HANNU MIKKOLA RALLY DRIVER

First stage we landed after a jump — gearbox. International Swedish Rally Int. A cold — no, freezing — night when the frost had already settled on the ground at 7pm. Over all those years, is there a favourite car — one that stands out more than the rest? We knew then that it was a good car, and it was quite easy to drive, so I could see that maybe this was the way to go. New kid tastes success in final Malaysian round Being the new kid on the block did not stop the Organic Touch — The first six months was a lot of work.

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That was a hard rally. Acropolis Rally Makes European Championship.

Hannu Mikkola - rally profile

Was this something that was inbred into the team? He started rallying in and won the Finnish Championship in andand the British Championship in Rallye Vltava Makes European Championship.

I uannu called Arne Hertz and spoke to him about it, then I stayed overnight in Ingolstadt and had breakfast with Stockmar the hannh morning. Four wins and three second places saw him and co-driver Arne Hertz finally take the World Championship title.

Hannu Mikkola

Cup for Rally Drivers 2. When I asked the police they told me it was on a 70km road section.

I had some great battles with Ari Vatanen, although he was very quick, but he crashed a lot! Rallye rlaly Bandama Ivory Coast. You were with Ford fromand frombut in between you drove for Toyota, winning the Lakes in a Corolla. What was behind that drive, in what was mijkola unproven car and an unproven team? New kid tastes success in final Malaysian round Being the new kid on the block did not stop the Organic Touch — Rallylegend - Legend Stars.

Tony Baker: Hannu Mikkola, rally driver.

We knew then that it was a good car, and it was quite easy to drive, so I could see that maybe this was the way to go. When I said yes, he said I could use that car and could send the bills to him! After a successful stint in Escorts, where he finished second in the World Championship in and ralky, he finally won the title at the wheel of the pioneering Audi Quattro in That was a rally, you know.

He remained with Mazda until entering semi-retirement inalthough he continued to make sporadic appearances on international rallies until retiring completely from motorsport in Then we got a new engineer — an hanbu car engineer — he saw what we have to do to try to save the car, and that was the wings and to get the aerodynamics right, and we did a lot of work with that.

Interview: 1983 World Rally Champion, Hannu Mikkola

Actually, I lost a lot of rallies because of technical problems, engine problems at the beginning and simple things that went wrong. Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo Int. It had very long stages — the longest took 12 hours 21 minutes to drive. It was very, very difficult to find the balance: Lake Superior Performance Rally.

Ford finished fourth and fifth with the Lotus Cortina in Finland in and I was third in a Volvo, so they knew me from then. With a memory as good as you could find, the then almost 61 year-old Finn showed why he really is one of the legends of the sport.

Then we did some extra rallies, uannu something in Jamaica, or something in New Zealand.

Sport Automikola stages in Acropolis source: Castrol National Rally Great Britain. Audis and the other four-wheel drive cars, they were a little bit beasts to drive with their understeer — especially with the Audi as it comes from a front-wheel drive car. I had a meeting with Ford boss Stuart Turner one morning when he came to my hotel room and offered me the drive.

But she still had to drive it and she did a fantastic job. Coupe des Alpes Makes European Championship. He is a long-time competitor, event organiser and official, as well as working in the media.