Miikka Anttila

Miikka Anttila
	Miikka Anttila at the 2013 Rallye Deutschland
Personal information
Nationality	Finnish
Born	10 September 1972 (age 51); Janakkala, Finland
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1999–2020
Teams	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT; Volkswagen Motorsport; Ford World Rally Team
Rallies	220
Championships	0
Rally wins	18
Podiums	67
Stage wins	539
First rally	1999 Rally Finland
First win	2008 Rally Sweden
Last win	2018 Rally Australia
Last rally	2020 Rally Sweden

Miikka Anttila (born 10 September 1972) is a Finnish rally co-driver, mostly known teaming with Jari-Matti Latvala. Anttila has previously served alongside such drivers as Mikko Hirvonen, Janne Tuohino and Kosti Katajamäki.^[1]

Career[edit]

Debuting in the World Rally Championship in 1999, Anttila began co-driving Latvala at the 2003 Rallye Deutschland and got his first win at the 2008 Swedish Rally. He missed the birth of his second child to participate in the Rally de Espana in 2011.^[2]

He joined Volkswagen Motorsport after its formation as a manufacturer team in 2013.

For 2017, Anttila is racing for the works Toyota team.^[3]

At the 2018 Tour de Corse, Anttila made his 197th WRC start which made him the most experienced competitor in the history of the sport. The record was previously held by Spanish driver and two times world-champion Carlos Sainz who started 196 events.^[4] He became the first-ever competitor to start 200 rallies in the WRC at the 2018 Rally d'Italia.^[5]

Until 2019 Anttila was paired up with Jari-Matti Latvala racing for Toyota.^[6]

In 2020, he started co-driving Eerik Pietarinen.

Rally victories[edit]

WRC victories[edit]

#	Event	Season	Driver	Car
1	Swedish Rally	2008	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC 07
2	Rally d'Italia Sardegna	2009	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC 09
3	Rally New Zealand	2010	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC 09
4	Rally Finland	2010	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC 09
5	Wales Rally GB	2011	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Fiesta RS WRC
6	Rally Sweden	2012	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Fiesta RS WRC
7	Wales Rally GB	2012	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Fiesta RS WRC
8	Acropolis Rally	2013	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
9	Rally Sweden	2014	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
10	Rally Argentina	2014	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
11	Rally Finland	2014	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
12	Rallye de France Alsace	2014	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
13	Rally de Portugal	2015	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
14	Rally Finland	2015	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
15	Tour de Corse	2015	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
16	Rally Mexico	2016	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
17	Rally Sweden	2017	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC
18	Rally Australia	2018	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC

Rally results[edit]

WRC results[edit]

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1999	LPM Human Heat	Ford Escort WRC	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRC	NZL	FIN 8	CHN	ITA		GBR Ret			NC	0
1999	Janne Tuohino	Volkswagen Polo 16v													AUS Ret				NC	0
2000	Janne Tuohino	Toyota Corolla WRC	MON	SWE 15	KEN	POR Ret	ESP	ARG	GRC	NZL	FIN Ret	CYP	FRA	ITA	AUS	GBR			NC	0
2001	Jani Pirttinen	Volkswagen Polo IV Kit Car	MON	SWE	POR	ESP	ARG	CYP	GRE	KEN	FIN 24	NZL	ITA	FRA	AUS	GBR			NC	0
2002	Mikko Hirvonen	Renault Clio S1600	MON	SWE	FRA	ESP	CYP	ARG	GRC	KEN	FIN 21	GER	ITA Ret	NZL	AUS	GBR			NC	0
2003	Kosti Katajamäki	Volkswagen Polo S1600	MON EX	SWE	TUR 15	NZL	ARG	GRE Ret	CYP										NC	0
2003	Ford Motor Company	Ford Focus RS WRC 02								GER 17	FIN 14	AUS	ITA	FRA	ESP	GBR 10			NC	0
2004	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Puma S1600	MON Ret																NC	0
		Subaru Impreza WRX STI		SWE Ret	MEX	NZL	CYP					GER 27	JPN			FRA 21
		Ford Fiesta S1600						GRE Ret	TUR Ret	ARG
		Suzuki Ignis S1600									FIN Ret			GBR 23	ITA Ret		ESP 29
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII																AUS Ret
2005	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Corolla WRC	MON	SWE 16	MEX							FIN Ret							NC	0
		Subaru Impreza WRX STI				NZL Ret	ITA 16		TUR	GRE	ARG Ret		GER 21			FRA 16	ESP 19	AUS
		Ford Focus RS WRC												GBR Ret	JPN
	Syms Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRX STI						CYP 15
2006	Jari-Matti Latvala	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	MON 41	SWE	MEX 25					GRE 22			JPN 69		TUR	AUS 6	NZL 8		13th	9
	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Corolla WRC										FIN 17
	Stobart VK Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 04				ESP 16	FRA Ret	ARG	ITA		GER 34
	Stobart VK Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 06																GBR 4
	Syms Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRX STI												CYP 12
2007	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	MON Ret	SWE Ret	NOR 5	MEX 7	POR 8	ARG 4	ITA 9	GRE 12	FIN Ret	GER 8	NZL 5	ESP 7	FRA 4	JPN 25	IRE 3	GBR 10	8th	30
2008	BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	MON 12	SWE 1	MEX 3	ARG 15	JOR 7	ITA 3	GRE 7	TUR 2	FIN 38								4th	58
	BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 08										GER 9	NZL Ret			JPN 2	GBR 2
	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 07												ESP 6	FRA 4
2009	BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	IRE 14	NOR 3	CYP 12	POR Ret	ARG 6												4th	41
2009	BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 09						ITA 1	GRE 3	POL Ret	FIN 3	AUS 4	ESP 6	GBR 7					4th	41
2010	BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	SWE 3	MEX 5	JOR 2	TUR 8	NZL 1	POR Ret	BUL 6	FIN 1	GER 4	JPN 3	FRA 4	ESP 4	GBR 3				2nd	171
2011	Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	SWE 3	MEX 3	POR 3	JOR 2	ITA 18	ARG 7	GRE 9	FIN 2	GER 14	AUS 2	FRA 4	ESP 3	GBR 1				4th	172
2012	Ford World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON Ret	SWE 1	MEX Ret	POR 13	ARG	GRE 3	NZL 7	FIN 3	GER 2	GBR 1	FRA 2	ITA 12	ESP 2				3rd	154
2013	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	MON Ret	SWE 4	MEX 16	POR 3	ARG 3	GRE 1	ITA 3	FIN 17	GER 7	AUS 4	FRA 3	ESP 2	GBR 2				3rd	162
2014	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	MON 5	SWE 1	MEX 2	POR 14	ARG 1	ITA 3	POL 5	FIN 1	GER Ret	AUS 2	FRA 1	ESP 2	GBR 8				2nd	218
2015	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	MON 2	SWE Ret	MEX 15	ARG Ret	POR 1	ITA 6	POL 5	FIN 1	GER 2	AUS 2	FRA 1	ESP 2	GBR 50				2nd	183
2016	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	MON Ret	SWE 26	MEX 1	ARG 16	POR 6	ITA 2	POL 5	FIN 2	GER 48	CHN C	FRA 4	ESP 14	GBR 7	AUS 9			6th	112
2017	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	MON 2	SWE 1	MEX 6	FRA 4	ARG 5	POR 9	ITA 2	POL 20	FIN 21	GER 7	ESP Ret	GBR 5	AUS Ret				4th	136
2018	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	MON 3	SWE 7	MEX 8	FRA Ret	ARG Ret	POR 24	ITA 7	FIN 3	GER Ret	TUR 2	GBR 2	ESP 8	AUS 1				4th	128
2019	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	MON 5	SWE 21	MEX 8	FRA 10	ARG 5	CHL 11	POR 7	ITA 19	FIN 3	GER 3	TUR 6	GBR Ret	ESP 5	AUS C			7th	94
2020	Eerik Pietarinen	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	MON	SWE 16	MEX	EST	TUR	ITA	MNZ										NC	0

References[edit]

^ eWRC-results.com. "Miikka Anttila - rally profile eWRC-results.com". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
^ "World Rally Championship Co-Driver - Co-Driver Profile - wrc.com". World Rally Championship. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ "Jari-Matti Latvala seals 2017 Toyota World Rally Championship seat". 6 Dec 2016.
^ "Record-breaker Anttila". World Rally Championship. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ "Accolades for Anttila". World Rally Championship. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
^ Deans, Matt. "Guide to Kennards Hire Rally Australia - Coffs Coast". Coffs Coast Advocate. Retrieved 2020-02-20.

External links[edit]

Profile at ewrc-results.com

[1] WRC-results.com. "Miikka Anttila - rally profile eWRC-results.com". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2020-02-20.

[2] "World Rally Championship Co-Driver - Co-Driver Profile - wrc.com". World Rally Championship. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[3] "Jari-Matti Latvala seals 2017 Toyota World Rally Championship seat". 6 Dec 2016.

[4] "Record-breaker Anttila". World Rally Championship. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[5] "Accolades for Anttila". World Rally Championship. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

[6] Deans, Matt. "Guide to Kennards Hire Rally Australia - Coffs Coast". Coffs Coast Advocate. Retrieved 2020-02-20.

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