Harri Toivonen
Nation: | Finland | ||||||||
World Rally Championship (WRC) | |||||||||
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First rally: | Rally Finland 1980 | ||||||||
Last rally: | Rally Finland 1988 | ||||||||
Co-driver: |
Arto Juselius Juha Paajanen John Daniels Cedric Wrede Neil Wilson |
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Team: |
David Sutton Cars Ltd Mitsubishi Ralliart Austin Rover WRT |
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Vehicle: |
Chrysler Avenger Talbot Sunbeam Lotus Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo MG Metro 6R4 Mazda 323 4WD Lancia Delta Integrale |
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Points: | 3 | ||||||||
As of November 8, 2014 |
Harri Juha Toivonen (born October 22, 1960 in Helsinki ) is a former Finnish racing driver .
family
Harri Toivonen is the son of Pauli Toivonen , a well-known rally driver from the 1960s, who won the Monte Carlo Rally in 1966 and the European Rally Championship in 1968 . His older brother Henri was also a rally driver and was one of the most successful drivers of the Group B era as a Lancia factory driver in the mid-1980s . He had a fatal accident in a Lancia Delta S4 at the Corsica Rally in 1986 .
Career
Like father and brother, Harri Toivonen also competed in rallies first. After starting in the Finnish rally championship, the first world rally championship round in which he participated was the 1000 Lakes Rally in 1980 . In 1986 he achieved his best result in an international rally with eighth place in an MG Metro 6R4 at the 1000 Lakes Rally.
In 1988 he switched to the circuit and continued to drive touring and sports car races . In 1990 Franz Konrad signed him for his Konrad Motorsport racing team . In 1990 and 1991 he competed for Konrad and Kremer Racing in the races of the World Sports Car Championship . His best place in these two years was third overall with Manuel Reuter in a Porsche 962 in the Suzuka 430 km race in 1991 . In 1992 he was part of the BRM team that tried in vain all year round to get the P351 up and running.
Toivonen competed in sports car races until the early 2000s and retired from active racing after the Daytona 24-hour race in 2002 .
statistics
Individual results WRC
year | team | automobile | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | rank | Points |
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1980 | Harri Toivonen | Chrysler Avenger | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | GRC | ARG |
FIN DNF |
NZL | ITA | FRA | GBR | CIV | - | 0 | |
1981 | Harri Toivonen | Talbot Sunbeam Lotus | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | ARG | BRA |
FIN DNF |
ITA | CIV | GBR | - | 0 | |
1982 | David Sutton Cars Ltd. | Ford Escort RS 1800 | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | BRA |
FIN DNF |
ITA | CIV | GBR | - | 0 | |
1983 | Harri Toivonen | Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG |
FIN DNF |
ITA | CIV | - | 0 | ||
Mitsubishi Ralliart |
GBR DNF |
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1986 | Austin Rover WRT | MG Metro 6R4 | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG |
FIN 8 |
CIV | ITA |
GBR DNF |
United States | 49 | 3 |
1987 | Harri Toivonen | Mazda 323 4WD | MON |
SWE DNF |
POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | United States | NZL | ARG |
FIN DNF |
CIV | ITA | GBR | - | 0 |
1988 | Harri Toivonen | Lancia Delta Integrale | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | United States | NZL | ARG |
FIN DNF |
CIV | ITA | GBR | - | 0 |
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 |
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1991 | Porsche Kremer Racing | Porsche 962 CK6 | JJ Lehto | Manuel Reuter | Rank 9 | |
1992 | British Racing Motors | BRM P351 | Wayne Taylor | Richard Jones | failure | Gearbox damage |
1996 | Kremer Racing | Kremer K8 Spyder | Christophe Bouchut | Jürgen Lässig | failure | accident |
1997 | Pacific Racing Ltd. | BRM P301 | Eliseo Salazar | Jesús Pareja | failure | Engine failure |
2001 | Team Ascari | Ascari A410 | Werner Lupberger | Ben Collins | failure | fuel pump |
literature
- Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. 2 volumes. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Toivonen, Harri |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Toivonen, Harri Juha (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1960 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Helsinki |