Timo Rautiainen (co-driver)

Timo Rautiainen
Rautiainen and Grönholm celebrating victory at the 2004 Rally Finland
Personal information
NationalityFinland Finnish
Born (1964-11-13) 13 November 1964 (age 59)
Espoo, Finland
World Rally Championship record
Active years1990, 1995–2007, 2009–2010, 2019
DriverFinland Marcus Grönholm
TeamsToyota, Peugeot, Ford
Rallies145
Championships2 (2000, 2002)
Rally wins30
Podiums61
Stage wins540
First rally1990 1000 Lakes Rally
First win2000 Swedish Rally
Last win2007 Rally New Zealand
Last rally2019 Rally Sweden

Timo Rautiainen (born 13 November 1964) is a Finnish former rally co-driver. He is best known for co-driving for Marcus Grönholm from 1995 to 2007. Rautiainen and Grönholm drove for Peugeot (2000–05) and Ford (2006-07) in the World Rally Championship, and won 30 world rallies and two drivers' world championship titles together.[1] Rautiainen is married to Grönholm's sister.[2]

Rautiainen, along with Grönholm, appeared in the first season of Amazing Race Suomi where they finished fifth place.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Timo Rautiainen". RallyBase. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
  2. ^ "More on Timo Rautiainen: A long-standing friendship with Marcus Grönholm". infoRally. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  3. ^ Liukkonen, Anuliina (2023-12-18). "Näkökulma: Näistä syistä Amazing Race Suomi ei täyttänyt odotuksia". Seiska.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-08-05.


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