Kosti Katajamäki

Kosti Katajamäki (born 26 February 1977) is a rally driver from Finland.

Career Katajamäki 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. In 2006, he scored his first points at the Rally Sweden while finishing sixth. His career best result came in his last event in the WRC when he finished fifth at the 2006 Rally of Turkey.

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 GBRRet NC 0 2002 Kosti Katajamäki Volkswagen Polo S1600 MONRet SWE FRA ESPRet CYP ARG GRERet KEN FIN GER20 ITARet NZL AUS GBRRet NC 0 2003 Kosti Katajamäki Volkswagen Polo S1600 MONEX SWE TUR15 NZL ARG GRERet CYP GER FINRet AUS ITARet FRA ESPRet GBRRet NC 0 2004 Kosti Katajamäki Suzuki Ignis S1600 MONRet GRERet TUR12 ARG FIN17 GER JPN GBR21 ITA13 FRA ESP23 AUS NC 0 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII SWERet MEX NZL CYP 2005 Kosti Katajamäki Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON12 SWE MEX NZL ITARet CYP TUR GRE21 ARG FINRet GER19 GBR JPN FRA17 ESP16 AUS NC 0 2006 Stobart VK Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 04 MON SWE6 MEX ESP FRA ARG ITARet GRE26 GER FIN14 JPN CYP TUR5 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 MONRet ESPRet GRERet GER6 ITARet GBRRet 17th 1 2003 Kosti Katajamäki Volkswagen Polo S1600 MONEX TUR1 GRERet FINRet ITARet ESPRet GBRRet 10th 10 2004 Kosti Katajamäki Suzuki Ignis S1600 MONRet GRERet TUR2 FIN2 GBR3 ITA4 ESP5 4th 31 2005 Kosti Katajamäki Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON2 MEX ITARet GRE4 FINRet GER5 FRA3 ESP2 5th 31