Tommi Mäkinen
Nation: | Finland | ||||||||
World Rally Championship (WRC) | |||||||||
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First rally: | Rally Finland 1987 | ||||||||
Last rally: | Rally Wales 2003 | ||||||||
Co-driver: |
Kaj Lindström Risto Mannisenmäki Seppo Harjanne
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Team: | Nissan Motorsports Europe Mitsubishi Ralliart Subaru World Rally Team Mu-Uutiset 4 Rombi Corse Pro Sport Rally Team Promoracing Finland Mazda Rally Team Europe |
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Vehicle: |
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI Lancia Delta Integrale Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Nissan Sunny GTI-R Subaru Impreza WRC Mazda 323 GTX Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 |
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Championship title: | 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 | ||||||||
Points: | 544 |
Tommi Mäkinen (born June 26, 1964 in Puuppola, rural municipality Jyväskylä , Finland ) is a former Finnish rally driver . He was four times world rally champion, won the famous Monte Carlo Rally four times and won the Finnish Rally Finland (1000 Lakes Rally) five times . Tommi Mäkinen ended his career in 2003 and currently lives in Jyväskylä County .
Career
Mäkinen won the Finnish rally championship with a Lancia Delta HF 4WD in 1988 . He won the first World Rally Championship round in Finland in 1994 in a Ford Escort RS Cosworth. Mäkinen joined Mitsubishi in 1995 and in 1996 he won the first of four consecutive world titles from 1996 to 1999 with a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III . In 2002 Mäkinen joined the Subaru World Rally Team, replacing Richard Burns . He won the Monte Carlo Rally for the fourth time and finished eighth in the overall standings. Mäkinen also competed for Subaru in the 2003 season . He lost his best form and ended his career in the Rally Great Britain on the podium in third place.
WRC victories
No. | rally | year | Co-driver | automobile |
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1 | Rally Finland | 1994 | Seppo Harjanne | Ford Escort RS Cosworth |
2 | Rally Sweden | 1996 | Seppo Harjanne | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III |
3 | Rally safari | 1996 | Seppo Harjanne | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III |
4th | Rally Argentina | 1996 | Seppo Harjanne | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III |
5 | Rally Finland | 1996 | Seppo Harjanne | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III |
6th | Rally Australia | 1996 | Seppo Harjanne | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III |
7th | Rally Portugal | 1997 | Seppo Harjanne | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV |
8th | Rally Catalonia | 1997 | Seppo Harjanne | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV |
9 | Rally Argentina | 1997 | Seppo Harjanne | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV |
10 | Rally Finland | 1997 | Risto Mannisenmäki | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV |
11 | Rally Sweden | 1998 | Risto Mannisenmäki | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV |
12 | Rally Argentina | 1998 | Risto Mannisenmäki | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V. |
13 | Rally Finland | 1998 | Risto Mannisenmäki | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V. |
14th | Rally San Remo | 1998 | Risto Mannisenmäki | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V. |
15th | Rally Australia | 1998 | Risto Mannisenmäki | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V. |
16 | Rally Monte Carlo | 1999 | Risto Mannisenmäki | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI |
17th | Rally Sweden | 1999 | Risto Mannisenmäki | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI |
18th | Rally New Zealand | 1999 | Risto Mannisenmäki | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI |
19th | Rally San Remo | 1999 | Risto Mannisenmäki | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI |
20th | Rally Monte Carlo | 2000 | Risto Mannisenmäki | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI |
21st | Rally Monte Carlo | 2001 | Risto Mannisenmäki | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI |
22nd | Rally Portugal | 2001 | Risto Mannisenmäki | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI |
23 | Rally safari | 2001 | Risto Mannisenmäki | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI |
24 | Rally Monte Carlo | 2002 | Kaj Lindström | 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 |
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1987 | Tommi Mäkinen | Lancia Delta HF 4WD | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | United States | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | - | - | |
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1988 | Tommi Mäkinen | Lancia Delta HF 4WD | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | United States | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | - | - | |
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Mu-Uutiset 4 Rombi Corse | Lancia Delta Integrale | |||||||||||||||||
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1989 | Tommi Mäkinen | Lancia Delta HF 4WD | SWE | MON | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | OUT | ITA | CIV | GBR | - | - | |
DNF | DNF | |||||||||||||||||
1990 | Pro Sport Rally Team | Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 | MON | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | OUT | ITA | CIV | GBR | 10 | 24 | ||
6th | 11 | 7th | 13 | DNF | ||||||||||||||
1991 | Promoracing Finland | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | OUT | ITA | CIV | ESP | GBR | 8th | 31 |
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Tommi Mäkinen | ||||||||||||||||||
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Promoracing Finland | Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 | |||||||||||||||||
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Mazda Rally Team Europe | Mazda 323 GTX | |||||||||||||||||
5 | DNF | |||||||||||||||||
1992 | Nissan Motorsports Europe | GTI-R Nissan Sunny GTI-R | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | OUT | ITA | CIV | ESP | GBR | 5 | 40 |
9 | DNF | DNF | 8th | |||||||||||||||
1993 | Astra | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | ARG | NZL | FIN | OUT | ITA | ESP | GBR | 26th | 10 | |
4th | 6th | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
1994 | Nissan F2 | Nissan Sunny GTI | MON | POR | KEN | ESP | FRA | GRE | ARG | NZL | FIN | ITA | GBR | 22nd | 10 | |||
DNF | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
Ford World Rally Team | Ford Escort RS Cosworth | |||||||||||||||||
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Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II | |||||||||||||||||
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1995 | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II | MON | SWE | POR | FRA | NZL | OUT | ESP | GBR | 38 | 5 | ||||||
4th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III | ||||||||||||||||||
8th | DNF | 4th | DNF | DNF | ||||||||||||||
1996 | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III | SWE | KEN | IDN | GRE | ARG | FIN | OUT | ITA | ESP | 123 | 1 | |||||
1 | 1 | DNF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | DNF | 5 | ||||||||||
1997 | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | IDN | ITA | OUT | GBR | 63 | 1 |
3 | 3 | DNF | 1 | 1 | DNF | 1 | 3 | DNF | 1 | DNF | 3 | 2 | 6th | |||||
1998 | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | ITA | OUT | GBR | 58 | 1 | |
DNF | 1 | DNF | DNF | |||||||||||||||
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V. | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | DNF | 1 | DNF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | DNF | ||||||||||
1999 | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | CHN | ITA | OUT | GBR | 62 | 1 |
1 | 1 | DSQ | 5 | 3 | 6th | 4th | 3 | 1 | DNF | DNF | 1 | 3 | DNF | |||||
2000 | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | CYP | FRA | ITA | OUT | GBR | 36 | 5 |
1 | 2 | DNF | DNF | 4th | 3 | DNF | DNF | 4th | 5 | DNF | 3 | DSQ | 3 | |||||
2001 | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | MON | SWE | POR | ESP | ARG | CYP | GRE | KEN | FIN | NZL | ITA | FRA | OUT | GBR | 41 | 3 |
1 | DNF | 1 | 3 | 4th | DNF | 4th | 1 | DNF | 8th | |||||||||
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo WRC | ||||||||||||||||||
DNF | DNF | 6th | DNF | |||||||||||||||
2002 | Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza WRC | MON | SWE | FRA | ESP | CYP | ARG | GRE | KEN | FIN | DEU | ITA | NZL | OUT | GBR | 22nd | 8th |
1 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 3 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 6th | 7th | DNF | 3 | DSQ | 4th | |||||
2003 | Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza WRC | MON | SWE | DOOR | NZL | ARG | GRE | CYP | DEU | FIN | OUT | ITA | FRA | ESP | GBR | 30th | 8th |
DNF | 2 | 8th | 7th | DNF | 5 | DNF | DNF | 6th | 6th | 10 | 7th | 8th | 3 |
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 |
Web links
- Tommi Mäkinen official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ ewrc-results.com: Tommi Mäkinen , July 26, 2014
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mäkinen, Tommi |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish rally driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Puuppola, rural municipality of Jyväskylä |