Tapio Laukkanen
Finnish rally driver (born 1969)
Tapio Laukkanen (born 23 September 1969) is a Finnish rally driver. He was born in Lahti.
In 1996 he won the Finnish Rally Championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTi, in 1999 he won the British Rally Championship with a Renault Mégane Maxi twinned with fellow Finn, Kaj Lindström and in 2016 he won the Kenyan National Rally Championship in a Subaru Impreza
Other co-drivers include Jorma Kaikkonen, Risto Mannisenmäki, Tapio Järvi, Ilkka Riipinen and Rory Kennedy, Gavin Lawrence
References
External links
- Laukkanen's rally statistics
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| Preceded by Martin Rowe | Autosport National Rally Driver of the Year 1999 | Succeeded by Mark Higgins |
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Winners of Autosport's National Driver of the Year
- 1982: Tommy Byrne
- 1983: Martin Brundle
- 1984: Johnny Dumfries
- 1985: Andy Rouse
- 1986: Andy Wallace
- 1987: Johnny Herbert
- 1988: JJ Lehto
- 1989: Allan McNish
- 1990: Robb Gravett
- 1991: David Coulthard
- 1992: Tim Harvey
- 1993: Kelvin Burt
- 1994: Gabriele Tarquini
- 1995: John Cleland
- 1996: Frank Biela
- 1997: Alain Menu
- 1998: Rickard Rydell
- 1999: Laurent Aïello
- 2000: Antônio Pizzonia
- 2001: Takuma Sato
- 2002: Robbie Kerr
- 2003: Nelson Piquet Jr.
- 2004: James Thompson
- 2005: Matt Neal
- 2006: Mike Conway
- 2007: Jason Plato
- 1982: Malcolm Patrick
- 1983: Darryl Weidner
- 1984: David Llewellin
- 1985: Mark Lovell
- 1986: Ken Wood
- 1987: Louise Aitken-Walker
- 1988: Malcolm Wilson
- 1989–90: David Llewellin
- 1991–92: Colin McRae
- 1993: Richard Burns
- 1994: Malcolm Wilson
- 1995: Alister McRae
- 1996: Gwyndaf Evans
- 1997: Mark Higgins
- 1998: Martin Rowe
- 1999: Tapio Laukkanen
- 2000: Mark Higgins
- 2001–02: Justin Dale
- 2003: Martin Rowe
- 2004: Guy Wilks
- 2005–07: Mark Higgins
- 2008: Oliver Turvey
- 2009: Colin Turkington
- 2010: Jason Plato
- 2011: Matt Neal
- 2012: Gordon Shedden
- 2013: Andrew Jordan
- 2014: Colin Turkington
- 2015–16: Gordon Shedden
- 2017: Lando Norris
- 2018: Dan Ticktum
- 2019: Colin Turkington
- 2020: Harry King
- 2021: Ashley Sutton
- 2022: Tom Ingram
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