Juho Hänninen

Juho Hänninen
Personal information
Nationality Finnish
Born July 25, 1981 (1981-07-25) (age 30)
World Rally Championship record
Active years 2006 – present
Teams RRE Sports, Ralliart New Zealand
Rallies 33
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums 0
Stage wins 0
Total points 18
First rally 2006 Swedish Rally

Juho Ville Matias Hänninen (born July 25, 1981 in Punkaharju) is a Finnish rally driver. He is the current Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) champion and 2011 Super 2000 World Rally Championship (S-WRC) champion with co-driver Mikko Markkula driving a works entered Fabia S2000 for Red Bull Škoda.[1][2] He also won the 2004 Group N Finnish Rally Championship title, and debuted in the World Rally Championship during the 2006 season.

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Career

Hänninen who was born in Punkaharju debuted in the Finnish Rally Championship in 2003, finishing eighth overall in the Group n (small Group N) standings. The next year, he won the title in the same class at the wheel of an Honda Civic Type R. In 2005, he finished second in the Group N class with a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI.

Hänninen's first World Rally Championship event was the 2006 Swedish Rally, where he won the Group N class in his Lancer Evolution IX, and placed 15th overall. At his next rally, the Rally d'Italia Sardegna, Hänninen was again the fastest Group N driver and finished 14th overall. He competed in three more WRC events during the 2006 season, and achieved his best overall result at the Rally New Zealand, where he was ninth and second in the Group N class after Jari-Matti Latvala. In his debut in a World Rally Car in Finland, Hänninen was excluded for not wearing the correct fireproof underwear.[3] At the season-ending Rally GB, Hänninen competed in a Super 1600 -class Citroën C2 and finished 19th overall, ahead of all the Junior World Rally Championship contestants.

In the 2007 season, Hänninen did a full six-event Production World Rally Championship (PWRC) programme in the Lancer Evolution IX. He initially won the Swedish Rally but was later disqualified for non-homologated fuel pumps.[4] His best results then were a second place at the Rally GB and a third place in Argentina, and he placed fifth in the championship standings. He also competed in three World Rally Championship events in a Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05, taking his first WRC point by finishing eighth at the Rally d'Italia Sardegna.

In 2008, Hänninen is contesting the PWRC for the Ralliart New Zealand team. He won the Swedish Rally, also finishing eighth overall and taking his second WRC point, and the Rally Finland. He has also competed in two (IRC) events, taking fifth place with the Group N Lancer Evolution IX at the Rally Portugal and then winning his first rally in a Super 2000 car at the Rally Russia in a Peugeot 207 S2000.[5]

In 2009, Hänninen contested the IRC for Škoda in a Škoda Fabia S2000, winning in Russia for the second year in succession and finishing sixth in the championship. Hänninen continued his relation with Škoda for the 2010 season. He became IRC champion after winning the 2010 Rally Scotland. He scored 3 wins, four 2nd places and three 3rd places and 62 points. Hänninen won Rally Argentina, Rally d´Italia Sardegna and Rally Scotland. Also as in 2009, Hänninen competed in 2010 Rally Finland driving a Škoda Fabia for the Red Bull Rally Team, winning the S-WRC class.

For 2011, Hänninen competed in both IRC and S-WRC, driving for the Red Bull Škoda team in the S-WRC.[2] He became the S-WRC champion after winning the Rally Catalunya.[1]

Results

WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
2006 Juho Hänninen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MON SWE
15		 MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA
14		 GRE GER NZL
9		 - 0
Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 FIN
DSQ		 JPN CYP TUR AUS
Citroën C2 S1600 GBR
19
2007 RRE Sports Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MON SWE
DSQ		 ARG
11		 GRE
Ret		 NZL
19		 JPN
23		 IRE GBR
14		 22nd 1
Juho Hänninen Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 NOR
17		 MEX POR ITA
8		 FIN
Ret		 GER
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX ESP
DSQ		 FRA
2008 Ralliart New Zealand Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MON SWE
8		 MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE
20		 TUR FIN
13		 GER NZL
14		 JPN
10		 GBR
Ret		 21st 1
Juho Hänninen ESP
29		 FRA
24
2009 Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 IRE NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRC POL FIN
10		 AUS ESP GBR - 0
2010 Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE MEX JOR TUR NZL POR
Ret		 BUL FIN
9		 GER JPN FRA ESP GBR 20th 2
2011 Red Bull Škoda Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE MEX
8		 POR JOR ITA
8		 ARG GRE
8		 FIN
10		 DEU
20		 AUS FRA
26		 ESP
10		 GBR 16th 14

PWRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PWRC Points
2007 Juho Hänninen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX SWE
DSQ		 MEX 5th 18
RRE Sports ARG
3		 GRE
Ret		 NZL
7		 JPN
7		 IRE GBR
2
2008 Ralliart New Zealand Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX SWE
1		 ARG GRE
7		 TUR FIN
1		 NZL
5		 JPN
1		 GBR
Ret		 2nd 36

SWRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SWRC Points
2010 Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE MEX JOR NZL POR FIN
1		 DEU JPN FRA GBR 10th 25
2011 Red Bull Škoda Škoda Fabia S2000 MEX
2		 JOR ITA
2		 GRE
1		 FIN
1		 DEU
4		 FRA
5		 ESP
1		 1st 138

IRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 WDC Points
2008 Juho Hänninen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 TUR POR
5		 BEL POR CZE ESP ITA SWI CHI 8th 14
Peugeot 207 S2000 RUS
1
2009 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 MON
Ret		 BRA KEN POR
Ret		 BEL
5		 RUS
1		 POR CZE
3		 ESP ITA
8		 SCO 6th 21
2010 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 MON
2		 BRA
3		 ARG
1		 CAN
2		 ITA
1		 BEL
Ret		 AZO
3		 MAD
3		 CZE
2		 ITA
2		 SCO
1		 CYP
 1st 62
2011 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 MON
6		 CAN
1		 COR YAL
1		 YPR AZO
1		 ZLI
3		 MEC SAN SCO
2		 CYP
16		 3rd 125

References

  1. ^ a b "SWRC wrap: Hanninen takes win and title". World Rally Championship (International Sportsworld Communicators). 23 October 2011. http://www.wrc.com/swrc/news/swrc-wrap-hanninen-takes-win-and-title/?fid=15659. Retrieved 23 October 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Škoda and Red Bull teams up to appear in S-WRC". Škoda Motorsport. 21 December 2011. http://new.skoda-auto.com/COM/about/info/news/motorsport/News/Pages/2010_82_RadBull.aspx. Retrieved 28 December 2010. 
  3. ^ "Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05 driver scores points in Rally Finland". Mitsubishi Motors. http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/motorsports/e/06wrc/fin/index.html. Retrieved 2008-09-08. 
  4. ^ "PWRC: Hanninen excluded, Svedlund inherits win". Crash.net. http://www.crash.net/news_view~t~PWRC--Hanninen-excluded--Svedlund-inherits-win-~cid~4~id~143144.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-08. 
  5. ^ "Hanninen picks up maiden international success". Eurosport. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/13072008/29/hanninen-picks-maiden-international-success.html. Retrieved 2008-09-08. 

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Kris Meeke		 Intercontinental Rally Challenge Champion
2010		 Succeeded by
Andreas Mikkelsen