Mattias Kristoffer Therman (born 10 April 1974) is a Finnish businessman and rally driver. He was an owner of

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beverage company and in 2008 he earned more capital gains (over 28 million €) than anyone else in Finland.

Rally career

Therman's rallying career began as a

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in 2007. In 2008 he began driving in his first events in his native Finland, and competed in

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at the end of the year, finishing 25th overall. In 2009 he established Team Therminator, and competed on

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, entered under the

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, finishing 15th overall. In December 2009 it was announced that

Marcus Grönholm Marcus Ulf Johan "Bosse" Grönholm (born February 5, 1968) is a Finland, Finnish former rallying, rally and rallycross driver, being part of a family of the Swedish-speaking population of Finland lineage. His son, Niclas Grönholm, is an upcoming ...

would return to the

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on the

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driving a Focus WRC for Team Therminator alongside Therman. Nearer the event the pair were brought under the

Stobart Ford World Rally Team The M-Sport Ford World Rally Team (formerly "M-Sport World Rally Team", "Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team", and "Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team") is the privately run World Rally Championship team of M-Sport, the firm run by Malcolm Wilson that w ...

banner, with Gronholm registered to score manufacturer points for the squad. Gronholm and Therman finished 21st and 24th respectively. For

Juha Kankkunen Juha Matti Pellervo Kankkunen (; born 2 April 1959) is a Finnish former rally driver. His factory team career in the World Rally Championship lasted from 1983 to 2002. He won 23 world rallies and four drivers' world championship titles, which we ...

will join Therman racing under the Stobart banner.

WRC results

References

External links

Team TherminatorProfile at eWRC-results.com
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