Juho Hänninen

Juho Hänninen

Personal information
Nationality	Finnish
Born	(1981-07-25) July 25, 1981
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2006 – present
Teams	RRE Sports, Ralliart New Zealand
Rallies	26
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	8
First rally	2006 Swedish Rally

Juho Ville Matias Hänninen (born July 25, 1981 in Punkaharju) is a Finnish rally driver. He is the current Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) champion and for 2011 will continue his partnership with co-driver Mikko Markkula driving a works entered Fabia S2000 for Red Bull Škoda in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship (S-WRC) championship. 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 (small Group N) standings. The next year, he won the title in the same class at the wheel of an 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.

Hänninen with a Lancer WRC 05 at the 2007 Rally Finland.

In the 2007 season, Hänninen did a full six-event Production World Rally Championship (PWRC) 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 (IRC) 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.

Hänninen with a Škoda Fabia 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.

Hänninen will make a full switch from IRC to S-WRC for 2011, driving for the Red Bull Škoda team.

Results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
2006	Juho Hänninen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	MON	SWE 15	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA 14	GRE	GER						NZL 9		-	0
		Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05										FIN DSQ	JPN	CYP	TUR	AUS
		Citroën C2 S1600																GBR 19
2007	RRE Sports	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	MON	SWE DSQ				ARG 11		GRE Ret			NZL 19			JPN 23	IRE	GBR 14	22nd	1
	Juho Hänninen	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05			NOR 17	MEX	POR		ITA 8		FIN Ret	GER
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX												ESP DSQ	FRA
2008	Ralliart New Zealand	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	MON	SWE 8	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA	GRE 20	TUR	FIN 13	GER	NZL 14			JPN 10	GBR Ret		21st	1
	Juho Hänninen													ESP 29	FRA 24
2009	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	IRE	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	POL	FIN 10	AUS	ESP	GBR					-	0
2010	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	SWE	MEX	JOR	TUR	NZL	POR Ret	BUL	FIN 9	GER	JPN	FRA	ESP	GBR				20th	2
2011	Red Bull Škoda	Škoda Fabia S2000	SWE	MEX 8	POR	JOR	ITA 8	ARG	GRE	FIN	DEU	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR				12th*	8*

* Season in progress

IRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	WDC	Points
2008	Juho Hänninen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	TUR	POR 5	BEL		POR	CZE	ESP	ITA	SWI	CHI			8th	14
		Peugeot 207 S2000				RUS 1
2009	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia S2000	MON Ret	BRA	KEN	POR Ret	BEL 5	RUS 1	POR	CZE 3	ESP	ITA 8	SCO		6th	21
2010	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia S2000	MON 2	BRA 3	ARG 1	CAN 2	ITA 1	BEL Ret	AZO 3	MAD 3	CZE 2	ITA 2	SCO 1	CYP	1st	62
2011	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia S2000	MON 6	CAN 1	COR	YAL	YPR	AZO	MAD	CZE	HUN	ITA	SCO	CYP	4th*	33*

• * Season in progress.

External links

• Official website
• Hänninen at eWRC
• Hänninen at RallyBase