Juho Hänninen

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Juho Hänninen

Juho Hänninen in 2013
Personal information
Nationality	Finnish
Born	(1981-07-25) 25 July 1981 (age 40) Punkaharju, Finland
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2006–2011, 2013–2015, 2017, 2019–2020
Teams	RRE Sports, Ralliart New Zealand, Hyundai, Toyota
Rallies	57[a]
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	1
Stage wins	10
Total points	125
First rally	2006 Swedish Rally
Last rally	2020 Rally Sweden

Juho Ville Matias Hänninen (born 25 July 1981) is a Finnish rally driver. He is the 2010 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.

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 a 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 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]

He took his first ever stage win in the World Rally Championship at the 2013 Monte Carlo Rally, setting the fastest time on stage nine. On 8 July, Hyundai confirmed that it had signed Hänninen as an official test driver to develop the Hyundai i20 WRC.^[6]

Results[]

WRC results[]

As driver[]

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		NC	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		19th	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					NC	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	GER 20	AUS	FRA 26	ESP 10	GBR				16th	14
2013	Qatar World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON Ret	SWE 6	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA										15th	8
	Juho Hänninen									FIN 32	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR
2014	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	Hyundai i20 WRC	MON	SWE 19	MEX	POR 8	ARG	ITA Ret	POL 6	FIN 6	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR 30				13th	20
2015	Juho Hänninen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN 6	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR				14th	8
2017	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	MON 16	SWE 23	MEX 7	FRA Ret	ARG 7	POR 7	ITA 6	POL 10	FIN 3	GER 4	ESP 4	GBR Ret	AUS				9th	71
2019	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Toyota Yaris WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA Ret	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS C			NC	0

As co-driver[]

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	WDC	Points
2020	Latvala Motorsport	Toyota Yaris WRC	MON	SWE Ret	MEX	EST	TUR	ITA	MNZ	NC	0

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	GER	JPN	FRA	GBR	10th	25
2011	Red Bull Škoda	Škoda Fabia S2000	MEX 2	JOR	ITA 2	GRE 1	FIN 1	GER 4	FRA 5	ESP 1			1st	138

IRC results[]

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Points
2008	Juho Hänninen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	TUR	POR 5	BEL			CZE	ESP	ITA	SWI	CHI				8th	14
		Peugeot 207 S2000				1
2009	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia S2000	MON Ret		KEN	POR Ret	BEL 5	1		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
2012	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia S2000	2		IRL 1			1			ZLI 1			Ret		3rd	93

ERC results[]

Year	Car	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	ERC	Points
2012	Škoda Fabia S2000	Škoda Motorsport	2	4	1		1	1	7	CZE 1				1st	203

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External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Juho Hänninen.

• Official website
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• Hänninen at RallyBase
• Juho Hänninen on Twitter

Sporting positions
Preceded by Kris Meeke	Intercontinental Rally Challenge Champion 2010	Succeeded by Andreas Mikkelsen
Preceded by Luca Rossetti	European Rally Champion 2012	Succeeded by Jan Kopecký