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Arctic Rally

Arctic Rally, currently Arctic Lapland Rally and also known as Tunturiralli, is an annual rally

Rallying

Rallying is a form of motor competition that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars....
competition held on ice and snow covered roads in Rovaniemi

Rovaniemi

Rovaniemi is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland of Finland. It is the administrative Capital and the centre of commerce of Finland's northernmost Province, Lapland, Finland....
, Lapland

Lapland Province

The Province of Lapland is one of the Provinces of Finland of Finland. The municipalities in the province cooperate in a Regional Councils of Finland, which also makes it the Region of Lapland....
, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
. It has been organized continuously since 1966. The rally is currently only part of the Finnish Rally Championship

Finnish Rally Championship

The Finnish Rally Championship is the national Rallying championship in Finland. The series currently has three classes; Group A , Group N and a group "n" for Group N cars with a 2000 Cubic centimetre engine limit....
, having previously been a round of the European Rally Championship

European Rally Championship

The European Rally Championship is the European continental championship series in rallying. It is organised by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
until 2004 and the World Rally Championship

World Rally Championship

The World Rally Championship is a rallying series organised by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer....
's FIA Cup for Drivers in 1977

World Rally Championship 1977 results

The 1977 World Rally Championship season was the fifth season of the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile World Rally Championship . The schedule was expanded by one event to 11, with some changes to the locations visited....
and 1978

World Rally Championship 1978 results

The 1978 World Rally Championship season was the sixth season of the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile World Rally Championship . The schedule remained largely similar to the previous year, with the exception of the removal of New Zealand from the schedule in favor of the...
.

The rally has been won by five World Rally Champions

List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions

The World Rally Championship is a rallying series administrated by F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile , motorsport's world governing body. The series currently consists of 15 three-day events driven on surfaces that range from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice....
: Marcus Grönholm

Marcus Grönholm

Marcus "Bosse" Gr?nholm is a former Finland rallying driver. Driving for Peugeot, he won the World Rally Championship in 2000 World Rally Championship season and 2002 World Rally Championship season....
, Tommi Mäkinen

Tommi Mäkinen

"Turbo" Tommi Antero M?kinen He is a four-time World Rally Championship List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions, a series he first won, and then successfully defended, continuously throughout 1996 World Rally Championship season, 1997 World Rally Championship season, 1998 World Rally Championship season and 1999 World Rally Cham...
, Hannu Mikkola

Hannu Mikkola

Hannu Olavi Mikkola is a retired world champion rallying driver. He was a seven time winner of the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland and won the RAC Rally in Great Britain four times....
, Timo Salonen

Timo Salonen

Timo Salonen is a Finland former rallying driver and the 1985 World Rally Championship season world champion for Peugeot. It was commented of him that he stood out from other drivers, because he was overweight, wore thick glasses and smoked heavily, but still remained one of the fastest and most competitive drivers in the sport....
and Ari Vatanen

Ari Vatanen

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Arctic Rally, currently Arctic Lapland Rally and also known as Tunturiralli, is an annual rally

Rallying

Rovaniemi

Lapland Province

Finland

Finnish Rally Championship

European Rally Championship

World Rally Championship

World Rally Championship 1977 results

World Rally Championship 1978 results

List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions

Marcus Grönholm

Tommi Mäkinen

Hannu Mikkola

Hannu Olavi Mikkola is a retired world champion rallying driver. He was a seven time winner of the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland and won the RAC Rally in Great Britain four times....
, Timo Salonen

Timo Salonen

Ari Vatanen

Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen is a Finland rally driver turned politician and Member of the European Parliament. Vatanen won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1981 and the Paris Dakar Rally four times....
. In recent years, it has attracted competitors from circuit racing. The 2009 entry list included four current or former Formula One

Formula One

Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
drivers; JJ Lehto finished ninth on his tenth Arctic Rally, Kimi Räikkönen

Kimi Räikkönen

Kimi-Matias R?ikk?nen , nicknamed Iceman, is a Finnish Formula One race car driver, currently driving for Scuderia Ferrari. He was the 2007 Formula One List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions....
13th on his first-ever rally competition, Mika Häkkinen

Mika Häkkinen

Mika Pauli H?kkinen is a Finland auto racing and two-time Formula One champion. He was Michael Schumacher's greatest rival in F1. The German has said himself that H?kkinen is the rival he respected the most during his Formula One career....
19th on his fourth outing in the event while a gearbox failure ended Mika Salo

Mika Salo

Mika Juhani Salo is a Finnish racing driver. He competed in Formula One between and . His best ranking was 10th in the world championship in 1999....
's third Arctic Rally.

Winners

Year	Driver	Car
2009		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, colloquially known as the Lancer Evo, LanEvo, or Evo, is a car manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors....
2008		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, colloquially known as the Lancer Evo, LanEvo, or Evo, is a car manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors....
2007	Kosti Katajamäki Kosti Katajamäki Kosti Katajam?ki is a Rallying driver from Finland. He made his rallying debut in 1997 in a Ford Escort RS2000. He won the Group N#Rally racing class of the Finnish Rally Championship in 2001 and the Group A class in 2005....	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, colloquially known as the Lancer Evo, LanEvo, or Evo, is a car manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors....
2006	Kosti Katajamäki Kosti Katajamäki Kosti Katajam?ki is a Rallying driver from Finland. He made his rallying debut in 1997 in a Ford Escort RS2000. He won the Group N#Rally racing class of the Finnish Rally Championship in 2001 and the Group A class in 2005....	Ford Focus WRC Ford Focus WRC The Ford Focus Template:Ford_RS_series WRC is a car built for the BP Ford World Rally Team by Malcolm Wilson 's M-Sport and based on the Ford Focus Climate 2 litre production hatchback, developed to compete in the World Rally Championship....
2005	Juuso Pykälistö Juuso Pykälistö Juuso Pyk?list? is a Finland rally driver. He has driven in the World Rally Championship with Citro?n and Peugeot. Pyk?list? has won the Arctic Rally twice....	Ford Focus WRC Ford Focus WRC The Ford Focus Template:Ford_RS_series WRC is a car built for the BP Ford World Rally Team by Malcolm Wilson 's M-Sport and based on the Ford Focus Climate 2 litre production hatchback, developed to compete in the World Rally Championship....
2004		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, colloquially known as the Lancer Evo, LanEvo, or Evo, is a car manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors....
2003	Janne Tuohino Janne Tuohino Janne Tuohino was born on the 22 May, 1975 in Kiiminki, Finland.His rallying career began in 1993 when he entered a Toyota Starlet in a rally sprint....	Ford Focus WRC Ford Focus WRC The Ford Focus Template:Ford_RS_series WRC is a car built for the BP Ford World Rally Team by Malcolm Wilson 's M-Sport and based on the Ford Focus Climate 2 litre production hatchback, developed to compete in the World Rally Championship....
2002	Juuso Pykälistö Juuso Pykälistö Juuso Pyk?list? is a Finland rally driver. He has driven in the World Rally Championship with Citro?n and Peugeot. Pyk?list? has won the Arctic Rally twice....	Toyota Corolla WRC
2001		Toyota Corolla WRC
2000	Thomas Rådström Thomas Rådström Thomas R?dstr?m , nicknamed "R?dis", is a rally racing and rallycross driver from Sweden. He was one of the leading drivers of the National Swedish Rallycross Championship series during the second half of the 1980s....	Toyota Corolla WRC
1999		Toyota Corolla WRC
1998	Marcus Grönholm Marcus Grönholm Marcus "Bosse" Gr?nholm is a former Finland rallying driver. Driving for Peugeot, he won the World Rally Championship in 2000 World Rally Championship season and 2002 World Rally Championship season....	Toyota Celica GT-Four Toyota Celica GT-Four The Toyota Celica GT-Four is a high performance model of the Toyota Celica liftback, with a turbocharged Toyota 3S-GTE engine engine, and full-time AWD....
1997	Marcus Grönholm Marcus Grönholm Marcus "Bosse" Gr?nholm is a former Finland rallying driver. Driving for Peugeot, he won the World Rally Championship in 2000 World Rally Championship season and 2002 World Rally Championship season....	Toyota Celica GT-Four Toyota Celica GT-Four The Toyota Celica GT-Four is a high performance model of the Toyota Celica liftback, with a turbocharged Toyota 3S-GTE engine engine, and full-time AWD....
1996	Marcus Grönholm Marcus Grönholm Marcus "Bosse" Gr?nholm is a former Finland rallying driver. Driving for Peugeot, he won the World Rally Championship in 2000 World Rally Championship season and 2002 World Rally Championship season....	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
1995	Sebastian Lindholm Sebastian Lindholm Sebastian "Basti" Lindholm is a rallying driver from Finland. He is a cousin of Marcus Gr?nholm. Lindholm has won the Finnish Rally Championship eight times; 1990, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006....	Ford Escort RS Cosworth Ford Escort RS Cosworth The Escort RS Cosworth was a sports derivative of the Ford Escort . It was available from 1992-96 and in very limited numbers.It was instantly recognisable due to its large whale tail rear spoiler....
1994		Mitsubishi Galant VR4
1993		Mazda 323 4WD
1992		Mitsubishi Galant VR4
1991		Mazda 323 4WD
1990		Lancia Delta HF Integrale
1989	Tommi Mäkinen Tommi Mäkinen "Turbo" Tommi Antero M?kinen He is a four-time World Rally Championship List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions, a series he first won, and then successfully defended, continuously throughout 1996 World Rally Championship season, 1997 World Rally Championship season, 1998 World Rally Championship season and 1999 World Rally Cham...	Lancia Delta HF Integrale
1988		Audi Coupé Quattro Audi coupe quattro The Audi Coup? quattro was introduced in very late 1984, and was based on the updated Audi Coupe GT, introduced in the Autumn of 1984.The updated GT was given a new sloped radiator grille and headlights, large wrap-around bumpers with integrated spotlights and turn signals, plastic sill covers, and the large rear spoiler from the Audi Quat...
1987		Mazda 323 4WD
1986		Audi Quattro Audi Quattro The Audi Quattro is a road and rallying, produced by the Germany automotive industry Audi, part of the Volkswagen Group. It was the first four-wheel drive grand tourer since the Jensen FF of 1966....
1985		Audi Quattro Audi Quattro The Audi Quattro is a road and rallying, produced by the Germany automotive industry Audi, part of the Volkswagen Group. It was the first four-wheel drive grand tourer since the Jensen FF of 1966....
1984		Audi Quattro Audi Quattro The Audi Quattro is a road and rallying, produced by the Germany automotive industry Audi, part of the Volkswagen Group. It was the first four-wheel drive grand tourer since the Jensen FF of 1966....
1983		Audi Quattro Audi Quattro The Audi Quattro is a road and rallying, produced by the Germany automotive industry Audi, part of the Volkswagen Group. It was the first four-wheel drive grand tourer since the Jensen FF of 1966....
1982	Timo Salonen Timo Salonen Timo Salonen is a Finland former rallying driver and the 1985 World Rally Championship season world champion for Peugeot. It was commented of him that he stood out from other drivers, because he was overweight, wore thick glasses and smoked heavily, but still remained one of the fastest and most competitive drivers in the sport....	Datsun Violet GT
1981	Ulf Grönholm Ulf Grönholm Ulf Gr?nholm was a two-time Finnish Rally Championship rally driver, from Finland. He was the father of eventual 2000 World Rally Championship season and 2002 World Rally Championship season World Rally Championship, Marcus Gr?nholm....	Fiat 131 Abarth
1980	Henri Toivonen Henri Toivonen Henri Toivonen was a Finland rallying driver born in Jyv?skyl?, the home of Rally Finland. His father, Pauli Toivonen, was the 1968 European Rally Championship for Porsche and his brother, Harri Toivonen, became a professional circuit racing....	Talbot Sunbeam Lotus
1979	Leo Kinnunen Leo Kinnunen Leo Juhani "Leksa" Kinnunen is a Finland former car racer, the first Formula One driver from his country. He is also remembered for his success in sportscar racing and rallying....	Porsche 911 S Porsche 911 The Porsche 911 is a sports car made by Porsche Aktiengesellschaft of Stuttgart, Germany. The famous, distinctive, and durable design is notable for being rear engined like the Porsche-designed Volkswagen Beetle it had been based on....
1978	Ari Vatanen Ari Vatanen Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen is a Finland rally driver turned politician and Member of the European Parliament. Vatanen won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1981 and the Paris Dakar Rally four times....	Ford Escort RS1800
1977	Ari Vatanen Ari Vatanen Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen is a Finland rally driver turned politician and Member of the European Parliament. Vatanen won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1981 and the Paris Dakar Rally four times....	Ford Escort RS1800
1976		Saab 96 V4 Saab 96 The Saab 96 is an automobile made by Saab Automobile. It was introduced in 1960 and was produced until January 1980, a run of 20 years. Like the Saab 93 it replaced, the 96 was a development from the old Saab 92 chassis and, on account of its improvements and modernisation, it opened new markets for the company....
1975	Simo Lampinen Simo Lampinen Simo Lampinen is a Finland former rallying, and one of the first of the "Flying Finn " who came to dominate the sport....	Saab 96 V4 Saab 96 The Saab 96 is an automobile made by Saab Automobile. It was introduced in 1960 and was produced until January 1980, a run of 20 years. Like the Saab 93 it replaced, the 96 was a development from the old Saab 92 chassis and, on account of its improvements and modernisation, it opened new markets for the company....
1974		Saab 96 V4 Saab 96 The Saab 96 is an automobile made by Saab Automobile. It was introduced in 1960 and was produced until January 1980, a run of 20 years. Like the Saab 93 it replaced, the 96 was a development from the old Saab 92 chassis and, on account of its improvements and modernisation, it opened new markets for the company....
1973	Timo Mäkinen Timo Mäkinen Timo M?kinen, born 18 March 1938, in Helsinki, Finland, was one of the original "Flying Finn " of motor rallying. He is most famous for his hat-trick of wins in the RAC Rally, at the wheel of a Ford Escort #Ford Escort Mark I , preceded only by Erik Carlsson in that feat....	Ford Escort RS1600
1972	Leo Kinnunen Leo Kinnunen Leo Juhani "Leksa" Kinnunen is a Finland former car racer, the first Formula One driver from his country. He is also remembered for his success in sportscar racing and rallying....	Porsche 911 S Porsche 911 The Porsche 911 is a sports car made by Porsche Aktiengesellschaft of Stuttgart, Germany. The famous, distinctive, and durable design is notable for being rear engined like the Porsche-designed Volkswagen Beetle it had been based on....
1971		Porsche 911 S Porsche 911 The Porsche 911 is a sports car made by Porsche Aktiengesellschaft of Stuttgart, Germany. The famous, distinctive, and durable design is notable for being rear engined like the Porsche-designed Volkswagen Beetle it had been based on....
1970	Hannu Mikkola Hannu Mikkola Hannu Olavi Mikkola is a retired world champion rallying driver. He was a seven time winner of the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland and won the RAC Rally in Great Britain four times....	Ford Escort Twin-Cam Ford Escort Over the years, the name 'Ford Escort' has been used for several models.For more information, see:* Ford Squire* Ford Escort * Ford Escort ...
1969		Porsche 911 S Porsche 911 The Porsche 911 is a sports car made by Porsche Aktiengesellschaft of Stuttgart, Germany. The famous, distinctive, and durable design is notable for being rear engined like the Porsche-designed Volkswagen Beetle it had been based on....
1968		VW 1600 L Volkswagen Volkswagen Passenger Cars, also known as VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany and is the original as well as the largest brand by sales volume within the Volkswagen Group....
1967		VW 1600 L Volkswagen Volkswagen Passenger Cars, also known as VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany and is the original as well as the largest brand by sales volume within the Volkswagen Group....
1966		VW 1600 L Volkswagen Volkswagen Passenger Cars, also known as VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany and is the original as well as the largest brand by sales volume within the Volkswagen Group....

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