Juho Hänninen


Juho Ville Matias Hänninen is a Finnish rally driver. He is the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion and 2011 Super 2000 World Rally Championship champion with co-driver Mikko Markkula driving a works entered Fabia S2000 for Red Bull Škoda. He also won the 2004 Group N Finnish Rally Championship title, and debuted in the World Rally Championship during the 2006 season.

Career

Hänninen who was born in Punkaharju debuted in the Finnish Rally Championship in 2003, finishing eighth overall in the Group n standings. The next year, he won the title in the same class at the wheel of a Honda Civic Type R. In 2005, he finished second in the Group N class with a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI.
Hänninen's first World Rally Championship event was the 2006 Swedish Rally, where he won the Group N class in his Lancer Evolution IX, and placed 15th overall. At his next rally, the Rally d'Italia Sardegna, Hänninen was again the fastest Group N driver and finished 14th overall. He competed in three more WRC events during the 2006 season, and achieved his best overall result at the Rally New Zealand, where he was ninth and second in the Group N class after Jari-Matti Latvala. In his debut in a World Rally Car in Finland, Hänninen was excluded for not wearing the correct fireproof underwear. At the season-ending Rally GB, Hänninen competed in a Super 1600 -class Citroën C2 and finished 19th overall, ahead of all the Junior World Rally Championship contestants.
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In the 2007 season, Hänninen did a full six-event Production World Rally Championship programme in the Lancer Evolution IX. He initially won the Swedish Rally but was later disqualified for non-homologated fuel pumps. His best results then were a second place at the Rally GB and a third place in Argentina, and he placed fifth in the championship standings. He also competed in three World Rally Championship events in a Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05, taking his first WRC point by finishing eighth at the Rally d'Italia Sardegna.
In 2008, Hänninen is contesting the PWRC for the Ralliart New Zealand team. He won the Swedish Rally, also finishing eighth overall and taking his second WRC point, and the Rally Finland. He has also competed in two events, taking fifth place with the Group N Lancer Evolution IX at the Rally Portugal and then winning his first rally in a Super 2000 car at the Rally Russia in a Peugeot 207 S2000.
at the 2010 Rally Finland.
In 2009, Hänninen contested the IRC for Škoda in a Škoda Fabia S2000, winning in Russia for the second year in succession and finishing sixth in the championship. Hänninen continued his relation with Škoda for the 2010 season. He became IRC champion after winning the 2010 Rally Scotland. He scored 3 wins, four 2nd places and three 3rd places and 62 points. Hänninen won Rally Argentina, Rally d´Italia Sardegna and Rally Scotland. Also as in 2009, Hänninen competed in 2010 Rally Finland driving a Škoda Fabia for the Red Bull Rally Team, winning the S-WRC class.
For 2011, Hänninen competed in both IRC and S-WRC, driving for the Red Bull Škoda team in the S-WRC. He became the S-WRC champion after winning the Rally Catalunya.
He took his first ever stage win in the World Rally Championship at the 2013 Monte Carlo Rally, setting the fastest time on stage nine. On 8 July, Hyundai confirmed that it had signed Hänninen as an official test driver to develop the Hyundai i20 WRC.
at the 2020 Rally Sweden.

Results

WRC results

As driver

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213141516WDCPoints
2006Juho HänninenMitsubishi Lancer Evo IXMONSWE
15		MEXESPFRAARGITA
14		GREGERNZL
9		NC0
2006Juho HänninenMitsubishi Lancer WRC 05FIN
DSQ		JPNCYPTURAUSNC0
2006Juho HänninenCitroën C2 S1600GBR
19		NC0
2007RRE SportsMitsubishi Lancer Evo IXMONSWE
DSQ		ARG
11		GRE
Ret		NZL
19		JPN
23		IREGBR
14		22nd1
2007Juho HänninenMitsubishi Lancer WRC 05NOR
17		MEXPORITA
8		FIN
Ret		GER22nd1
2007Juho HänninenMitsubishi Lancer Evo IXESP
DSQ		FRA22nd1
2008Ralliart New ZealandMitsubishi Lancer Evo IXMONSWE
8		MEXARGJORITAGRE
20		TURFIN
13		GERNZL
14		JPN
10		GBR
Ret		19th1
2008Juho HänninenMitsubishi Lancer Evo IXESP
29		FRA
24		19th1
2009Juho HänninenŠkoda Fabia S2000IRENORCYPPORARGITAGRCPOLFIN
10		AUSESPGBRNC0
2010Juho HänninenŠkoda Fabia S2000SWEMEXJORTURNZLPOR
Ret		BULFIN
9		GERJPNFRAESPGBR20th2
2011Red Bull ŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000SWEMEX
8		PORJORITA
8		ARGGRE
8		FIN
10		GER
20		AUSFRA
26		ESP
10		GBR16th14
2013Qatar World Rally TeamFord Fiesta RS WRCMON
Ret		SWE
6		MEXPORARGGREITA15th8
2013Juho HänninenFord Fiesta RS WRCFIN
32		GERAUSFRAESPGBR15th8
2014Hyundai Shell World Rally TeamHyundai i20 WRCMONSWE
19		MEXPOR
8		ARGITA
Ret		POL
6		FIN
6		GERAUSFRAESPGBR
30		13th20
2015Juho HänninenFord Fiesta RS WRCMONSWEMEXARGPORITAPOLFIN
6		GERAUSFRAESPGBR14th8
2017Toyota Gazoo Racing WRTToyota Yaris WRCMON
16		SWE
23		MEX
7		FRA
Ret		ARG
7		POR
7		ITA
6		POL
10		FIN
3		GER
4		ESP
4		GBR
Ret		AUS9th71
2019Tommi Mäkinen RacingToyota Yaris WRCMONSWEMEXFRAARGCHLPORITA
Ret		FINGERTURGBRESPAUS
C		NC0

As co-driver

YearEntrantCar12345678WDCPoints
2020Latvala MotorsportToyota Yaris WRCMONSWE
Ret		MEXESTTURGERITAJPNNC*0*

* Season still in progress.

PWRC results

SWRC results

YearEntrantCar12345678910SWRCPoints
2010Juho HänninenŠkoda Fabia S2000SWEMEXJORNZLPORFIN
1		GERJPNFRAGBR10th25
2011Red Bull ŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000MEX
2		JORITA
2		GRE
1		FIN
1		GER
4		FRA
5		ESP
1		1st138

IRC results

ERC results