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Tommi Makinen

Tommi Mäkinen
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A retired Mäkinen signing autographs during a visit to Rally Finland in 2004.
Personal information
Nationality Finland Finnish
Born (1964-06-26) 26 June 1964 (age 52)
Puuppola, Finland
World Rally Championship record
Active years 19872003
Co-driver Finland Kaj Lindström
Finland Risto Mannisenmäki
Finland Seppo Harjanne
Teams Nissan, Mitsubishi, Subaru World Rally Team
Rallies 139
Championships 4 (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999)
Rally wins 24
Podiums 45
Stage wins 362
Total points 544
First rally 1987 1000 Lakes Rally
First win 1994 1000 Lakes Rally
Last win 2002 Monte Carlo Rally
Last rally 2003 Rally Great Britain

Tommi Antero Mäkinen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈtommi ˈmækinen]; born 26 June 1964) is the Finnish racing executive and former driver. He is the head of the Toyota GAZOO Racing team, which competes in the World Rally Championship (WRC).

Mäkinen is one of the most successful WRC drivers of all time, ranking second in championships (4), tied with Juha Kankkunen and Sébastien Ogier and behind Sébastien Loeb (9), and fifth in wins (24).

He is a four-time World Rally Champion, a series he first won, and then successfully defended, continuously throughout 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999, on all occasions driving the Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. He also aided Mitsubishi to the 1998 world constructors' title as well as winning the 2000 Race of Champions. Mäkinen's navigators include compatriots Seppo Harjanne and Risto Mannisenmäki, the former retiring from alongside Mäkinen having previously served 1985 champion, and fellow "Flying Finn", Peugeot's Timo Salonen.


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