Juho Ville Matias Hänninen (born 25 July 1981) is a Finnish rally driver. He is the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) champion and 2011 Super 2000 World Rally Championship (S-WRC) champion with co-driver Mikko Markkula driving a works entered Fabia S2000 for Red Bull Škoda. He also won the 2004 Group N Finnish Rally Championship title, and debuted in the World Rally Championship during the 2006 season.

Career Hänninen who was born in Punkaharju debuted in the Finnish Rally Championship in 2003, finishing eighth overall in the Group n (small Group N) standings. The next year, he won the title in the same class at the wheel of a Honda Civic Type R. In 2005, he finished second in the Group N class with a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI.

Hänninen's first World Rally Championship event was the 2006 Swedish Rally, where he won the Group N class in his Lancer Evolution IX, and placed 15th overall. At his next rally, the Rally d'Italia Sardegna, Hänninen was again the fastest Group N driver and finished 14th overall. He competed in three more WRC events during the 2006 season, and achieved his best overall result at the Rally New Zealand, where he was ninth and second in the Group N class after Jari-Matti Latvala. In his debut in a World Rally Car in Finland, Hänninen was excluded for not wearing the correct fireproof underwear. At the season-ending Rally GB, Hänninen competed in a Super 1600 -class Citroën C2 and finished 19th overall, ahead of all the Junior World Rally Championship contestants.

In the 2007 season, Hänninen did a full six-event Production World Rally Championship (PWRC) programme in the Lancer Evolution IX. He initially won the Swedish Rally but was later disqualified for non-homologated fuel pumps. His best results then were a second place at the Rally GB and a third place in Argentina, and he placed fifth in the championship standings. He also competed in three World Rally Championship events in a Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05, taking his first WRC point by finishing eighth at the Rally d'Italia Sardegna.

In 2008, Hänninen is contesting the PWRC for the Ralliart New Zealand team. He won the Swedish Rally, also finishing eighth overall and taking his second WRC point, and the Rally Finland. He has also competed in two (IRC) events, taking fifth place with the Group N Lancer Evolution IX at the Rally Portugal and then winning his first rally in a Super 2000 car at the Rally Russia in a Peugeot 207 S2000.

In 2009, Hänninen contested the IRC for Škoda in a Škoda Fabia S2000, winning in Russia for the second year in succession and finishing sixth in the championship. Hänninen continued his relation with Škoda for the 2010 season. He became IRC champion after winning the 2010 Rally Scotland. He scored 3 wins, four 2nd places and three 3rd places and 62 points. Hänninen won Rally Argentina, Rally d´Italia Sardegna and Rally Scotland. Also as in 2009, Hänninen competed in 2010 Rally Finland driving a Škoda Fabia for the Red Bull Rally Team, winning the S-WRC class.

For 2011, Hänninen competed in both IRC and S-WRC, driving for the Red Bull Škoda team in the S-WRC. He became the S-WRC champion after winning the Rally Catalunya.

Hänninen took his first ever stage win in the World Rally Championship at the 2013 Monte Carlo Rally, setting the fastest time on stage nine. On 8 July, Hyundai confirmed that it had signed Hänninen as an official test driver to develop the Hyundai i20 WRC.

Results

WRC results

As driver

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points 2006 Juho Hänninen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER NZL NC 0 Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS Citroën C2 S1600 GBR 2007 RRE Sports Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MON SWE ARG GRE NZL JPN IRE GBR 22nd 1 Juho Hänninen Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 NOR MEX POR ITA FIN GER Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX ESP FRA 2008 Ralliart New Zealand Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN GER NZL JPN GBR 19th 1 Juho Hänninen ESP FRA 2009 Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 IRE NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRC POL FIN AUS ESP GBR NC 0 2010 Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE MEX JOR TUR NZL POR BUL FIN GER JPN FRA ESP GBR 20th 2 2011 Red Bull Škoda Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE MEX POR JOR ITA ARG GRE FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR 16th 14 2013 Qatar World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA 15th 8 Juho Hänninen FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR 2014 Hyundai Shell World Rally Team Hyundai i20 WRC MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR 13th 20 2015 Juho Hänninen Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR 14th 8 2017 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER ESP GBR AUS 9th 71 2019 Tommi Mäkinen Racing Toyota Yaris WRC MON SWE MEX FRA ARG CHL POR ITA FIN GER TUR GBR ESP AUS NC 0

As co-driver

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WDC Points 2020 Latvala Motorsport Toyota Yaris WRC MON SWERet MEX EST TUR ITA MNZ NC 0 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON SWE MEX CRO POR ITA KEN EST FIN5 GRE CHL EUR JPN 16th 11

PWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PWRC Points 2007 Juho Hänninen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX SWE MEX 5th 18 RRE Sports ARG GRE NZL JPN IRE GBR 2008 Ralliart New Zealand Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX SWE ARG GRE TUR FIN NZL JPN GBR 2nd 36

SWRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SWRC Points 2010 Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE MEX JOR NZL POR FIN GER JPN FRA GBR 10th 25 2011 Red Bull Škoda Škoda Fabia S2000 MEX JOR ITA GRE FIN GER FRA ESP 1st 138

IRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WDC Points2008 Juho Hänninen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 TUR PORBELPORCZEESPITASWICHI 8th 14 Peugeot 207 S2000RUS2009 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 MONBRAKEN POR BEL RUSPOR CZEESP ITASCO 6th 212010 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 MON BRA ARG CAN ITA BEL AZO MAD CZE ITA SCO1 CYP 1st 62 2011 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 MON CAN COR YAL YPR AZO ZLI MEC SAN SCO CYP 3rd 125 2012 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 AZO CAN IRL COR MEC YPR SMR ROM ZLI YAL SLI SAN CYP 3rd 93

ERC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ERC Points 2012 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 JÄN MIL CRO BUL YPR BOS MAD CZE AST POL VAL 1st 203

Notes

References

External links

Official website Hänninen at eWRC Hänninen at RallyBase