Mikko Antero Markkula (born 3 January 1981) is a Finnish rally co-driver.
Rally career Markkula began his rally career in 2001, co-driving for several drivers in the World Rally Championship.
From 2007 to 2012, Markkula was the co-driver of Juho Hänninen.
In 2013, Markkula started to co-drive for Andreas Mikkelsen in a third Volkswagen Polo R WRC. The crew achieved their first WRC podium in the 2014 Rally Sweden. However, they ended their partnership three rounds later after Argentina, where they finished fourth overall.
Starting from 2015, Markkula firmed a partnership with Teemu Suninen. In 2017, the crew was signed by M-Sport World Rally Team. In the 2018 Rally de Portugal, Markkula gained his second podium finish. He left as Suninen's co-driver at the end of 2018. He was replaced by Marko Salminen.
Career results WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points 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 Volkswagen Motorsport II Volkswagen Polo R WRC MON SWE MEX POR6 ARG8 GRE4 ITARet FIN10 GER AUS FRA ESPRet GBR5 11th 36 2014 Volkswagen Motorsport II Volkswagen Polo R WRC MON7 SWE2 MEX19 POR4 ARG4 ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR 9th 48 2015 Team Oreca Citroën DS3 R3T MON SWE MEX ARG PORRet ITA34 FIN54 NC 0 TGS Worldwide Škoda Fabia S2000 POL19 GBR11 Team Oreca Ford Fiesta R5 GER19 AUS FRA18 ESP37 2016 Team Oreca Škoda Fabia R5 MON12 SWE10 ARG POR46 ITA8 POL11 FIN10 GER56 CHNC FRA15 ESP28 GBR14 AUS 18th 8 TGS Worldwide MEX9 2017 M-Sport WRT Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE10 MEX FRA8 ARG POR12 ITA GER16 ESP8 GBR31 AUS 14th 29 Ford Fiesta WRC POL6 FIN4 2018 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta R5 MON18 12th 54 Ford Fiesta WRC SWE8 MEX12 FRA ARG9 POR3 ITA10 FIN6 GER5 TUR4 GBRRet ESP11 AUSRet 2019 Janne Tuohino Ford Fiesta WRC MON SWE10 MEX FRA ARG CHL POR ITA FIN GER TUR GBR ESP AUS 31st 1 2021 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC MONRet ARC8 ITA31 EST6 11th 29 Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II CRO10 POR8KEN BELRet GREWD Movisport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 FIN Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 ESP Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC MNZ 2022 Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 MON SWE CRO POR ITA KEN EST FIN BEL GRE NZL ESP JPN 20th 9
References
External links
Mikko Markkula's e-wrc profile