Mattias Kristoffer Therman (born 10 April 1974) is a
Finnish businessman and rally driver. He was an owner of
Hartwall beverage company and in 2008 he earned more capital gains (over 28 million €) than anyone else in Finland.
Rally career
Therman's rallying career began as a
co-driver in 2007. In 2008 he began driving in his first events in his native Finland, and competed in
Wales Rally GB at the end of the year, finishing 25th overall. In 2009 he established Team Therminator, and competed on
Rally Finland, entered under the
Munchi's Ford World Rally Team banner in a
Ford Focus RS WRC 08
The Ford Focus RS WRC is a car built for the Ford World Rally Team by Ford Europe and M-Sport and based on the Ford Focus Climate 2-litre production hatchback, developed to compete in the World Rally Championship. The RS stands for ''Rallye Sport ...
, finishing 15th overall.
In December 2009 it was announced that
Marcus Grönholm would return to the
World Rally Championship on the
2010 Rally Sweden driving a Focus WRC for Team Therminator alongside Therman.
Nearer the event the pair were brought under the
Stobart Ford World Rally Team banner, with Gronholm registered to score manufacturer points for the squad. Gronholm and Therman finished 21st and 24th respectively. For
Rally Finland Juha Kankkunen will join Therman racing under the Stobart banner.
WRC results
References
External links
Team TherminatorProfile at eWRC-results.com
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Living people
1974 births
Finnish businesspeople
Finnish rally drivers