Timo Mäkinen

Timo Mäkinen

Nation:	Finland
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally:	Monte Carlo Rally 1973
Last rally:	Monte Carlo Rally 1994
Co-driver:	Paul Easter , Henry Liddon, et al. a.
Team:	Ford , Toyota , Peugeot
Vehicle:
Rallies Victories Podiums WP 39 4th 7th -
Points:	7th

Timo Mäkinen (born March 18, 1938 in Helsinki ; † May 4, 2017 there ) was a Finnish rally driver and known as the flying Finn of rallying.

Life

Timo Mäkinen took part in an international rally for the first time in 1959. At that time he started with a Triumph TR3 at the 1000 Lakes Rally (today: Rally Finland ).

In 1964 Mäkinen mostly drove with Minis , but won the RAC Rally in class 3 at the end of the year with an Austin-Healey . The next year he won the Monte Carlo Rally and the 1000 Lakes Rally and also came second in the RAC Rally .

Between 1973 and 1975 Mäkinen won all RAC rallies and, among other things, came first in the Finnish Rally Championship three times.

In 1994 Mäkinen completed his career on the 30th anniversary of the victory of the Rallye Monte Carlo 1964 by participating in the same competition. He drove a Mini here. In 2010 he received a place in the Rally Hall of Fame .

Timo Mäkinen died on May 4, 2017 in Helsinki.

statistics

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1965	Donald Healey Motor Co.	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite	Paddy Hopkirk	Rank 18
1966	Donald Healey Motor Co.	Austin-Healey Sprite	Paul Hawkins	Rank 18
1967	British Motor Corp.	MGB	John Rhodes	Rank 12

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	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
1963	BMC	Mini Cooper	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
																							DNF
1964	BMC	Mini Cooper	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
																			DNF
1965	Healey Motor BMC	Austin-Healey Sprite Austin-Healey 3000 MG Midget	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
				18th					21st												11
1966	Healey Motor BMC	Austin-Healey Sprite MGB	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
				18th		9
1967	BMC	MGB	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
				12			DNF

Web links

Commons : Timo Mäkinen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Racing driver profile on ewrc-results.com (English)
• Timo Mäkinen at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tomi Salomaa: Rallilegenda Timo Mäkinen on kuollut. In: iltalehti.fi. Alma Media, May 5, 2017, accessed May 6, 2017 (Finnish).