RACING DRIVER

Jarno Saarinen

1945 - 1973

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Jarno Karl Keimo Saarinen (11 December 1945 – 20 May 1973) was a Finnish professional Motorcycle racer. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1968 to 1971 as Yamaha privateer, before receiving the Yamaha factory's full support in 1972 and 1973. In the early 1970s, he was considered one of the most promising and talented motorcycle road racers of his era until he was killed during the 1973 Nations Grand Prix in Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jarno Saarinen has received more than 205,206 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jarno Saarinen is the 104th most popular racing driver (up from 113th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Finland (down from 78th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Finnish Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Jarno Saarinen ranks 104 out of 1,080. Before him are Thierry Sabine, Roger Williamson, Pedro Rodríguez, Jean Behra, Jean-Pierre Jarier, and Henri Toivonen. After him are David Purley, Max Verstappen, Tommi Mäkinen, Jo Bonnier, Robert Manzon, and Ralf Schumacher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Jarno Saarinen ranks 172. Before him are Henry Winkler, Dennis Nilsen, Bobby Solo, Bruce Spence, Vladislav Ardzinba, and Earl Boen. After him are David Purley, Hugh Fraser, David A. Granger, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Daniel Davis, and Chandrika Kumaratunga. Among people deceased in 1973, Jarno Saarinen ranks 94. Before him are Hans Globke, P. Ramlee, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Roger Williamson, Lorenzo Fernández, and Maurice René Fréchet. After him are Clas Thunberg, Marthe Bibesco, Merian C. Cooper, Fuad Chehab, Helen Parkhurst, and Gene Krupa.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Jarno Saarinen ranks 81 out of 751. Before him are Paavo Lipponen (1941), Petteri Orpo (1969), Ernst Linder (1868), Peter Forsskål (1732), Pekka Haavisto (1958), and Henri Toivonen (1956). After him are Edvard Westermarck (1862), Matthias Castrén (1813), Clas Thunberg (1893), Tommi Mäkinen (1964), Yrjö Väisälä (1891), and Liisi Oterma (1915).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Finland

Among racing drivers born in Finland, Jarno Saarinen ranks 7. Before him are Mika Häkkinen (1968), Ari Vatanen (1952), Hannu Mikkola (1942), Kimi Räikkönen (1979), Juha Kankkunen (1959), and Henri Toivonen (1956). After him are Tommi Mäkinen (1964), Markku Alén (1951), Mika Salo (1966), Rauno Aaltonen (1938), Timo Salonen (1951), and Leo Kinnunen (1943).

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