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    Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen (pronounced [ˈɑri ˈʋɑtɑnen] ; born 27 April 1952) is a Finnish rally driver turned politician and a Member of the European Parliament...
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    manufacturer Peugeot arrived and won the event with former World Rally champion Ari Vatanen. The 1987 event was also notable for a ferocious head-to-head duel between...
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  • Vatanen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ari Vatanen (born 1952), Finnish rally driver and politician Jussi Vatanen (1875–1936)...
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    Paris-Dakar when he tossed a coin to decide between his two drivers Ari Vatanen and Jacky Ickx to ensure that their rivalry would not lead to one of...
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    six wins during the season, by three points. Sainz's victory ahead of Ari Vatanen and Kankkunen, combined with Auriol's retirement, confirmed the title...
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    for Ari Vatanen and Jacky Ickx. At the 1988 Rally of Tunisia, Mouton drove a 205 T16 Grand Raid chase car and transported spare parts for Vatanen and...
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  • 1981 World Rally Championship World Drivers' Champion: Ari Vatanen World Manufacturers' Champion: Talbot Previous 1980 Next 1982 The 1981 World Rally...
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  • Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 car, returned in 1985 for a full season with the car. Ari Vatanen, who had won three of the last four rallies of 1984 in the car, also...
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    lighter than the Audi Quattro. At the wheel was the 1981 driver's champion Ari Vatanen, with future Ferrari Formula One team manager and FIA President Jean...
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    champions Peugeot. The team signed him for the 1986 season to replace Ari Vatanen who was still recovering from his nearly fatal accident during the previous...
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    started from La Défense. The rally was won by 1981 world rally champion, Ari Vatanen, for the third time in four years. The motorcycle class was won by Edi...
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  • long jumper Ari Vallin (born 1978), Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman Ari Valvee (born 1960), Finnish footballer Ari Vatanen (born 1952)...
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    built by Peugeot Talbot Sport for African rally raids in 1988. Driven by Ari Vatanen, the four wheel drive car won the Paris Dakar rally in 1989 and 1990...
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  • Portugal driving a Ford Fiesta R2. His father is Ari Vatanen. Lindsay, Alasdair (23 October 2017). "Max Vatanen Withdraws From Rally GB, Future Uncertain"....
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  • Stig Blomqvist. Rothmans Opel Rally Team tapped former champion Finn Ari Vatanen and fellow countryman Henri Toivonen to drive the Ascona 400 during the...
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    — Stage winner Ari Vatanen penalised for excess speed. Notes: ^1 — Despres' time includes a nine-minute penalty. Notes: ^1 — Vatanen's time includes a...
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    the Dakar Rally event. The rally was won by 1981 world rally champion, Ari Vatanen. Cyril Neveu won his fifth motorcycle title after Hubert Auriol broke...
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  • champion, Ari Vatanen, for the third successive time and for the fourth time in five years. Stéphane Peterhansel won the motorcycle category. "Vatanen on comeback...
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  • capturing a single rally win in his Lancia Rally 037. Late in the season, Ari Vatanen returned to the world rally scene in a Peugeot 205 T16, winning three...
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    René Metge (FRA) 1987: Ari Vatanen (FIN) 1988: Juha Kankkunen (FIN) 1989: Ari Vatanen (FIN) 1990: Ari Vatanen (FIN) 1991: Ari Vatanen (FIN) 1992: Hubert Auriol...
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  • 2016, 2017, 2021 8 2 Nasser Al-Attiyah 2011, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023 5 3 Ari Vatanen 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991 4 Carlos Sainz 2010, 2018, 2020, 2024 5 René Metge...
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  • Dance is a cinéma vérité short film, which features Finnish rally driver Ari Vatanen setting a record time in the highly modified four-wheel drive, all-wheel...
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    including 1981 World Champion Ari Vatanen, young Belgian driver Bruno Thiry and Franco Cunico. With the exception of Vatanen's third place in Argentina (followed...
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  • feared their safety. The rally was won by 1981 world rally champion Ari Vatanen. The motorcycle class was won by Gilles Lalay. "History of Dakar – Retrospective...
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    events as a co-driver and three as a driver. "Fabrizia Pons – Art Vatanen Rally". Ari Vatanen Rally. "Race4Change: Rallying for the Economic Empowerment of...
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    drivers have won this event including Walter Röhrl, Björn Waldegård, Ari Vatanen, Stig Blomqvist, Juha Kankkunen, Carlos Sainz and Colin McRae, among...
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    Björn Waldegård took the drivers' title, Hannu Mikkola was runner-up and Ari Vatanen finished the year in fifth place, all driving Escort RS1800s. These drivers'...
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  • Rally in August, in the hands of Ari Vatanen. Excluding an endurance rally where Peugeot were not participating, Vatanen went on win five world rallies...
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     West Germany Walter Röhrl Fiat 131 Abarth 4 6 118 54 1981  Finland Ari Vatanen Ford Escort RS1800 3 5 96 7 1982  West Germany Walter Röhrl Opel Ascona...
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    Fiat's Alén collected most by taking his third win in the event, ahead of Ari Vatanen and eventual champion Björn Waldegård. For the 1980 season, the 1000...
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