Juha Kankkunen

Juha Kankkunen

Nation:	Finland
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally:	Rally Finland 1979
Last rally:	Rally Finland 2010
Co-driver:	Juha Repo Nicky Grist Juha Piironen Denis Giraudet
Team:	M-Sport Stobart WRT Martini Lancia Toyota Team Europe Subaru World Rally Team Ford WRT Hyundai Castrol WRT
Vehicle:	Ford Focus RS WRC Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Lancia Delta Integrale 16V Subaru Impreza WRC Hyundai Accent WRC Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Ford Escort RS2000 Opel Manta GT / E
Rallies Victories Podiums WP 162 23 75 686
Championship title:	1986 , 1987 , 1991 , 1993
Points:	1202

Juha Matti Pellervo Kankkunen  [ juhɑ kɑŋkːunɛn ] (* 2. April 1959 in Laukaa , Finland ) is one of the most successful rally driver of Motorsport credit history.

Career

Juha Kankkunen's father drove national rallies and ice races . He taught Juha how to drive a car on ice. Kankkunen owned his first car when he was 12 years old. He made his debut in 1979 in the World Rally Championship in Rally Finland . Kankkunen was trained in a Ford Escort RS2000 by Timo Mäkinen , a friend of the family . Timo Jouhki took over the management, who also looked after other Finnish rally drivers like Tommi Mäkinen and later Mikko Hirvonen . Kankkunen won a total of 23 World Championship rallies, finished 75 times on the podium and was world rally champion four times in 1986 , 1987 , 1991 and 1993 . The first round of the World Championship was won by Kankkunen in 1985 , the safari rally in Kenya with a Toyota Celica Turbo TC. He celebrated his last victory in 1999 , the Rally Finland with a Subaru Impreza WRC.

In 1988 Kankkunen won the Dakar Rally with Peugeot . Also in 1988 he won the first event of the Race of Champions . He was able to repeat this success in 1991.

Juha Kankkunen ended his rally career in 2002 with a ninth place in the Rally Great Britain .

Like his rally colleague Markku Alén , Kankkunen took part in rallycross races in Finland for some time in a BMW M3 . Kankkunen finished third overall in the 2004 Super Rallycross Series behind Alén.

In 2010 , Kankkunen made a comeback in the World Rally Championship and competed in Rally Finland with a Ford Focus from the Stobart team. He finished the rally in eighth place and secured four championship points.

Personal

Kankkunen grew up on a farm in central Finland. Today he lives in Monaco , but still spends a lot of time on the family farm in Laukaa . He has a large car collection with several Ferraris and all four racing cars with which he was world rally champion. Kankkunen and his wife Pirjo divorced in 2008.

WRC victories

Juha Kankkunen / Juha Piironen in the Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2

No.	rally	year	Co-driver	automobile
01	Rally safari	1985	Fred Gallagher	Toyota Celica TCT
02	Rally Ivory Coast	1985	Fred Gallagher	Toyota Celica TCT
03	Rally Sweden	1986	Juha Piironen	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2
04th	Rally Greece	1986	Juha Piironen	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2
05	Rally New Zealand	1986	Juha Piironen	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2
06th	Rally USA	1987	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta HF 4WD
07th	Rally Great Britain	1987	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta HF 4WD
08th	Rally Australia	1989	Juha Piironen	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165
09	Rally Australia	1990	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
10	Rally safari	1991	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
11	Rally Greece	1991	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
12	Rally Finland	1991	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
13	Rally Australia	1991	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
14th	Rally Great Britain	1991	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
15th	Rally Portugal	1992	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta HF Integrale
16	Rally safari	1993	Juha Piironen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
17th	Rally Argentina	1993	Nicky Grist	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
18th	Rally Finland	1993	Denis Giraudet	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
19th	Rally Australia	1993	Nicky Grist	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
20th	Rally Great Britain	1993	Nicky Grist	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
21st	Rally Portugal	1994	Nicky Grist	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
22nd	Rally Argentina	1999	Juha Repo	Subaru Impreza WRC
23	Rally Finland	1999	Juha Repo	Subaru Impreza WRC

Individual results WRC

year	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	Points	rank
1979	Juha Kankkunen	Ford Escort RS2000	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	CAN	FRA	GBR	CIV			0	-
									14th
1982	Juha Kankkunen	Opel Manta GT / E	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	BRA	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR			0	-
											DNF
	Intereconomics
														DNF
1983	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica TCT	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR			10	19th
											6th
	Premoto Toyota
													DNF
	Toyota Team Great Britain
														7th
1984	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica TCT	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR			8th	24
					DNF						5
	Toyota New Zealand
									DNF
	Toyota Team Great Britain
														DNF
1985	Westland Motors	Toyota Celica TCT	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR			48	5
						1
	Toyota New Zealand
									DNF
	Toyota Team Europe
											DNF			5
	Premoto Toyota
													1
1986	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR	United States		118	1
			5	1	DNF	5		1	1	DNF	2		DNF	3	2
1987	Martini Racing	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	United States	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR		100	1
			2	3	4th			2	1			5			1
1988	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Supra Turbo	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	United States	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR		8th	37
						5
		Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165
							DNF	DNF				DNF		DNF	DNF
1989	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	SWE	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	CIV	GBR		60	3
				5	DNF		3	DNF			DNF	1	5		3
1990	Martini Racing	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	CIV	GBR			85	3
			DNF	3	2		2		DNF	5	1	2		DNF
1991	Martini Racing	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	CIV	ESP	GBR	150	1
			5		4th	1		1	2	4th	1	1	DNF		2	1
1992	Martini Racing	Lancia Delta HF Integrale	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	CIV	ESP	GBR	134	2
			3		1	2		2			2	2	2		2	3
1993	Toyota Castrol team	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN	OUT	ITA	ESP	GBR		135	1
			5	2		1		DNF	1	5	1	1		3	1
1994	Toyota Castrol team	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	MON	POR	KEN	ESP	FRA	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN	ITA	GBR				93	3
			2	1	DNF	4th	3	DNF	2	9
		Toyota Celica GT-Four
											7th	2
1995	Toyota Castrol team	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	OUT	ESP	GBR							DSQ	62
			3	4th	2	10	3	3	DNF
1996	Toyota Castrol team	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205	SWE	KEN	IDN	GRE	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	ESP						37	7th
			4th
	Toyota Team Australia
					3
	Team Toyota Castrol Finland
								2
1997	Ford World Rally Team	Ford Escort WRC	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	IDN	ITA	OUT	GBR	29	4th
									DNF	2	3	2	2	6th	DNF	2
1998	Ford World Rally Team	Ford Escort WRC	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	OUT	GBR		39	4th
			2	3	2	7th	DNF	9	3	3	4th	3	DNF	5	2
1999	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRC	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CHN	ITA	OUT	GBR	44	4th
			2	6th	DNF	DNF	6th		1	DNF	2	1	4th	6th	DNF	2
2000	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRC	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CYP	FRA	ITA	OUT	GBR	20th	8th
			3	6th	2	DNF	DNF	4th	3	DNF	8th	7th			DNF	5
2001	Hyundai Castrol WRT	Hyundai Accent WRC	MON	SWE	POR	ESP	ARG	CYP	GRE	KEN	FIN	NZL	ITA	FRA	OUT	GBR	0	-
											DNF
2002	Hyundai Castrol WRT	Hyundai Accent WRC	MON	SWE	FRA	ESP	CYP	ARG	GRE	KEN	FIN	DEU	ITA	NZL	OUT	GBR	2	14th
				8th			DNF	7th	DNF	8th	DNF			5	DNF	9
2010	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC	SWE	MEX	JOR	DOOR	NZL	POR	BUL	FIN	DEU	JPN	FRA	ESP	GBR		4th	16
										8th

Legend
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
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Juha Kankkunen (ewrc-results.com on July 26, 2014)