Leo Juhani "Leksa" Kinnunen (5 August 1943 – 26 July 2017) was a Finnish racing driver, and the first Formula One driver from Finland. Kinnunen won the...
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of Christ shooting Kimmo Kinnunen (born 1968), Finnish javelin thrower Laila Kinnunen (1939–2000), Finnish singer Leo Kinnunen (1943–2017), Finnish racing...
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Russian Grand Prix driving for Mercedes and his win tally stands at 10. Leo Kinnunen was the first Finnish driver in Formula One. He entered six grand prix...
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Engineering Pedro Rodriguez / Leo Kinnunen / Brian Redman Brands Hatch 1000km J.W. Automotive Engineering Pedro Rodriguez / Leo Kinnunen Monza 1000km J.W. Automotive...
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Rodríguez went to Europe to race starting in 1959, sharing a Porsche 1600 S with Leo Levine at the Nurbürgring 1000 km, which came in second in class (thirteenth...
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Richard Robarts replaced Arturo Merzario after the Italian was unwell, and Leo Kinnunen made his début. Running with open helmet, as he was accustomed to do...
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Aarnio-Wihuri is also known as a former race driver and team principal. With Leo Kinnunen, the AAW Racing Team won the Interserie three times in the early 1970s...
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Piquet for the title. He became the second Formula One driver after Leo Kinnunen to be at the podium of a World Rally Championship event, when he finished...
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41 5 AAW Racing Team Surtees-Ford TS16 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 F 23 Leo Kinnunen 7, 9, 13 43 10, 12 44 5 Hesketh Racing March-Ford Hesketh-Ford 731 308...
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Finns. The first driver to carry the nickname in Formula One was Leo Kinnunen. Kinnunen had the title written on his helmet in 1970, when he won the World...
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minutes on Arturo Merzario and his Ferrari 312PB. The fastest ever was Leo Kinnunen in 1970, lapping in the Porsche 908/3 at 128.571 km/h (79.890 mph) or...
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American Challenge Cup George Follmer 1972 Can-Am season Interserie Leo Kinnunen Australian Sports Car Championship John Harvey 1972 Australian Sports...
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Belgian driver Teddy Pilette, British driver Tom Pryce, Finnish driver Leo Kinnunen - who was the first Fin to participate in a Formula One Grand Prix -...
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round. Alén finished second in a Volvo and future Formula One driver Leo Kinnunen third in a Porsche. The world championship status had brought back a...
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Lyncar-Ford +3.9 32 Howden Ganley Maki-Ford +4.0 33 Mike Wilds March-Ford +4.4 34 Leo Kinnunen Surtees-Ford +5.9 35 Guy Edwards Lola-Ford +15.2 Source:...
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Dolhem Surtees-Ford 1:01.70 — 28 Rikky von Opel Brabham-Ford 1:01.79 — 29 Leo Kinnunen Surtees-Ford 1:03.15 — 30 Gérard Larrousse Brabham-Ford 1:03.27 —...
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30 — 28 Derek Bell Surtees-Ford 1:37.32 — 29 Mike Wilds Ensign-Ford 1:37.38 — 30 Chris Amon Amon-Ford 1:38.21 — 31 Leo Kinnunen Surtees-Ford 1:40.32 —...
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States 1958 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nicolas Kiesa Denmark 2003 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 Leo Kinnunen Finland 1974 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 Danny Kladis United States 1954 0 5 1...
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Heyer Porsche 935 Turbo. Third was a Porsche 934 Turbo in the hands of Leo Kinnunen and Egon Evertz. The 1977 British Grand Prix saw the beginning of a revolution...
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International Championship for Makes 1970 January 31 February 1 Pedro Rodríguez Leo Kinnunen Brian Redman J.W. Engineering Porsche 917K F 2 2,758.440 mi (4,439.279 km)...
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posthumously in 1970, and Jackie Oliver. The series also launched the career of Leo Kinnunen who went on to win the World Sportscar Championship the next year. NCC...
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teams, the JWA Gulf-Porsche 917s, raced by Jo Siffert, Brian Redman, Leo Kinnunen, Pedro Rodríguez, Richard Attwood, Herbert Mueller and Derek Bell, earned...
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Year Overall Champion 1970 Jürgen Neuhaus 1971 Leo Kinnunen 1972 Leo Kinnunen 1973 Leo Kinnunen 1974 Herbert Müller 1975 Herbert Müller 1976 Herbert Müller...
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Quester Surtees-Ford 1:38,88 25 26 Ian Scheckter Hesketh-Ford 1:39,17 — 27 Leo Kinnunen Surtees-Ford 1:39,47 — 28 Derek Bell Surtees-Ford 1:39,53 — 29 Mike Wilds...
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minutes on Arturo Merzario and his Ferrari 312PB. The fastest ever was Leo Kinnunen in 1970, lapping in the Porsche 908/3 at 128.571 km/h (79.890 mph) or...
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155 GTA 1992 Vallelunga Italian Superturismo round Group 4 1:23.000 Leo Kinnunen Porsche 934 1976 6 Hours of Vallelunga Group 2 1:23.020 Bruno Giacomelli...
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BMW M1 1982 ADAC-Bilstein Super-Sprint Nürburgring Group 4 0:52.600 Leo Kinnunen Porsche 934 1976 III. Int. ADAC-Bilstein-Super-Sprint Nürburgring Group...
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is Valtteri Bottas. Other notable Finnish Grand Prix drivers include Leo Kinnunen, JJ Lehto, Mika Salo and Heikki Kovalainen. Finland has also produced...
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146 Denny Hulme McLaren M23 1973 Swedish Grand Prix Group 6 1:31.300 Leo Kinnunen Porsche 908/02 1969 Anderstorp Nordic Challenge Cup round Formula 5000...
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350 Pedro Rodríguez Porsche 917K 1971 Austrian 1000km Group 7 1:39.380 Leo Kinnunen Porsche 917/10 TC 1972 Zeltweg Interserie round Formula Two 1:43.480...
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