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Jarmo Lehtinen
Finnish rally co-driver (born 1969)
Jarmo Lehtinen (born 3 January 1969) is a rally co-driver from Finland. He was the co-driver to former World Rally Championship driver Mikko Hirvonen and have scored 15 WRC wins competing under Ford World Rally Team and Citroën Total. As of 2019, he is current co-driver for M-Sport driver Teemu Suninen.
Jarmo Lehtinen, 2013. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Finnish |
| Born | (1969-01-03) 3 January 1969 (age 55) |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 1997–2014, 2018–2020 |
| Teams | Citroën, Ford, Subaru, Škoda, M-Sport |
| Rallies | 182 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 15 |
| Podiums | 71 |
| Stage wins | 264 |
| First rally | 1997 Rally Finland |
| First win | 2006 Rally Australia |
| Last win | 2012 Rally Italia Sardegna |
| Last rally | 2020 Rally Monza |
Lehtinen started co-driving in 1988 alongside friend Jari Mikkola. He later partnered Marko Ramanen in the Finnish Rally Championship, and he made his WRC debut in the 1997 Rally Finland. In 1999 Lehtinen partnered Ramanen in the British Rally Championship and accompanied Jouni Ampuja to sixth in Group N in the Finnish Championship. He worked with Ampuja in the Finnish Championship for another two seasons. In 2002 he took up a new role in the gravel crew for Skoda driver Toni Gardemeister on the world championship. He also began to work with Hirvonen on international events. The pair have worked together on all their WRC outings since 2003, with Subaru in 2004 and with Ford since 2006, becoming runners-up in 2008. He won his first world rally at the 2006 Rally Australia. Lehtinen and Hirvonen competed for Citroën in 2012.[1]
- Weeks, James (16 November 2011). "Hirvonen replaces Ogier at Citroen WRC squad". MotorsTV.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
