RACING DRIVER

Leo Kinnunen

1943 - 2017

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Leo Juhani "Leksa" Kinnunen (5 August 1943 – 26 July 2017) was a Finnish racing driver, and the first Formula One driver from Finland. Kinnunen won the Nordic Challenge Cup in 1969, the Interserie from 1971–1973, and helped Porsche to take the World Sportscar Championship for manufacturers in 1970 (drivers championships were not awarded until 1981). In 1974, he switched to Formula One, but in addition to the problems with the underpowered Surtees TS16, his team soon ran into financial problems. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leo Kinnunen has received more than 102,115 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Leo Kinnunen is the 182nd most popular racing driver (up from 213th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Finland (up from 142nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Finnish Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Leo Kinnunen ranks 182 out of 1,080. Before him are Paul Belmondo, Harald Ertl, Keiichi Tsuchiya, Nello Pagani, Stefan Johansson, and Ernesto Brambilla. After him are Wayne Rainey, Gino Bianco, Robert Kubica, Manfred Winkelhock, Johnny Servoz-Gavin, and Philippe Streiff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Leo Kinnunen ranks 274. Before him are Negasso Gidada, Laura Biagiotti, Michel Ocelot, António Simões, Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia, and Milan Nenadić. After him are Ronnie Spector, Charles P. Thacker, Robert Crumb, Antal Dunai, Gary Burton, and Kirin Kiki. Among people deceased in 2017, Leo Kinnunen ranks 203. Before him are William Baumol, Jimmy Snuka, Michael Ballhaus, Gilberto Agustoni, Laura Biagiotti, and Ricardo Piglia. After him are Charles P. Thacker, Waldir Peres, Octavio Lepage, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Allan Holdsworth, and Gilbert Baker.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Leo Kinnunen ranks 131 out of 751. Before him are Anneli Jäätteenmäki (1955), Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958), Albin Stenroos (1889), Bo Carpelan (1926), Gustaf John Ramstedt (1873), and Juho Vennola (1872). After him are Gunnar Höckert (1910), Aimo Lahti (1896), Elias Katz (1901), Selim Palmgren (1878), Klaus Fleming (1535), and Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1759).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Finland

Among racing drivers born in Finland, Leo Kinnunen ranks 13. Before him are Jarno Saarinen (1945), Tommi Mäkinen (1964), Markku Alén (1951), Mika Salo (1966), Rauno Aaltonen (1938), and Timo Salonen (1951). After him are Marcus Grönholm (1968), JJ Lehto (1966), Valtteri Bottas (1989), Timo Mäkinen (1938), Heikki Kovalainen (1981), and Harri Rovanperä (1966).

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