Ali Vatanen

Ali Pieti Wourevy Vatanen(: Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen, -) is a driver from the country. World Rally Championship (WRC) Drivers' Champion. So it is the 4th overall winner. I also served.

Ali Vatanen - - Basic information Nationality | Birth date | (1952-04-27) (65 years old) Biography at WRC Activity period | \ -, Your team | ,,,,, Number of departures | 101 Number of champions | 1 () Number of victories | 10 Number of podiums | 27 Stage Victory Number | 527 Total points earned points | 518 First Battle | 1974 First victory | 1980 Last victory | 1985 Final Battle | 2003

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Motor sports activities

WRC

Born in Two Povala in the eastern part of Finland. After debuting as a professional rally driver in 1970, winning several rallies, after 1974 joined WRC. After joining the company, belonging to the "· · rally team" of the Ford system private sector by withdrawal of Works. When winning the first WRC championship in 1980, in 1981 they dismissed the side by side works and win the driver's title. At the time I formed a combination, I founded the company later.

However, due to the intense driving style that was avoided at that time, no voice came from the top team, he enrolled from 1982 and remains in a medium-battle fight. When joining in 1984, he won three games in the second half. Although it won the second race of the opening game in 1985, it crashed in the eighth race and was seriously injured by the morning and it took 18 months to return to the rally (Peugeot withdrew from the WRC in the meantime).

After 1987, after the spot entry at Ford, etc., it became a regular driver of the team from 1988 to 1990. In 1992 and 1993 he became a member of the Subaru World Rally Team managed by David Richards. He finished second in the debut game at the 1000 lake rally (current) in 1993, and he showed inferior performance to the heyday as well. Afterwards, he moved to Ford and was active as a regular driver until 1998.

Larry Raid / Hill Climb

Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 GR

Peugeot moved his activity to (Paris · Daka) after withdrawing WRC, and Batanen who recovered from injury also joined the team. In 1987 I won in the ninth tournament. After that, the 11th (The end of 1988 - 1989) and the 12th (the end of 1989 - 1990) also won. During the tenth period between the end of 1988 - 1989) also ran as the leader of the new model of the year and ranked in the middle of the schedule, but unprecedented circumstances occurred in the history of the event that the vehicle was stolen, and later a ruling for disqualification was given (and See item 3 in the competition). Together with the co-driver Berglund, the 13th (The end of 1990 - 1991).

I participated in the unlimited class of 1987 to 1989 as well. In 1987, when grasping the second place with Peugeot · 205T16, the next year, record the record which the rival Audi put out by 405T16 and win the championship.

Even after becoming a politician, he did not lose his passion for motor sports, joined the Dakar Rally from 2003, and finished 7th in overall score. In this year WRC Larry Finland also gained 11th overall in Peugeot. 2004 and 2005 also participate as Nissan drivers. In 2007 I joined the Dakar Rally, but I retire on the way.

Political activity

At the 2007 European Parliament ()

I moved to France in 1993 and began to be interested in politics since this time. Despite living in France in 1999, he was elected Finnish representative as a Finnish seat. In 2004, he was elected Representative of France as representative of Finland, not Representation of Finland.

On July 10, 2009, he announced that he will run for the (FIA) presidential election in October of the same year. At that time, it was FIA president, but it was a fierce election campaign. Batanen was backed by the American Automobile Association (AAA), (JAF), the German Automobile Federation (), etc. who dislikes Moslee scandal, but eventually lost to Todd in the election.

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