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Pauli Toivonen Born August 22 1929 in Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä

Jyv?skyl? is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland located in Central Finland, north-east of Tampere and north of Helsinki, near the lakes P?ij?nne and Lake Keitele....
, 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....
, Died February 14 2005 was a Finnish
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....
 rally car driver. He drove for Citroën
Citroën

Citro?n is a France automobile manufacturer, founded in 1919 by Andr? Citro?n, it was the world's first mass-production car company outside of the USA....
, Lancia
Lancia

Lancia Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italy automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia and which became part of the Fiat in 1969. The company has a long history of producing distinctive cars and also has a strong rally heritage....
 and Porsche
Porsche

Porsche SE or Porsche is a Germany automotive industry of luxury vehicle automobiles, which is majority-owned by the Porsche family and Pi?ch families....
 and had many successes to his credit. Pauli was the father of Harri
Harri Toivonen

Harri Toivonen is a former Finland rallying and race car driver. He is the younger brother of Henri Toivonen and son of Pauli Toivonen.His first World Rally Championship outcome was at the 1980 1000 Lakes Rally in a Chrysler Avenger, former car of his brother Henri....
 and 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....
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Whilst Pauli Toivonen was mainly known for driving rally cars, he also drove for Porsche in World Sportscar Championship
World Sportscar Championship

The World Sportscar Championship was the world series run for sports car racing by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile from 1953 to 1992....
 races and for Renault
Renault

Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, buses, tractors, and trucks. Due to its alliance with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., it is currently the world's 4th largest automaker.It owns the Romanian automaker Dacia and the Korean automaker Renault Samsung Motors....
 in the 24 Hours of Le Mans
24 Hours of Le Mans

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is a sports car racing endurance racing held annually since near the town of Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Commonly known as the Grand Prix of Endurance, it is organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest and runs on a Circuit de la Sarthe containing closed public roads that are meant not only to test a car and dr...
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Toivonen was awarded a controversial first place on the 1966 Monte Carlo Rally
Monte Carlo Rally

The Monte Carlo Rally is a rallying event organized each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco who also organizes the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix and the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique....
 after a protest by the Citroën team manager against the top finishing British cars.






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Pauli Toivonen Born August 22 1929 in Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä

Jyv?skyl? is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland located in Central Finland, north-east of Tampere and north of Helsinki, near the lakes P?ij?nne and Lake Keitele....
, 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....
, Died February 14 2005 was a Finnish
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....
 rally car driver. He drove for Citroën
Citroën

Citro?n is a France automobile manufacturer, founded in 1919 by Andr? Citro?n, it was the world's first mass-production car company outside of the USA....
, Lancia
Lancia

Lancia Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italy automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia and which became part of the Fiat in 1969. The company has a long history of producing distinctive cars and also has a strong rally heritage....
 and Porsche
Porsche

Porsche SE or Porsche is a Germany automotive industry of luxury vehicle automobiles, which is majority-owned by the Porsche family and Pi?ch families....
 and had many successes to his credit. Pauli was the father of Harri
Harri Toivonen

Harri Toivonen is a former Finland rallying and race car driver. He is the younger brother of Henri Toivonen and son of Pauli Toivonen.His first World Rally Championship outcome was at the 1980 1000 Lakes Rally in a Chrysler Avenger, former car of his brother Henri....
 and 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....
.

Whilst Pauli Toivonen was mainly known for driving rally cars, he also drove for Porsche in World Sportscar Championship
World Sportscar Championship

The World Sportscar Championship was the world series run for sports car racing by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile from 1953 to 1992....
 races and for Renault
Renault

Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, buses, tractors, and trucks. Due to its alliance with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., it is currently the world's 4th largest automaker.It owns the Romanian automaker Dacia and the Korean automaker Renault Samsung Motors....
 in the 24 Hours of Le Mans
24 Hours of Le Mans

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is a sports car racing endurance racing held annually since near the town of Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Commonly known as the Grand Prix of Endurance, it is organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest and runs on a Circuit de la Sarthe containing closed public roads that are meant not only to test a car and dr...
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Toivonen was awarded a controversial first place on the 1966 Monte Carlo Rally
Monte Carlo Rally

The Monte Carlo Rally is a rallying event organized each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco who also organizes the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix and the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique....
 after a protest by the Citroën team manager against the top finishing British cars. As a result, the top three placing Mini
Mini

The Mini is a small Automobile that was produced by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered an icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers....
s of 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....
, Rauno Aaltonen
Rauno Aaltonen

Rauno August Aaltonen , also known as "The Rally Professor", is a Finland former professional rallying driver who competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1970s....
 and Paddy Hopkirk
Paddy Hopkirk

Patrick Barron "Paddy" Hopkirk is a former rally driver from Northern Ireland.Alongside Henry Liddon he won the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally in a Mini Cooper car number 37, license plate/registration tag 33 EJB....
 and Roger Clark
Roger Clark

Roger Albert Clark, MBE, was a United Kingdom rally driver during the 1960s and '70s, and the first competitor from his country to win a World Rally Championship event when he triumphed at the 1976 RAC Rally....
's 4th place Ford Cortina
Ford Cortina

The Ford Cortina is a mid-sized family car built by Ford of Britain in various guises from 1962 to 1982.The Cortina was Ford's mass-market mid-sized car and sold in enormous numbers, making it common on British roads....
 were disqualified. The reason given by rally officials was that the headlamp bulbs were not homologated following a last minute rule change. Toivonen was so embarrassed that he boycotted the post-rally awards ceremony and never drove for Citroën again.

As a result, Pauli did not brag about his victory in the prestigious Monte Carlo rally because he felt he had not deserved the victory. However, when his son, Henri came first the same event twenty years later - this time in a convincing manner - Pauli was heard to say: "Now the name of Toivonen has been cleared."

Pauli was European Rally champion in 1968 and won four other events for Porsche in the same year.

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....
 and Sergio Cresto
Sergio Cresto

Sergio Cresto was the co-driver of Henri Toivonen at the Lancia Martini Racing team for the 1986 World Rally Championship season World Rally Championship season....
 (his co-driver) both died when their Lancia left the road and caught fire during the 1986 Tour de Corse. Henri was just 29 years old - having achieved more in his short life than most rally drivers manage in their entire careers.

Notable Victories


Year Rally Finish Car Co-driver
1961 Thousand Lakes Rally 2nd Citroën Jaakko Kallio
1962 Thousand Lakes Rally 1st Citroën DS19 Jaakko Kallio
1963 Monte Carlo Rally 2nd Citroën DS19 A. Jarvi
1965 Thousand Lakes Rally 3rd Volkswagen 1500S Kalevi Leivo
1966 Monte Carlo Rally 1st Citroën DS21 E. Mikander
1967 Swedish Rally 6th Lancia Ahava
Tour de Corse 2nd Lancia M. Tiukkanen
Thousand Lakes Rally 7th Lancia Salonen
1968 Monte Carlo Rally 2nd Porsche 911T M. Tiukkanen
Acropolis Rally 3rd Porsche 911T M. Kolari
West German Rally 1st Porsche 911T M. Kolari
East German Rally 1st Porsche 911T M. Kolari
San Remo Rally 1st Porsche 911T M. Tiukkanen
Castrol-Danube Rally 1st Porsche 911T M. Tiukkanen
Geneva Rally 1st Porsche 911T Vihervaava
European Champion   
1969 Acropolis 1st Porsche 911S M. Kolari


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