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Suzuki Motor Corporation is pleased to announce that the Suzuki World Rally Team's Gardemeister from Finland and Per-Gunnar Andersson from Sweden.
Toni Gardemeister combines impressive experience and versatility as a driver with a great ability to contribute to car development. As the Suzuki World Rally Team's primary driver throughout the 2008 WRC season, he will play an important role in fine-tuning the Suzuki SX4 WRC car.
Per-Gunnar Andersson won the 2004 Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) in a Suzuki Ignis and the 2007 Junior Rally Championship in a Suzuki Swift, so he's already a valued member of the Suzuki World Rally Team as he steps up to the bigger challenges of the WRC.
Joining Toni Gardemeister as co-driver will be fellow Finn Tomi Tuominen, who was also co-driver for the Suzuki SX4 WRC car's test entry in the Wales Rally GB. Codriver for Per-Gunnar Andersson will be fellow Swede Jonas Andersson. The Swedes have already raced successfully together in the Super 1600 category.
Suzuki Motor Corporation and its affiliate Suzuki Sport are supporting the Suzuki World Rally Team with technical and managerial know-how and resources. They see the Suzuki WRC challenge as a great chance to raise the profile of Suzuki products and gain technical data that will be valuable in future car development.

Pilots' profiles

Left : Toni Gardemeister / Right : Per-Gunnar Andersson

Driver

First name	Toni
Last name	Gardemeister
Nationality	Finnish
Date of birth	31 March 1975
Results	1993	Rally debut
	1994	WRC debut (1000 Lakes Rally)
	1997	Finland F2 class champion
	2000	Seat works driver
	2002	Skoda works driver
	2005	Ford works driver (placed fourth in WRC)

First name	Per-Gunnar
Last name	Andersson
Nationality	Swedish
Date of birth	10 March 1980
Results	1999	Rally debut
	2000	Champion in junior class in two Swedish rallies
	2002	WRC debut in Sweden (winner in class)
	2003	Swedish Super 1600 champion
	2004	Champion, JWRC
	2005	Second place in JWRC
	2006	Fourth place in JWRC
	2007	Champion, JRC

Co-driver

First name	Tomi
Last name	Tuominen
Date of birth	Finnish
Date of birth	8 November 1971

First name	Jonas
Last name	Andersson
Date of birth	Swedish
Date of birth	1 January 1977

Team Profiles

Team Leader

Nobuhiro "MONSTER" Tajima

Date of birth	28 June 1950
Post	President SUZUKI SPORT Co.,Ltd.

Director

Yutaka Awazuhara

Date of birth	1 March 1961
Post	Managing Director SUZUKI SPORT Co.,Ltd.

Manager

Akira Kawada

Date of birth	30 October 1960
Post	SUZUKI SPORT Co.,Ltd.

Technical Manager

Shusuke Inagaki

Date of birth	7 August 1946
Post	SUZUKI SPORT Co.,Ltd.