solberg.

Ola Fløene

Ola Fløene at the 2014 Rallye Deutschland
Personal information
Nationality	Norway
Born	(1969-02-01) February 1, 1969 (age 55) Hamar, Norway
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1995, 2000–2019, 2021–present
Teams	Volkswagen Motorsport, M-Sport
Rallies	108
Championships	0
Rally wins	1
Podiums	15
Stage wins	37
First rally	1995 RAC Rally
First win	2015 Rally Catalunya
Last win	2015 Rally Catalunya

Rally career

Fløene's co-driving career began in the 1980s, mainly entering into Norwegian events and occasional WRC and ERC rallies through the 1990s. He gained a great deal of experience of international rallies in the new century, sitting with a number of drivers. Fløene began co-driving with a then 17-years-old Mikkelsen in 2006 on various British events, winning 6 rallies outright that year including their debut outing together. The partnership lasted for 5 further seasons beginning with a limited WRC campaign in 2007.

Together Fløene and Mikkelsen won the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2011 and 2012.^[1] In 2013 Mikkelsen became a factory driver with Volkswagen Motorsport sitting alongside Finn Mikko Markkula. Fløene meanwhile joined Pontus Tidemand where they became Junior World Rally champions that year.^[2]

His partnership with Mikkelsen restarted as he joined Volkswagen Motorsport himself in 2014, replacing Markkula mid-season.^[3] He got his first WRC podium on his second rally at Volkswagen and they both got their first WRC win at the 2015 Rally Catalunya.

In 2016 it was announced he would become Mads Østberg's co-driver at M-Sport whilst Anders Jæger took over from Fløene at Volkswagen.^[4] Fløene would reunite with Mikkelsen once again in 2021 to compete in WRC2 with Toksport WRT.

WRC victories

#	Event	Season	Driver	Car
1	51º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada	2015	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC

Rally results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos.	Points
2006	Stobart VK Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	MON	SWE	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GRE	GER	FIN	JPN	CYP	TUR	AUS	NZL	GBR Ret	NC	0
2007	Stobart VK Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	MON	SWE	NOR 10	MEX	POR 10												NC	0
	Ramsport							ARG	ITA	GRE	FIN 12	GER 24	NZW	ESP 25	FRA DSQ	JPN	IRE 9
		Ford Focus RS WRC 06																GBR Ret
2008	Ramsport	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	MON	SWE 5	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA Ret	GRE	TUR 19	FIN 12								16th	5
		Ford Focus RS WRC 07										GER 11	NZL	ESP 8	FRA 11	JPN	GBR
2009	Andreas Mikkelsen	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	IRE	NOR Ret															NC	0
		Škoda Fabia WRC			CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POL Ret	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR
2010	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ford Fiesta S2000	SWE 11	MEX	JOR	TUR	NZL	POR	BUL	FIN	GER	JPN							26th	1
		Škoda Fabia S2000											FRA 18	ESP
	Czech Ford National Team														GBR 10
2011	Volkswagen Motorsport	Škoda Fabia S2000	SWE	MEX	POR	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN Ret	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR				NC	0
2012	Volkswagen Motorsport	Škoda Fabia S2000	MON	SWE 13	MEX	POR	ARG Ret	GRE Ret	NZL	FIN 27	GER 7	GBR	FRA 12	ITA 7	ESP 21				14th	13
2013	Pontus Tidemand	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE Ret	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR				NC	0
2014	Pontus Tidemand	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE 8	MEX														5th	106
		Ford Fiesta R5				POR 11	ARG
	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC						ITA 4	POL 2	FIN 4	GER 3	AUS 3	FRA 2	ESP 7	GBR Ret
2015	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	MON 3	SWE 3	MEX 3	ARG Ret	POR 3	ITA 36	POL 2	FIN Ret	GER 3	AUS 4	FRA 3	ESP 1	GBR 3				3rd	171
2016	M-Sport	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON 4	SWE 3	MEX 3	ARG 5	POR 7	ITA Ret	POL 8	FIN 6	GER 6	CHN C	FRA 9	ESP 5	GBR 8	AUS 6			7th	102
2017	M-Sport	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON	SWE 15	MEX	FRA	ARG 9	POR 8	ITA 7	POL 7	FIN								16th	18
	Emil Bergkvist	Citroën DS3 R5										GER 19	ESP	GBR Ret	AUS
2018	Emil Bergkvist	Ford Fiesta R2T	MON	SWE 24	MEX	FRA 22	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS				NC	0
2019	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON 20	SWE 8	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN		TUR 9	GBR 7	ESP	AUS C			14th	12
		Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II										GER WD
2021	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	MON 7	ARC 11	CRO 39	POR WD	ITA Ret	KEN WD	EST 9	BEL	GRE	FIN	ESP	MNZ					20th	8

References

1. "World Rally Championship Co-Driver | Co-Driver Profile". wrc.com. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
2. "JWRC: Tidemand secures Junior Title". WRC.com. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
3. "Mikkelsen replaces co-driver Markkula". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
4. "Ola Floene is Mads Ostberg's new co-driver!". madsostberg.no. Mads Østberg official site. Archived from the original on 9 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.

External links

• Profile at ewrc-results.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mikko Markkula	Intercontinental Rally Challenge Champion Co-Driver 2011–2012	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Phil Pugh	Junior World Rally Champion Co-Driver 2013	Succeeded by Thomas Dubois