Matti Rantanen

Matti Rantanen (born 13 February 1981) is a Finnish rally driver from Lammi.

Career Rantanen began rallying in 2003 in his native Finland. In 2004 and 2005 he competed in the Finnish Junior Rally Championship, and the main Finnish Rally Championship in 2005 and 2006. In 2005 he competed in his first World Rally Championship round on Rally Finland, winning the Group N category (for less powerful Group N cars). He repeated this feat in 2006, also winning the Group N class in the Finnish Rally Championship. He moved up to the Group N category in the Finnish championship in 2007, finishing sixth. He finished fourth in the following year, 2008. On the 2008 Rally Finland, Rantanen drove a Ford Focus WRC to seventh overall.

In 2009, Rantanen competed in the British Rally Championship in a front-wheel-drive Renault Clio. He competed in the 2009 Rally Finland for the Munchi's Ford World Rally Team, in which he recorded his highest finish to date after finishing in fifth place overall.

Complete WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points 2005 Matti Rantanen Honda Civic Type R MON SWE MEX NZL ITA CYP TUR GRC ARG FIN31 GER GBR JPN FRA ESP AUS NC 0 2006 Matti Rantanen Honda Civic Type R MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRC GER FIN21 JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR NC 0 2007 Matti Rantanen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRC FINRet GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE GBR NC 0 2008 Matti Rantanen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRC TUR FIN7 GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR 18th 2 2009 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 IRE NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRC POL FIN5 AUS ESP GBR 15th 4 2010 Matti Rantanen Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE MEX JOR TUR NZL POR BUL FINRet GER JPN FRA ESP GBR NC 0 2011 Matti Rantanen Mini John Cooper Works WRC SWE MEX POR JOR ITA ARG GRE FINRet GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0 2012 Matti Rantanen Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN7 GER GBR FRA ITA ESP 22nd 6

JWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos. Points 2006 Matti Rantanen Honda Civic Type R SWE ESP FRA ARG ITA GER FIN3 TUR GBR 17th 6

SWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2010 Matti Rantanen Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE MEX JOR NZL POR FINRet GER JPN FRA GBR NC 0