Jussi Välimäki
Personal information
NationalityFinland Finnish
Born (1974-09-10) September 10, 1974
World Rally Championship record
Active years1998–2008
TeamsHyundai
Rallies36
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points8
First rally1998 Rally Sweden
Last rally2008 Rally Finland

Jussi Välimäki (born 9 September 1974 in Tampere) is a Finnish rally driver, who scored eight World Rally Championship points during his career, with a best finish of fifth on the 2006 Rally d'Italia Sardegna.

Career

Välimäki at the 2006 Rally Finland

Välimäki's first World Rally Championship events came in 1998, in Sweden and Finland, behind the wheel of an Opel Astra GSi 16V. In 2000 he drove a Ford Escort WRC to 13th place on Rally Finland. In 2001 he contested the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) in a Peugeot 206 S1600, finishing third in the category in Finland and finishing the season ninth. He contested the 2002 JWRC season in a Citroën Saxo, but only managed a best finish of fifth on Rally GB, ending the year 15th in the classification. He also did two other WRC rounds in a Toyota Corolla WRC, but retired from both.

2003 saw Välimäki do four WRC rounds with the Hyundai team, but he retired from all four of them. He used the Hyundai Accent on four rounds of the 2004 season, finishing seventh on Rally Mexico. He also used a Ford Focus RS WRC 03 on Rallye Deutschland, finishing 14th. In 2005, Välimäki won the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship, with five wins from seven rallies.

Välimäki returned to top-class WRC action in 2006, entering three rounds with a Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05. He used it to finish fifth on Rally d'Italia Sardegna, before finishing ninth in Greece and seventh in Finland.

In 2007, Välimäki won the Finnish Rally Championship, and was runner-up in the following season. In 2009 he contested the Chinese Rally Championship.

In 2011 Välimäki announced he was ending his active rallying career.[1]

WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1998 Jussi Välimäki Opel Astra GSi 16V MON SWE
35		 KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN
38		 ITA AUS GBR NC 0
1999 Jussi Välimäki Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN
Ret		 CHN ITA AUS GBR NC 0
2000 Jussi Välimäki Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI MON SWE
30		 KEN POR ESP ARG GRE NZL CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR
31		 NC 0
Ford Escort WRC FIN
13
2001 Jussi Välimäki Peugeot 206 S1600 MON SWE POR ESP
Ret		 ARG CYP GRE
Ret		 KEN FIN
36		 NZL ITA
Ret		 FRA
29		 AUS GBR
Ret		 NC 0
2002 Jussi Välimäki Citroën Saxo S1600 MON
Ret		 SWE FRA ESP
Ret		 CYP ARG GRE
Ret		 KEN FIN GER
Ret		 ITA
23		 NZL AUS GBR
27		 NC 0
Toyota Corolla WRC SWE
18		 FIN
Ret
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI AUS
15
2003 Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 MON SWE
Ret		 TUR NZL
Ret		 ARG GRE
Ret		 CYP GER FIN
Ret		 AUS ITA FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2004 Jussi Välimäki Hyundai Accent WRC MON
11		 SWE MEX
7		 NZL CYP
Ret		 GRE
Ret		 TUR ARG 27th 2
Suzuki Ignis S1600 FIN
26
Ford Focus RS WRC 03 GER
14		 JPN GBR ITA FRA ESP AUS
2005 Jussi Välimäki Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII MON SWE
21		 MEX NZL ITA CYP TUR GRE ARG FIN GER GBR JPN FRA ESP AUS NC 0
2006 Jussi Välimäki Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05 MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA
5		 GRE
9		 GER FIN
7		 JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR 16th 6
2008 Jussi Välimäki Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN
14		 GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR NC 0

JWRC Results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 JWRC Points
2001 Jussi Välimäki Peugeot 206 S1600 ESP
Ret		 GRE
7		 FIN
3		 ITA
Ret		 FRA
12		 GBR
Ret		 9th 4
2002 Jussi Välimäki Citroën Saxo S1600 MON
Ret		 ESP
Ret		 GRE
Ret		 GER
Ret		 ITA
9		 GBR
5		 15th 2

PWRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PWRC Points
2008 Jussi Välimäki Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX SWE ARG GRE TUR FIN
2		 NZL JPN GBR 15th 8

References

  1. ↑ "RALLI: Välimäki lopettaa aktiiviuransa". 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
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