Tapio Laukkanen
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Finnish |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Co-driver | Jorma Kaikkonen Risto Mannisenmäki Tapio Jarvi Kaj Lindstrom Harri Kaapro |
| Teams | S.B.G. Sport Blue Rose Team Renault Dealer Rallying UK Ford Motor Co. |
Tapio Laukkanen (born 23 September 1969) is a retired Finnish rally driver. He was born in Lahti.
In 1996 he won the Finnish Rally Championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTi, in 1999 he won the British Rally Championship with a Renault Mégane Maxi twinned with fellow Finn, Kaj Lindström and in 2016 he won the Kenyan National Rally Championship in a Subaru Impreza.[1]
In 2017 he won Kenya's Safari Rally.[2][3]
Other co-drivers include Jorma Kaikkonen, Risto Mannisenmäki, Tapio Järvi, Ilkka Riipinen and Rory Kennedy, Gavin Lawrence.
Laukkanen has retired from professional rally races, and now teaches rally drivers at a school bearing his name.[4]
References
- ^ Sidi, Abdul; Musungu, Julius (February 27, 2016). "Finland's Tapio Laukkanen wins Kajiado Rally". The Nation. Kenya. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ Holmes, Martin (2017-03-19). "Finnish winner in Safari Rally". RallySport Magazine. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
- ^ "Flying Finn wins maiden Safari Rally title". Capital Sports. 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
- ^ Heinonen, Toni (2024-05-23). "A big revelation about his career from the Finnish rally legend – "Only very few people in the world know"". RallyJournal.com. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
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