- Seppo Harjanne
Seppo Harjanne (born
February 28 ,1948 ) is a Finnish former rallyco-driver . He is best known for co-driving forTimo Salonen from 1979 to 1988 and forTommi Mäkinen from 1990 to 1997. With Salonen, Harjanne took tenWorld Rally Championship victories for the factory teams ofDatsun ,Peugeot andMazda , and the 1985 drivers' world championship title in a Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2. With Mäkinen, competing mainly for theTeam Mitsubishi Ralliart , he won ten more WRC events along with the 1996 and 1997 drivers' titles in a Lancer Evolution. [cite web | title=Seppo Harjanne | work=RallyBase | url=http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=profile&driverid=2484 | accessdate=2008-08-20]Harjanne retired after the 1997 season and Mäkinen went on to take two more titles with
Risto Mannisenmäki . At the time of his retirement, Harjanne held the co-driver records for most wins and most titles (tied withJuha Piironen ) in the WRC. His record for most wins has since been surpassed byLuís Moya ,Nicky Grist ,Daniel Elena and Timo Rautiainen, and his record for most titles by Elena.Since 2000, Harjanne has worked as a Deputy Clerk of the Course of
Rally Finland and assisted in organising several other international rallies. [cite web | title=Seppo Harjanne to help with Incas Rally | work=RallySport Magazine | url=http://www.rallysportmag.com.au/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2656&Itemid=2 | accessdate=2008-08-20]References
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