RACING DRIVER

Tommi Mäkinen

1964 - Today

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Tommi Antero Mäkinen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈtomːi ˈmækinen]; born 26 June 1964) is a Finnish racing executive and former driver. Mäkinen is one of the most successful WRC drivers of all time, ranking fifth in rally wins (24) and third in championships (4), tied with Juha Kankkunen behind Sébastien Ogier (8) and Sébastien Loeb (9). In 2018, as a head of Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, he became the first person in the history of rally driving to win a Championship both as a driver and as a team principal.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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tommi Mäkinen has received more than 511,522 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Tommi Mäkinen is the 107th most popular racing driver (up from 118th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Finland (down from 81st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Finnish Racing Driver.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Tommi Mäkinens by language

Over the past year Tommi Mäkinen has had the most page views in the with 64,033 views, followed by Finnish (26,385), and Japanese (20,715). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Norwegian (Nynorsk) (53.52%), Egyptian Arabic (44.89%), and Ukrainian (40.65%)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Tommi Mäkinen ranks 107 out of 1,080. Before him are Jean Behra, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Henri Toivonen, Jarno Saarinen, David Purley, and Max Verstappen. After him are Jo Bonnier, Robert Manzon, Ralf Schumacher, Markku Alén, Andrea de Cesaris, and Sébastien Loeb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Tommi Mäkinen ranks 77. Before him are Bridget Fonda, Maggie Cheung, Don Cheadle, Dokka Umarov, Andy Hug, and Kaspar Capparoni. After him are Jorginho, Laura Linney, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Rossy de Palma, Melissa Gilbert, and Željko Komšić.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Tommi Mäkinen ranks 85 out of 751. Before him are Pekka Haavisto (1958), Henri Toivonen (1956), Jarno Saarinen (1945), Edvard Westermarck (1862), Matthias Castrén (1813), and Clas Thunberg (1893). After him are Yrjö Väisälä (1891), Liisi Oterma (1915), Elissa Aalto (1922), Markku Alén (1951), Aimo Cajander (1879), and Minna Canth (1844).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Finland

Among racing drivers born in Finland, Tommi Mäkinen ranks 8. Before him are Ari Vatanen (1952), Hannu Mikkola (1942), Kimi Räikkönen (1979), Juha Kankkunen (1959), Henri Toivonen (1956), and Jarno Saarinen (1945). After him are Markku Alén (1951), Mika Salo (1966), Rauno Aaltonen (1938), Timo Salonen (1951), Leo Kinnunen (1943), and Marcus Grönholm (1968).

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