Pauli Toivonen

Pauli Toivonen with his wife and two sons Henri and Harri in 1963

Pauli Toivonen (born August 22, 1929 in Hämeenlinna , Finland , † February 14, 2005 in Espoo , Finland) was a Finnish rally driver .

Career

In 1966 he won the famous Monte Carlo Rally and in 1968 the European Rally Championship .

His two sons Henri and Harri also became rally drivers. The world-class pilot Henri Toivonen came along with his American co-driver Sergio Cresto , on 2 May 1986 during the Corsica Rally in an accident with a Lancia Delta S4, the controversial and soon after by the FIA from rallying exiled group B died .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1966	Société des Automobiles Alpine	Alpine A210	Berndt Jansson	failure	Gearbox damage

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th
1966	Renault Alpine	Alpine A110 Alpine A210	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
						DNF			DNF
1967		Lancia Fulvia	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
											19th
1968	VW Auto Oy	Porsche 906	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
								DNF
1969	Porsche	Porsche 911	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
							DNF
1970	Racing Team AAW	Porsche 911	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
									14th

Web links

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• Pauli Toivonen at Racing Sports Cars