Ari Vatanen
Nation: | Finland | ||||||||
World Rally Championship (WRC) | |||||||||
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First rally: | Rally Finland 1974 | ||||||||
Last rally: | Rally Finland 2003 | ||||||||
Co-driver: |
Fabrizia Pons Fred Gallagher Roger Freeman Bruno Berglund Terry Harryman David Richards |
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Team: | Ford, Opel, Peugeot Subaru, BMW, Mitsubishi, Citroën |
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Vehicle: |
Ford Escort RS1800 Opel Ascona 400 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Subaru Impreza WRC 98, u. a. |
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Championship title: | 1 World Rally Championship 1981 | ||||||||
Points: | 518 | ||||||||
As of July 5, 2014 |
Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen [ ˈɑri ˈvɑtɑnɛn ] (born April 27, 1952 in Tuupovaara , Joensuu Community , North Karelia ) is a former Finnish rally driver and politician. He was a member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2009 .
Career
Vatanen started his international career in 1976. In 1980 he won the Acropolis rally , his first world championship run. He won the 1981 World Rally Championship with co-driver David Richards in a Ford Escort . He later turned to desert rallies , drove for Peugeot and Citroën and won the Dakar Rally automobile championship four times .
In 1988, with a new course record , he secured overall victory at the Pikes Peak hill climb in the USA.
Others
In 1999 Vatanen was elected to the European Parliament for the first time as a member of the conservative Finnish party Kansallinen Kokoomus . From 2004 to 2009 he was a member of the European Parliament for the French Union pour un Mouvement Populaire . He sat in the conservative EPP-ED Group during both legislative terms . From 1999 to 2004 he was a member of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism and from 2004 to 2009 of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Ari Vatanen announced on July 10, 2009 that he would run for president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) in October . FIA member associations have approached him and asked for his candidacy. He lost the election against the Frenchman Jean Todt .
WRC victories
No. Event year Co-driver automobile Rally Greece 1980 David Richards Ford Escort RS1800 Rally Greece 1981 Rally Brazil Rally Finland Rally safari 1983 Terry Harryman Opel Ascona 400 Rally Finland 1984 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Rally Sardinia Rally Great Britain Rally Monte Carlo 1985 10 Rally Sweden
Individual results WRC
year | team | vehicle | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | Points | rank |
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1974 | Ari Vatanen | Opel Ascona 19th | POR | KEN | FIN | ITA | CAN | United States | GBR | FRA | 0 | - | ||||||
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1975 | Ford World Rally Team | Ford Escort RS1600 MKII | MON | SWE | KEN | GRE | MAR | POR | FIN | ITA | FRA | GBR | 0 | - | ||||
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Ford Escort RS1800 MKII | ||||||||||||||||||
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1976 | Ford World Rally Team | Ford Escort RS1800 MKII | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | GRE | MAR | FIN | ITA | FRA | GBR | 0 | - | ||||
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1977 | Ford World Rally Team | Ford Escort RS1800 MKII | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | NZL | GRE | FIN | CAN | ITA | FRA | GBR | 0 | - | |||
DNF | DNF | 2 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||||||||
1978 | Ford World Rally Team | Ford Escort RS1800 MKII | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | GRE | FIN | CAN | ITA | CIV | FRA | GBR | 0 | - | |||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||
Ari Vatanen | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | DNF | DSQ | ||||||||||||||||
1979 | Rothmans Rally Team | Ford Fiesta | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | GRE | NZL | FIN | ITA | CAN | FRA | GBR | CIV | 50 | 5 | ||
10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ford Escort RS1800 MKII | ||||||||||||||||||
DNF | DNF | 2 | 3 | 4th | ||||||||||||||
Ford World Rally Team | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | ||||||||||||||||||
1980 | Publimmo Racing | Ford Escort RS1800 MKII | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | GRE | ARG | FIN | NZL | ITA | FRA | GBR | CIV | 50 | 4th | ||
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Rothmans Rally Team | ||||||||||||||||||
DNF | 1 | 2 | 2 | DNF | ||||||||||||||
1981 | Rothmans Rally Team | Ford Escort RS1800 MKII | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | ARG | BRA | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR | 96 | 1 | ||
DNF | 2 | DNF | 1 | DNF | 1 | 1 | 7th | 9 | 2 | |||||||||
1982 | David Sutton Motorsport | Ford Escort RS1800 MKII | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | BRA | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR | 15th | 13 | ||
2 | ||||||||||||||||||
MCD / Mobira | ||||||||||||||||||
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Rothmans Opel Rally Team | Opel Ascona 400 | |||||||||||||||||
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1983 | Rothmans Rally Team | Opel Ascona 400 | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR | 44 | 6th | ||
5 | 6th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Opel Manta 400 | ||||||||||||||||||
4th | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||||||||||||
1984 | Peugeot Talbot Sport | Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR | 60 | 4th | ||
DNF | DNF | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
1985 | Peugeot Talbot Sport | Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR | 55 | 4th | ||
1 | 1 | DNF | DNF | DNF | ||||||||||||||
Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 | ||||||||||||||||||
DNF | 2 | DNF | ||||||||||||||||
1987 | Fuji Heavy Industries | Subaru RX Turbo | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | United States | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | 16 | 19th | |
10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ford World Rally Team | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth | |||||||||||||||||
2 | ||||||||||||||||||
1988 | Prodrive BMW | BMW M3 | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | United States | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | 0 | - | |
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Ralliart Europe | Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 | |||||||||||||||||
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1989 | Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe | Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 | SWE | MON | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | OUT | ITA | CIV | GBR | 8th | 34 | |
DNF | DNF | DNF | 5 | |||||||||||||||
1990 | Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe | Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 | MON | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | OUT | ITA | CIV | GBR | 15th | 16 | ||
DNF | DNF | DNF | 2 | DNF | ||||||||||||||
1991 | Ari Vatanen | Ford Sierra Cosworth RS 4x4 | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | OUT | ITA | CIV | ESP | GBR | 12 | 22nd |
7th | ||||||||||||||||||
Subaru Rally Team Europe | Subaru Legacy RS | |||||||||||||||||
5 | ||||||||||||||||||
1992 | Subaru Rally Team Europe | Subaru Legacy RS | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | OUT | ITA | CIV | ESP | GBR | 25th | 11 |
DNF | DNF | DNF | 4th | DNF | 2 | |||||||||||||
1993 | Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru Legacy RS | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | ARG | NZL | FIN | OUT | ITA | ESP | GBR | 38 | 7th | |
DNF | DNF | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Subaru Impreza WRC | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
1994 | SMS | Ford Escort RS Cosworth | MON | POR | KEN | ESP | FRA | GRE | ARG | NZL | FIN | ITA | GBR | 28 | 9 | |||
5 | DNF | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Ford World Rally Team | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | DNF | |||||||||||||||||
1996 | Ford World Rally Team | Ford Escort RS Cosworth | SWE | KEN | IDN | GRE | ARG | FIN | OUT | ITA | ESP | 0 | - | |||||
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1997 | Motorsport Consultancy | Ford Escort WRC | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | IDN | ITA | OUT | GBR | 0 | - |
8th | ||||||||||||||||||
1998 | Ford World Rally Team | Ford Escort WRC | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | ITA | OUT | GBR | 6th | 11 | |
3 | 5 | DNF | ||||||||||||||||
Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza WRC | |||||||||||||||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||
2003 | Ford World Rally Team | Ford Escort WRC | MON | SWE | DOOR | NZL | ARG | GRE | CYP | DEU | FIN | OUT | ITA | FRA | ESP | GBR | 0 | - |
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Note: It was not until 1979 that an official driver world champion was determined for the first time.
Source:
Legend | ||
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colour | abbreviation | meaning |
gold | - | victory |
silver | - | 2nd place |
bronze | - | 3rd place |
green | - | Placement in the points |
blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
NC | not classified | |
red | DNQ | did not qualify |
DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
black | DSQ | disqualified |
White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
WD | withdrawn | |
Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
TD | Friday test driver | |
without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
INJ | injured or sick | |
EX | excluded | |
DNA | did not arrive | |
C. | Race canceled | |
no participation in the World Cup | ||
other | P / bold | Pole position |
SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
* | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
Web links
- Entry on Ari Vatanen in the Members' database of the European Parliament
- Official homepage (fin., English, French, Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ ewrc-results.com, July 5, 2014
- ↑ Handelsblatt: Vatanen wants to inherit Mosley as FIA President , July 10, 2009
- ↑ Todt is the new FIA President (Motorsport-Total.com on October 23, 2009)
- ↑ ewrc-results.com Ari Vatanen , accessed on January 3, 2016.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Vatanen, Ari |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vatanen, Ari Pieti Uolevi (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish rally driver and politician, MEP |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1952 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tuupovaara , Finland |