RACING DRIVER

Timo Mäkinen

1938 - 2017

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Timo Mäkinen (18 March 1938 in Helsinki, Finland – 4 May 2017) was a Finnish race car driver and one of the original "Flying Finns" of motor rallying. He is best remembered for his hat-trick of wins in the RAC Rally and the 1000 Lakes Rally. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Timo Mäkinen is the 322nd most popular racing driver (down from 290th in 2019), the 263rd most popular biography from Finland (down from 223rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Finnish Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Timo Mäkinen ranks 322 out of 1,080. Before him are Fabrizio Meoni, David Murray, George Abecassis, Cliff Allison, Jean-Claude Andruet, and Reg Parnell. After him are Nicky Hayden, Sébastien Ogier, Franco Rol, Roy Salvadori, Yves Giraud-Cabantous, and Leslie Graham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Timo Mäkinen ranks 368. Before him are Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn, Roy Thinnes, Tang Jiaxuan, Kito Lorenc, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, and Yvonne Rüegg. After him are Judith Rich Harris, Tony Renis, Johnny Tillotson, Bahram Beyzai, Valentina Prudskova, and Rika Zaraï. Among people deceased in 2017, Timo Mäkinen ranks 332. Before him are Darlene Cates, Brad Harris, Lola Albright, Vladimir Levenshtein, Jaki Liebezeit, and Kito Lorenc. After him are Nicky Hayden, Abdur Rahman Biswas, Jaak Panksepp, Leonid Kharitonov, Tatiana Zatulovskaya, and Roberto Ferreiro.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Timo Mäkinen ranks 263 out of 751. Before him are Lydia Chukovskaya (1907), Uma Aaltonen (1940), Nils Torvalds (1945), Alexi Laiho (1979), Matti Salminen (1945), and Adolf Lindfors (1879). After him are Teemu Sippo (1947), Janne Ahonen (1977), Teemu Selänne (1970), Kurt Martti Wallenius (1893), Yrjö Saarela (1884), and Adolf Ivar Arwidsson (1791).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Finland

Among racing drivers born in Finland, Timo Mäkinen ranks 18. Before him are Timo Salonen (1951), Leo Kinnunen (1943), Marcus Grönholm (1968), JJ Lehto (1966), Valtteri Bottas (1989), and Heikki Kovalainen (1981). After him are Harri Rovanperä (1966), Mikko Kozarowitzky (1948), Jari-Matti Latvala (1985), Mikko Hirvonen (1980), Kalle Rovanperä (2000), and Toni Gardemeister (1975).

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