Jarmo Lehtinen (born 3 January 1969) is a rally co-driver from Finland. He was the co-driver to former World Rally Championship driver Mikko Hirvonen and have scored 15 WRC wins competing under Ford World Rally Team and Citroën Total. As of 2019, he is current co-driver for M-Sport driver Teemu Suninen.
Career Lehtinen started co-driving in 1988 alongside friend Jari Mikkola. He later partnered Marko Ramanen in the Finnish Rally Championship, and he made his WRC debut in the 1997 Rally Finland. In 1999, Lehtinen partnered Ramanen in the British Rally Championship and accompanied Jouni Ampuja to sixth in Group N in the Finnish Championship. He worked with Ampuja in the Finnish Championship for another two seasons. In 2002, he took up a new role in the gravel crew for Skoda driver Toni Gardemeister on the world championship. He also began to work with Hirvonen on international events. The pair have worked together on all their WRC outings since 2003, with Subaru in 2004 and with Ford since 2006, becoming runners-up in 2008. He won his first world rally at the 2006 Rally Australia. Lehtinen and Hirvonen competed for Citroën in 2012.
WRC victories No. Event Season Driver Car 1 19th Telstra Rally Australia 2006 Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 2 2nd Rally Norway 2007 3 4th Rally Japan Ford Focus RS WRC 07 4 63rd Wales Rally of Great Britain 5 26th Jordan Rally 2008 6 9th Rally of Turkey 7 5th Rally Japan Ford Focus RS WRC 08 8 56th Acropolis Rally of Greece 2009 Ford Focus RS WRC 09 9 66th Rally of Poland 10 59th Neste Oil Rally Finland 11 20th Repco Rally Australia 12 58th Rally Sweden 2010 13 59th Rally Sweden 2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC 14 21st Rally Australia 15 9º Rally d'Italia Sardegna 2012 Citroën DS3 WRC
Complete WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points 1997 Marko Rämänen Honda Civic SiR MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FIN38 IDN ITA AUS GBR - - 1998 Marko Rämänen Honda Civic SiR MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FINRet ITA AUS GBRRet - - 1999 Marko Rämänen Citroën Saxo Kit Car MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FINRet CHN ITA AUS GBR - - 2000 Jouni Ampuja Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evolution VI MON SWE KEN POR ESP ARG GRC NZL FINRet CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR - - 2001 Jouni Ampuja Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evolution VI MON SWE POR ESP ARG CYP GRE KEN FINRet NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR - - 2002 Mikko Hirvonen Subaru Impreza WRC 00 MON SWE FRA ESP CYP ARG GRE KEN FIN GER ITA NZL AUS GBRRet - - 2003 Ford Motor Co Ford Focus RS WRC 02 MONRet SWE11 TURRet NZL10 ARG16 GRERet CYP6 GER13 FINRet AUS9 ITARet FRA10 ESP14 GBRRet 17th 3 2004 Subaru Subaru Impreza WRC 03 MONRet SWE9 7th 29Subaru Impreza WRC 04 MEX5 NZL7 CYP5 GRCRet TUR6 ARG4 FINRet GER8 JPN7 GBR7 ITARet FRA10 ESP8 AUS4 2005 Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 03 MON SWERet MEX NZL ITARet CYP TUR GRC5 ARG GER GBR FRA ESP3AUS 10th 14 Ford Ford Focus RS WRC 04 FIN5 Škoda Škoda Fabia WRC JPNRet 2006 Ford Ford Focus RS WRC 06 MON7 SWE12 MEX14 ESP9 FRA4 ARGRet ITA2 GRC3 GER9 FIN3 JPN3 CYP3 TUR2 AUS1 NZL2 GBRRet 3rd 65 2007 Ford Ford Focus RS WRC 06 MON5 SWE3 NOR1 MEX3 POR5 ARG3 ITA2 GRC4 3rd 99Ford Focus RS WRC 07 FIN2 GER3 NZL3 ESP4 FRA13 JPN1 IRE4 GBR1 2008 BP Ford Abu Dhabi Ford Focus RS WRC 07 MON2 SWE2 MEX4 ARG5 JOR1 ITA2 GRC3 TUR1 FIN2 2nd 103 Ford Focus RS WRC 08 GER4 NZL3 ESP3 FRA2 JPN1 GBR8 2009 BP Ford Abu Dhabi Ford Focus RS WRC 08 IRE3 NOR2 CYP2 POR2 ARGRet 2nd 92 Ford Focus RS WRC 09 ITA2 GRE1 POL1 FIN1 AUS1 ESP3 GBR2 2010 BP Ford Abu Dhabi Ford Focus RS WRC 09 SWE1 MEX4 JOR20 TUR3 NZL4 POR4 BUL5 FINRet GERRet JPN6 FRA5 ESP5 GBR4 6th 126 2011 Ford Abu Dhabi Ford Fiesta RS WRC SWE1 MEX2 POR4 JOR4 ITA2 ARG2 GRE3 FIN4 GER4 AUS1 FRA3 ESP2 GBRRet 2nd 214 2012 Citroën Total Citroën DS3 WRC MON4 SWE2 MEX2 PORDSQ ARG2 GRE2 NZL2 FIN2 GER3 GBR5 FRA3 ITA1 ESP3 2nd 213 2013 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi Citroën DS3 WRC MON4 SWE17 MEX2 POR2 ARG6 GRE8 ITARet FIN4 GER3 AUS3 FRA6 ESP3 GBRRet 4th 126 2014 M-Sport Ford Fiesta RS WRC MONRet SWE4 MEX8 POR2 ARG9 ITARet POL4 FIN5 GER5 AUS5 FRA5 ESP3 GBR2 4th 126 2018 Tommi Mäkinen Racing Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITARet FIN23 GER TUR GBR ESP AUS NC 0 2019 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC MON SWE MEX FRA ARG CHL POR ITA2 FIN8 GER29 TUR4 GBRRet ESP7 AUS 11th 45 2020 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC MON8 SWE8 MEX3 EST6 TURRet ITA5 MNZRet 7th 44
References
External links
Jarmo's profile on wrc.com