Juho Hänninen

Juho Hänninen

Nation:	Finland
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally:	Rally Sweden 2006
Last rally:	Rally Finland 2017
Co-driver:	Mikko Markkula
Team:	Hyundai WRT
Vehicle:	Toyota Yaris
Rallies Victories Podiums WP 51 - 1 6th
Points:	100
Status: After rally 13 of 13, 2015 season
Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC)
First rally:	Rally Portugal 2008
Last rally:	Rally San Remo 2012
Co-driver:	Mikko Markkula
Team:	Škoda Motorsport
Vehicle:	Škoda Fabia S2000
Rallies: Victories: Podiums: WP 31 11 22nd 119
Championship title:	2010
Points:	333
Status: After rally 13 of 13, 2012 season

Juho Hänninen (born July 25, 1981 in Punkaharju ) is a Finnish rally driver .

Career

Beginnings in the Finnish championship

Juho Hänninen began his career as a rally driver in 1999 at the age of 18 with a VW Golf . He initially drove in the Finnish Junior Rally Championship and in 2002 achieved fifth place in the championship in the Seat Ibiza GTi 16V . End of the year he went up the Honda Civic Type R to. With this car he finished eighth in the Finnish rally championship of Group N under 2 liters in 2003 . In 2004 he won the championship in this class. From 2005 he competed in the Finnish championship with a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI from Rally Rent Europe . With the more powerful vehicle, it increasingly achieved a top ranking. He was runner-up in Group N over 2 liters and won a rally of the Estonian championship.

Entry into the World Rally Championship

In 2006, Hänninen continued for Rally Rent Europe , but now in a newer Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX, in the Finnish rally championship. He finished on the podium in two championship races and at the end of the season he finished second in the Group N standings. In addition, he completed his first appearances in the World Rally Championship . On his debut, the Rally Sweden at the start of the season, he was the best-placed driver with a Group N car. He also finished the Rally Sardinia , his second WRC rally, as the fastest Group N driver. Afterwards, he took part in the WRC for the first time in a World Rally Car , the Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05, at Rally Finland . He returned to the New Zealand Rally with the Group-N-Lancer and achieved his best result in the WRC with ninth place overall. He drove the Rally Wales at the end of the season with a Citroën C2 S1600 and prevailed against all other drivers with Super 1600 cars.

PWRC in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

In the 2007 season, Hänninen took part in the Production World Rally Championship as part of the WRC for the first time with the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX from Rally Rent Europe . There he started six out of eight races. At the Rally Sweden he was the fastest PWRC driver, but he was subsequently disqualified because of an irregular fuel pump. His best results in the PWRC were third in the Argentina Rally and second in the Wales Rally. At the end of the season, he finished fifth in the PWRC championship. In between, he also completed three rallies in the WRC with the Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05. With this vehicle he achieved eighth overall place in the Sardinia Rally, with which he scored his first WRC point.

In 2008, Hänninen continued to regularly take part in the PWRC with the Gruppe-N-Lancer. He celebrated his first PWRC victory at the Rally Sweden. With eighth place overall, he also got his second WRC point. Later he achieved two more PWRC victories at the Rally Finland and the Rally Japan, which he took the lead in the championship. However, since he had to post a retirement at the final Rally Wales, he finished the PWRC just two points behind in second place in the overall standings. In addition, Hänninen also had his first two appearances in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in the 2008 season . After being in a Lancer Evo IX fifth in the Rally of Portugal had become, he won in a Peugeot 207 S2000 of Kronos Racing the Rally Russia . The points from both rallies were enough for eighth place in the final score of the IRC.

IRC and SWRC in the Škoda Fabia S2000

Juho Hänninen in the Škoda Fabia S2000 at the 2009 Rally Finland

In 2009, Hänninen was hired by the Škoda Motorsport works team for the IRC and he received a Škoda Fabia S2000 as a new tool . With accidents during the first two IRC missions, the start of the season was unsuccessful for him. Halfway through the season, he won the Rally Russia for the second time in a row. This was followed by third place in the Barum Czech Rally Zlín . At the end of the season, after a total of six rallies, he finished sixth in the overall ranking of the IRC. In the WRC, he only started in Rally Finland, where he drove a Škoda Fabia S2000, which was used by Raimund Baumschlager's Team Red Bull Škoda . He finished the Rally Finland in tenth place and as the best-placed driver with a Super 2000 car.

Juho Hänninen in the Škoda Fabia S2000 at the Rally Scotland 2010

In the 2010 season, Hänninen continued his collaboration with the Škoda works team. For the first time he played a full season in the IRC. There he showed a strong form from the beginning and was regularly placed in the front ranks. He won the Argentina Rally, the Sardinia Rally and the Scotland Rally . He also finished on the podium in seven other rallies. Thus he won the championship prematurely and achieved the greatest success of his career so far. He was also back in the Red Bull Škoda at the Rally Finland, where he took class victory in the SWRC and took two WRC points with ninth place overall.

In 2011, Hänninen only competed in selected IRC races for the Škoda works team and did not originally plan to defend the title. Mainly he started for the Red Bull Škoda team in the SWRC class of the World Rally Championship. After finishing second class in the rallies in Mexico and Sardinia , he won the SWRC three times: in the Rally Greece , the Rally Finland and the Rally Catalonia . With that he secured the SWRC title. With seven starts in the WRC, he also managed five times to place in the WRC points with the inferior Super 2000 car. In the IRC, he first won the Islas Canarias rally and won an asphalt rally for the first time. This was followed by victories at the Prime Yalta Rally and the Sata Rallye Açores . During the season, Hänninen repeatedly took the lead in the championship, but just as often had to give it up again without a fight, as Škoda did not use him in all rallies, as planned. Before the penultimate run of the season, he had slipped to fourth place in the drivers' standings despite three victories. With second place at the Rally of Scotland he got back into the game for the IRC title.

Promotion to the WRC

In 2013 Juho Hänninen drove three races for the M-Sport team under Malcolm Wilson, but was able to prevail against the strong competition in his own team, including Thierry Neuville . His best place in the 2013 season was a 6th place at the Rally Sweden .

The new Yaris WRC 2017

Hänninen then switched to the newly founded Hyundai team and, as one of three test drivers, was significantly involved in the development of the Hyundai i20 WRC . During the 2014 season he also contested a few selected races in the Hyundai i20 WRC. The best placings here were also two sixth places in Poland and Finland . At the end of the season, Hänninen was in 13th place in the drivers' standings with a total of 20 points. At the end of the 2014 season, the collaboration with Hyundai Motorsport ended.

In 2015, Juho Hänninen only contested the Finland Rally in a rented Ford Fiesta RS WRC and also came in sixth here.

In 2016, Juho Hänninen was hired by Tommi Mäkinen as test driver for Toyota's new WRC project and was the main test driver for the new Yaris WRC. In addition to him, Jari-Matti Latvala and Esapekki Lappi were signed as further drivers for the 2017 season at the end of 2016 .

statistics

title

• Finnish Rally Championship (Group N2): 2004
• Intercontinental Rally Challenge : 2010
• Super 2000 World Rally Championship : 2011

Individual WRC results

year	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2006	Rally Rent Europe	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	MON	SWE	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GRE	DEU	FIN	JPN	CYP	DOOR	OUT	NZL	GBR	-	-
				15th					14th								9
		Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05
												DSQ
	Juho Hänninen	Citroën C2 S1600
																		19th
2007	Rally Rent Europe	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	FIN	DEU	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRL	GBR	1	24
				DSQ				11		DNF			19th	DSQ		23		14th
		Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05
					17th				8th		DNF
2008	Rally Rent Europe / Ralliart New Zealand	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA	GRE	DOOR	FIN	DEU	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	GBR		-	-
				8th					20th		13		14th	29	24	10	DNF
2009	Red Bull Škoda	Škoda Fabia S2000	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POLE	FIN	OUT	ESP	GBR					-	-
											10
2010	Red Bull Škoda	Škoda Fabia S2000	SWE	MEX	JOR	DOOR	NZL	POR	BUL	FIN	DEU	JPN	FRA	ESP	GBR				2	20th
								DNF		9
2011	Red Bull Škoda	Škoda Fabia S2000	SWE	MEX	POR	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR				14th	16
				8th			8th		8th	10	20th		DNF	10
2013	Qatar World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR				8th	15th
			DNF	6th
	Juho Hänninen
										32
2014	Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai i20 WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	POLE	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR				20th	13
				19th		8th		DNF	6th	6th
2015	Juho Hänninen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POLE	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR				8th	14th
										6th

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

Commons : Juho Hänninen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Results and statistics on eWRC-results.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Juho Hänninen disqualified (Rallye-Magazin.de on February 12, 2007)
2. ↑ Hänninen wins PWRC (Rallye-Magazin.de on February 10, 2008)
3. ↑ Hänninen im Glück (Rallye-Magazin.de on November 2, 2008)
4. ↑ Hänninen wins in Russia (Rallye-Magazin.de on July 12, 2008)
5. ↑ Skoda is looking forward to the IRC adventure (Motorsport-Total.com on January 21, 2009)
6. ↑ Big cheers at Škoda (Motorsport-Total.com on July 11, 2009)
7. ↑ Finland: Hänninen starts under the Red Bull flag (Motorsport-Total.com on July 27, 2009)
8. ↑ Group N winner Hänninen: Congratulations from Vettel (Motorsport-Total.com on August 2, 2009)
9. ↑ Hänninen wins in Argentina - Drama about Meeke (Motorsport-Total.com on March 21, 2010)
10. ↑ IRC: Hänninen wins in Sardinia (Motorsport-Total.com on June 6, 2010)
11. ↑ Scotland: Hänninen crowns his "perfect year" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 17, 2010)
12. ↑ Hänninen: "I want to win the S-WRC title" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 22, 2010)
13. ↑ Hänninen celebrates World Championship title in the S-WRC (Motorsport-Total.com on October 24, 2011)
14. ↑ Hänninen: "It was a great fight" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 16, 2011)
15. ^ Yalta rally: Hänninen wins in Crimea (Motorsport-Total.com on June 4, 2011)