Tapio Laukkanen

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 Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pts 1994 Tapio Laukkanen Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FINRet ITA GBR NC 0 1995 S.B.G. Sport Volkswagen Golf GTI 16v MON SWE POR FRA NZL AUS ESP GBR12 NC 0 1996 Blue Rose Team Volkswagen Golf GTI 16v SWE KEN IDN GRE ARG FINRet AUS ITA ESP NC 0 1997 Blue Rose Team Volkswagen Golf Kit Car MON SWE19 KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN11 IDN ITA AUS GBR NC 0 1998 Renault Dealer Rallying UK Renault Mégane Maxi MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA18 ARG GRE NZL FINRet ITA23 AUS GBR12 NC 0 1999 Renault Elf Dealer Rallying Renault Mégane Maxi MON SWE KEN PORRet ESP FRA10 ARG GRE NZL FIN13 CHN ITARet AUS19 GBRRet NC 0 2000 Ford Motor Company Ltd Ford Focus RS WRC 00 MON SWE KEN POR ESP ARG GRE NZL FINRet CYP FRA ITA AUS5 GBRRet 20th 2 2001 Tapio Laukkanen Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWERet POR9 ESP ARG CYP GRE KEN NC 0 Volkswagen Golf GTI 16v FIN23 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 GBRRet NC 0