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Tommi Mäkinen is a Finnish rally driver and a champion of the WRC rally racing series. He won the championship in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999. He also won the 2000 Race of Champions.
Facts - First rally car: Ford Escort RS 2000 (1985) - First rally: Nokia Rally 12.10.1985 - First World Rally championship event: Jyväskylä Thousand Lakes Rally 1987 - First World Rally win: Jyväskylän Suurajot (Neste Rally Finland) 1994 - Four times world champion with Mitsubishi
World Rally Championship event wins (24): - Finland 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 - Sweden 1996, 1998, 1999 - Kenya 1996, 2001 - Argentina 1996, 1997, 1998 - Australia 1996, 1998 - Portugal 1997, - Spain 1997, - San Remo 1998, 1999 - Monte Carlo 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 - New Zealand 1999