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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 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Tommi Mäkinen is the 118th most popular racing driver (up from 128th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Finland (up from 93rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Finnish Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Tommi Mäkinen ranks 118 out of 888Before him are Henri Toivonen, Jarno Saarinen, Ludovico Scarfiotti, Max Verstappen, Andrea de Cesaris, and Piero Taruffi. After him are Thierry Boutsen, Juha Kankkunen, Mika Salo, Helmuth Koinigg, John Watson, and Markku Alén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Tommi Mäkinen ranks 74Before him are Maggie Cheung, Dokka Umarov, Željko Komšić, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Paul Landers, and Rossy de Palma. After him are Magnús Scheving, Robert Fico, Mary-Louise Parker, Andy Hug, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, and Melissa Gilbert.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Tommi Mäkinen ranks 81 out of 642Before him are Matti Järvinen (1909), Henri Toivonen (1956), Juhani Aho (1861), Jarno Saarinen (1945), Eero Aarnio (1932), and Fredrika Bremer (1801). After him are Juha Kankkunen (1959), Mika Salo (1966), Marco Hietala (1966), Yrjö Väisälä (1891), Markku Alén (1951), and Arvid Horn (1664).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Finland

Among racing drivers born in Finland, Tommi Mäkinen ranks 7Before him are Mika Häkkinen (1968), Kimi Räikkönen (1979), Hannu Mikkola (1942), Ari Vatanen (1952), Henri Toivonen (1956), and Jarno Saarinen (1945). After him are Juha Kankkunen (1959), Mika Salo (1966), Markku Alén (1951), Rauno Aaltonen (1938), Valtteri Bottas (1989), and Timo Salonen (1951).