Kosti Katajamäki

Kosti Katajamäki

Kosti Katajamäki (born February 26, 1977) is a rally driver[1] from Finland. He made his rallying debut in 1997 in a Ford Escort RS2000. He won the Group N class of the Finnish Rally Championship in 2001 and the Group A class in 2005. His first World Rally Championship event was the 2001 Rally Finland, driving a Volkswagen Polo. He has competed sporadically in the WRC in recent years, driving a Suzuki Ignis S1600 and a Stobart M-Sport Ford Focus WRC. He is a protégé of double World Rally Champion Marcus Grönholm.

Complete WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
2001 Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 MON SWE POR ESP ARG CYP GRE KEN FIN NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR
Ret		 NC 0
2002 Kosti Katajamäki Volkswagen Polo S1600 MON
Ret		 SWE FRA ESP
Ret		 CYP ARG GRE
Ret		 KEN FIN GER
20		 ITA
Ret		 NZL AUS GBR
Ret		 NC 0
2003 Kosti Katajamäki Volkswagen Polo S1600 MON
EX		 SWE TUR
15		 NZL ARG GRE
Ret		 CYP GER FIN
Ret		 AUS ITA
Ret		 FRA ESP
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 NC 0
2004 Kosti Katajamäki Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON
Ret		 GRE
Ret		 TUR
12		 ARG FIN
17		 GER JPN GBR
21		 ITA
13		 FRA ESP
23		 AUS NC 0
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII SWE
Ret		 MEX NZL CYP
2005 Kosti Katajamäki Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON
12		 SWE MEX NZL ITA
Ret		 CYP TUR GRE
21		 ARG FIN
Ret		 GER
19		 GBR JPN FRA
17		 ESP
16		 AUS NC 0
2006 Stobart VK Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 04 MON SWE
6		 MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA
Ret		 GRE
26		 GER FIN
14		 JPN CYP TUR
5		 AUS NZL GBR 14th 7

JWRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 JWRC Points
2002 Kosti Katajamäki Volkswagen Polo S1600 MON
Ret		 ESP
Ret		 GRE
Ret		 GER
6		 ITA
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 17th 1
2003 Kosti Katajamäki Volkswagen Polo S1600 MON
EX		 TUR
1		 GRE
Ret		 FIN
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 ESP
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 10th 10
2004 Kosti Katajamäki Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON
Ret		 GRE
Ret		 TUR
2		 FIN
2		 GBR
3		 ITA
4		 ESP
5		 4th 31
2005 Kosti Katajamäki Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON
2		 MEX ITA
Ret		 GRE
4		 FIN
Ret		 GER
5		 FRA
3		 ESP
2		 5th 31

References

  1. ↑ Norris, Ian (December 2006). Automobile Year 2006/7. Automobile Year. p. 229. ISBN 978-2-916206-04-2. Retrieved 20 April 2011.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, April 03, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.