Seppo Harjanne (born 20 February 1948) is a

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former

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. He is best known for co-driving for

Timo Salonen Timo Salonen (born October 8, 1951) is a Finnish former rally driver who won the 1985 World Rally Championship season for Peugeot. It was commented of him that he stood out from other drivers, because he was overweight, wore thick glasses and smok ...

from 1979 to

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and for

Tommi Mäkinen Tommi Antero Mäkinen (; born 26 June 1964) is a Finnish racing executive and former driver. Mäkinen is one of the most successful WRC drivers of all time, ranking fifth in rally wins (24) and third in championships (4), tied with Juha Kankkune ...

from

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. With Salonen, Harjanne took ten

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victories for the factory teams of

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and

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, and the

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drivers' world championship title in a

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. With Mäkinen, competing mainly for the Team Mitsubishi Ralliart, he won ten more WRC events along with the

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and

drivers' titles in a

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. Harjanne retired after the 1997 season and Mäkinen went on to take two more titles with

Risto Mannisenmäki Risto Mannisenmäki (born on 28 May 1959) is a former rally co-driver and two-times world champion with driver Tommi Mäkinen. Career Mannisenmäki begun his career in 1982 and was co-driving for various drivers such as Tommi Mäkinen, Sebastia ...

. At the time of his retirement, Harjanne held the co-driver records for most wins and most titles (tied with

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) in the WRC. His record for most wins has since been surpassed by

Luís Moya Luis Rodríguez Moya, better known as Luis Moya (born 23 September 1960) is a now-retired Spanish rally co-driver, synonymous with driver Carlos Sainz. He is the third most successful co-driver in the history of the World Rally Championship (WR ...

Nicky Grist Nicky Grist (born 1 November 1961) is a Welsh former rally co-driver, born in Ebbw Vale. His factory team career in the World Rally Championship lasted from 1993 to 2002. He won 21 rallies with more than one driver. Grist's first WRC win was i ...

Daniel Elena Daniel Elena (born 26 October 1972) also known as "Danos" is a Monégasque rally co-driver working most notably with Sébastien Loeb. Between them the pair have won the World Rally Championship (WRC) nine times with Citroën, later competing wi ...

and Timo Rautiainen, and his record for most titles by Elena. Since 2000, Harjanne has worked as a Deputy Clerk of the Course of

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and assisted in organising several other international rallies.

References

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