Tapio Laukkanen (born 23 September 1969) is a retired Finnish rally driver. He was born in Lahti.
In 1996 he won the Finnish Rally Championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTi, in 1999 he won the British Rally Championship with a Renault Mégane Maxi twinned with fellow Finn, Kaj Lindström and in 2016 he won the Kenyan National Rally Championship in a Subaru Impreza.
In 2017 he won Kenya's Safari Rally.
Other co-drivers include Jorma Kaikkonen, Risto Mannisenmäki, Tapio Järvi, Ilkka Riipinen and Rory Kennedy, Gavin Lawrence.
Laukkanen has retired from professional rally races, and now teaches rally drivers at a school bearing his name.
Racing record
Complete WRC results
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! Year
! Entrant
! Car
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! Pos
! Pts
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| 1994
! Tapio Laukkanen
! Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
| MON
| POR
| KEN
| FRA
| GRE
| ARG
| NZL
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FIN<br /><small>Ret</small>
| ITA
| GBR
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! NC
! 0
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| 1995
! S.B.G. Sport
! Volkswagen Golf GTI 16v
| MON
| SWE
| POR
| FRA
| NZL
| AUS
| ESP
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR<br /><small>12</small>
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! NC
! 0
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| 1996
! Blue Rose Team
! Volkswagen Golf GTI 16v
| SWE
| KEN
| IDN
| GRE
| ARG
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FIN<br /><small>Ret</small>
| AUS
| ITA
| ESP
|
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|
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! NC
! 0
|-
| 1997
! Blue Rose Team
! Volkswagen Golf Kit Car
| MON
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SWE<br /><small>19</small>
| KEN
| POR
| ESP
| FRA
| ARG
| GRE
| NZL
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FIN<br /><small>11</small>
| IDN
| ITA
| AUS
| GBR
! NC
! 0
|-
| 1998
! Renault Dealer Rallying UK
! Renault Mégane Maxi
| MON
| SWE
| KEN
| POR
| ESP
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA<br /><small>18</small>
| ARG
| GRE
| NZL
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FIN<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA<br /><small>23</small>
| AUS
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR<br /><small>12</small>
|
! NC
! 0
|-
| 1999
! Renault Elf Dealer Rallying
! Renault Mégane Maxi
| MON
| SWE
| KEN
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR<br /><small>Ret</small>
| ESP
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA<br /><small>10</small>
| ARG
| GRE
| NZL
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FIN<br /><small>13</small>
| CHN
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUS<br /><small>19</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br /><small>Ret</small>
! NC
! 0
|-
| 2000
! Ford Motor Company Ltd
! Ford Focus RS WRC 00
| MON
| SWE
| KEN
| POR
| ESP
| ARG
| GRE
| NZL
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FIN<br /><small>Ret</small>
| CYP
| FRA
| ITA
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS<br /><small>5</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br /><small>Ret</small>
! 20th
! 2
|-
|rowspan=2| 2001
!rowspan=2| Tapio Laukkanen
! Toyota Corolla WRC
| MON
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SWE<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POR<br /><small>9</small>
| ESP
| ARG
| CYP
| GRE
| KEN
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!rowspan=2| NC
!rowspan=2| 0
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! Volkswagen Golf GTI 16v
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|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FIN<br /><small>23</small>
| NZL
| ITA
| FRA
| AUS
| GBR
|-
| 2003
! Tapio Laukkanen
! Subaru Impreza WRC 2001
| MON
| SWE
| TUR
| NZL
| ARG
| GRE
| CYP
| GER
| FIN
| AUS
| ITA
| FRA
| ESP
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br /><small>Ret</small>
! NC
! 0
|}
References
External links
- Laukkanen's rally statistics