Sebastian "Basti" Lindholm (born 30 January 1961 in

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) is a

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driver from

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. He is a cousin of

Marcus Grönholm Marcus Ulf Johan Grönholm (born February 5, 1968) is a Finnish former rally and rallycross driver, being part of a family of the Swedish-speaking population of Finland lineage. His son, Niclas Grönholm, is an upcoming FIA World Rallycross Cha ...

. Lindholm has won the

Finnish Rally Championship The Finnish Rally Championship is the national rally championship in Finland. The series currently has four classes; Super4 (including R5, S2000 and old WRC cars), Production4 (including Group N cars), R2 (including R2 and R1 cars) and Super2 (in ...

eight times; 1990, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006. Lindholm has also competed in 37

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events. His best result is fourth at the 1997

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, driving a

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. In

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, Lindholm drove

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's SX 4 WRC in its gravel debut at the 2007

Rally GB Wales Rally GB was the most recent iteration of the United Kingdom's premier international motor rally, which ran under various names since the first event held in 1932. It was consistently a round of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) calen ...

. On 19 July 2009, Lindholm was involved in a fatal accident in Estonia at Lõuna-Eesti Rally when he crashed on the fourth stage. With the speed around , Lindholm hit a spectator who died instantly. File:Sebastian Lindholm-2007 Wales Rally GB 001.jpg, Lindholm driving his

Suzuki SX4 WRC The Suzuki SX4 WRC is a World Rally Car built for the Suzuki World Rally Team by Suzuki in the World Rally Championship. It is based upon the Suzuki SX4 road car, and was debuted at the 2007 Tour de Corse. Competition history World Rally Champi ...

at the 2007

Complete WRC results

Notes

External links

sebateam.fiprofile in rallybase.nl
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