Jarmo Lehtinen (born 3 January 1969) is a
rally
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Sport ...
co-driver
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from
Finland
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. He was the co-driver to former
World Rally Championship
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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.
Career
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
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. 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
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in 2004 and with Ford since 2006, becoming runners-up in 2008. He won his first world rally at the 2006
Rally Australia
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First run in 1988, the rally was held in and around Perth, Western Australia until 2006. ...
. Lehtinen and Hirvonen competed for
Citroën
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in
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
.
WRC victories
Complete WRC results
References
External links
Jarmo's profile on wrc.com
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1969 births
Living people
Finnish rally co-drivers
World Rally Championship co-drivers