Juuso Pykälistö

Juuso Pykälistö
Juuso Pykälistö driving a Peugeot 206 WRC at the 2003 Swedish Rally
Personal information
NationalityFinland Finnish
Born (1975-05-21) 21 May 1975 (age 49)
Padasjoki, Finland
World Rally Championship record
Active years1996 – 2005
Co-driverFinland Esko Mertsalmi
Finland Risto Mannisenmäki
Finland Mika Ovaskainen
TeamsBozian, Kronos, OMV World Rally Team
Rallies25
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points1
First rally1996 Rally Finland
Last rally2005 Rally d'Italia Sardegna

Juuso Pykälistö (born 21 May 1975) is a Finnish rally driver, born in Padasjoki. He has driven in the World Rally Championship with Citroën and Peugeot. Pykälistö has won the Arctic Rally twice. His best showing was 8th in 2005 at Sardinia. From 2004 through 2006, Pykälistö was a test driver for Citroën, testing the new Citroën C4 WRC on gravel. As of 2020, Pykälistö is a medical helicopter pilot at Tampere–Pirkkala Airport.[1] He lives in Nurmijärvi.

Complete WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1996 Juuso Pykälistö Opel Astra GSi 16V SWE KEN IDN GRC ARG FIN
Ret 		AUS ITA ESP - 0
1997 Juuso Pykälistö Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FIN
Ret 		IDN ITA AUS GBR - 0
1998 Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo IV MON SWE
Ret 		KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FIN
Ret 		ITA AUS GBR
Ret 		- 0
1999 Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo IV MON SWE
Ret 		KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL - 0
Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo IV FIN
Ret 		CHN ITA AUS GBR
2000 Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI MON SWE
17 		KEN POR ESP ARG GRC NZL FIN
18 		CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR - 0
2001 Juuso Pykälistö Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWE POR ESP ARG CYP GRC KEN FIN
Ret 		NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR - 0
2002 Juuso Pykälistö Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWE
11 		FRA ESP CYP
Ret 		ARG GRC KEN - 0
Peugeot 206 WRC FIN
Ret 		GER ITA GBR
Ret
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI NZL
26 		AUS
Ret
2003 Juuso Pykälistö Peugeot 206 WRC MON SWE
Ret 		- 0
Bozian Racing TUR
11 		NZL ARG GRC
Ret 		CYP
Ret 		GER FIN
9 		AUS ITA FRA ESP GBR
9
2004 Kronos Racing Citroën Xsara WRC MON SWE MEX NZL CYP GRC TUR ARG FIN
Ret 		GER JPN GBR ITA
Ret 		FRA ESP AUS - 0
2005 OMV World Rally Team Citroën Xsara WRC MON SWE MEX NZL ITA
8 		CYP TUR GRC ARG FIN GER GBR JPN FRA ESP AUS 27th 1

References

  1. ^ Arkimies, Tuomas (May 11, 2020). "Muistatko Juuso Pykälistön? Entinen rallikuski lentää nyt lääkärihelikopteria – tehnyt yllättävän havainnon pelastustöissään". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved March 31, 2021.


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