Tapio Laukkanen

Tapio Laukkanen
	Laukkanen competing in 2016
Personal information
Nationality	Finnish
Born	September 23, 1969 (age 56); Lahti, Finland
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1994–2001, 2003
Co-driver	Jorma Kaikkonen; Risto Mannisenmäki; Tapio Järvi; Kaj Lindström; Harri Kaapro
Teams	S.B.G. Sport; Blue Rose Team; Renault Dealer Rallying UK; Ford Motor Co. Ltd
Rallies	22
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	2
First rally	1994 1000 Lakes Rally
Last rally	2003 Wales Rally GB

Nationality

Finnish

BornSeptember 23, 1969 (age 56)
Lahti, Finland

Active years1994–2001, 2003

Co-driver

Jorma Kaikkonen

Tapio Järvi

Harri Kaapro

Tapio Laukkanen (born 23 September 1969) is a retired Finnish rally driver. He was born in Lahti.

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]

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Pts
1994	Tapio Laukkanen	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN Ret	ITA	GBR					NC	0
1995	S.B.G. Sport	Volkswagen Golf GTI 16v	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	AUS	ESP	GBR 12							NC	0
1996	Blue Rose Team	Volkswagen Golf GTI 16v	SWE	KEN	IDN	GRE	ARG	FIN Ret	AUS	ITA	ESP						NC	0
1997	Blue Rose Team	Volkswagen Golf Kit Car	MON	SWE 19	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN 11	IDN	ITA	AUS	GBR	NC	0
1998	Renault Dealer Rallying UK	Renault Mégane Maxi	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA 18	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN Ret	ITA 23	AUS	GBR 12		NC	0
1999	Renault Elf Dealer Rallying	Renault Mégane Maxi	MON	SWE	KEN	POR Ret	ESP	FRA 10	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN 13	CHN	ITA Ret	AUS 19	GBR Ret	NC	0
2000	Ford Motor Company Ltd	Ford Focus RS WRC 00	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN Ret	CYP	FRA	ITA	AUS 5	GBR Ret	20th	2
2001	Tapio Laukkanen	Toyota Corolla WRC	MON	SWE Ret	POR 9	ESP	ARG	CYP	GRE	KEN							NC	0
2001	Tapio Laukkanen	Volkswagen Golf GTI 16v									FIN 23	NZL	ITA	FRA	AUS	GBR	NC	0
2003	Tapio Laukkanen	Subaru Impreza WRC 2001	MON	SWE	TUR	NZL	ARG	GRE	CYP	GER	FIN	AUS	ITA	FRA	ESP	GBR Ret	NC	0

v t e Winners of Autosport's National Driver of the Year
Racing winner	1982: Tommy Byrne 1983: Martin Brundle 1984: Johnny Dumfries 1985: Andy Rouse 1986: Andy Wallace 1987: Johnny Herbert 1988: JJ Lehto 1989: Allan McNish 1990: Robb Gravett 1991: David Coulthard 1992: Tim Harvey 1993: Kelvin Burt 1994: Gabriele Tarquini 1995: John Cleland 1996: Frank Biela 1997: Alain Menu 1998: Rickard Rydell 1999: Laurent Aïello 2000: Antônio Pizzonia 2001: Takuma Sato 2002: Robbie Kerr 2003: Nelson Piquet Jr. 2004: James Thompson 2005: Matt Neal 2006: Mike Conway 2007: Jason Plato
Rally winner	1982: Malcolm Patrick 1983: Darryl Weidner 1984: David Llewellin 1985: Mark Lovell 1986: Ken Wood 1987: Louise Aitken-Walker 1988: Malcolm Wilson 1989–90: David Llewellin 1991–92: Colin McRae 1993: Richard Burns 1994: Malcolm Wilson 1995: Alister McRae 1996: Gwyndaf Evans 1997: Mark Higgins 1998: Martin Rowe 1999: Tapio Laukkanen 2000: Mark Higgins 2001–02: Justin Dale 2003: Martin Rowe 2004: Guy Wilks 2005–07: Mark Higgins
Combined winner	2008: Oliver Turvey 2009: Colin Turkington 2010: Jason Plato 2011: Matt Neal 2012: Gordon Shedden 2013: Andrew Jordan 2014: Colin Turkington 2015–16: Gordon Shedden 2017: Lando Norris 2018: Dan Ticktum 2019: Colin Turkington 2020: Harry King 2021: Ashley Sutton 2022: Tom Ingram

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