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Jani Paasonen

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Jani Paasonen
Paasonen at 2001 Rally Finland
Personal information
NationalityFinland Finnish
Born (1975-04-11) 11 April 1975 (age 49)
World Rally Championship record
Active years19972005, 2021
Co-driverFinland Kari Jokinen
Finland Arto Kapanen
Finland Jakke Honkanen
Finland Sirkka Rautiainen
Finland Jani Vainikka
TeamsOMV World Rally Team, Škoda Motorsport
Rallies31
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins1
Total points3
First rally1997 Rally Finland
Last rally2021 Rally Finland

Jani Paasonen (born 11 April 1975) is a Finnish rally driver. He used to compete in the World Rally Championship (WRC) with Škoda Motorsport.[1] His best result was 6th place at Rally Finland 2004 with Škoda Fabia WRC.

Paasonen at the Rally Finland 2004

WRC results

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1997 Jani Paasonen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FIN
21
IDN ITA AUS GBR NC 0
1998 Jani Paasonen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN
Ret
ITA AUS GBR NC 0
1999 Jani Paasonen Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo IV MON SWE
17
KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN
17
CHN ITA AUS GBR NC 0
2000 Jani Paasonen Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo IV MON SWE
17
KEN POR ESP
22
ARG GRE NZL FIN
16
CYP FRA ITA AUS
Ret
GBR NC 0
2001 Blue Rose Team Ford Focus RS WRC 00 MON SWE
Ret
POR ESP ARG CYP GRE KEN NC 0
Ford Focus RS WRC 01 FIN
Ret
NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR
2002 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC MON SWE
14
FRA ESP CYP
Ret
ARG GRE KEN NC 0
Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 FIN
8
GER ITA NZL
Ret
AUS
9
GBR
Ret
2003 Jani Paasonen Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 MON SWE TUR NZL ARG GRE CYP GER
Ret
FIN AUS ITA FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2004 OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII MON SWE
16
MEX
Ret
NZL
14
CYP GRE TUR ARG
10
GER
20
JPN ITA FRA ESP AUS
EX
20th 3
Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC FIN
6
GBR
Ret
2005 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC MON SWE
9
MEX
13
NZL ITA CYP TUR GRE
Ret
ARG
Ret
FIN
Ret
GER GBR JPN FRA ESP AUS NC 0
2021 Team Capitalbox Ford Fiesta R5 MON ARC CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRE FIN
Ret
ESP MNZ NC 0

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

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(key)

Supercar

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 WRX Points
2019 STARD Ford Fiesta MK7 UAE ESP
16
BEL 22nd 9
Ford Fiesta MK8 GBR
14
NOR
13
SWE CAN
16
FRA
17
LAT RSA
2020 Ferratum Team Ford Fiesta Supercar RX SWE
15
SWE
16
FIN
15
FIN
17
LAT
17
LAT
17
ESP ESP 23rd 5

References

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  1. ^ "Jani Paasonen - Driver Profile". Rallye-Info.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2012. Archived 24 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine