Mikko Hirvonen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mikko Hirvonen
Occupation	Race Car Driver
Date Of Birth	Jul 31, 1980(1980-07-31)
Age	44
Birthplace	Kannonkoski
Country	Finland
Birth City	Central Finland
Horoscope	Cancer

Mikko Hirvonen Biography

Mikko Hirvonen is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on July 31, 1980 in Kannonkoski, Central Finland, Finland. Finnish professional rally driver, who is well-known for his participation in both the World Rally Championships and the Rally-Raid championships. He is a Ford, Subaru, Citroen, and Citroen sponsor and drives for their respective teams.

In 2003, he took over the position of fellow professional racer He took the spot of fellow professional racer Richard Burns in 2003 on the Subaru World Rally Team. on the Subaru World Rally Team.

Mikko Hirvonen (born 31 July 1980) is a Finnish former rally driver, and a current Rally-Raid driver, who drove in the World Rally Championship. He placed third in the drivers’ championship and helped Ford to the manufacturers’ title in both 2006 and 2007. In 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012 he finished runner-up to Sébastien Loeb. Hirvonen’s co-driver was Jarmo Lehtinen from the 2003 season until his retirement in 2014, Lehtinen had replaced Miikka Anttila who co-drove with Hirvonen in the 2002 season.

Hirvonen won the under 2000 cc Group A Finnish Rally Championship in 2002. As one of the World Rally Championship’s younger competitors he made his debut full-time in a third Ford World Rally Team entry in the 2003 season, scoring one points finish for sixth place at the Cyprus Rally.

He was born in Kannonkoski (Finland) and has two children.

Mikko Hirvonen Net Worth

Mikko Hirvonen is one of the richest Race Car Driver from Finland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mikko Hirvonen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began competing in 2000, and won the 2002 Group A Finnish Rally Championships. In 2003, he made his Ford debut. He won the 2006 Rally Australia Championships.

He is well-known for winning both the 2012 Rally d’Italia Sardegna as well as the 2014 Wales Rally GB.

Loeb soon secured his number one spot in the drivers’ championship in Japan, but the manufacturers’ title fight was still open as Ford trailed Citroën by eleven points. That changed when Hirvonen rolled his car onto its roof in stage five of the season-ending Wales Rally GB. He was bumped down to 44th as a result, but managed to recover to eighth place by the end of the rally. This result meant that Hirvonen and co-driver Lehtinen became the first WRC drivers ever to score points on every round of a season.

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At the Rally d’Italia Sardegna, Hirvonen and Loeb both dropped time on day one in a bid to gain a better road position. After Loeb incurred a puncture, Hirvonen found himself unable to catch teammate Latvala, who had been pushing in front from start to finish. In the following Acropolis Rally in Greece, Hirvonen took his first win of the season. With Loeb crashing out, he reduced the Frenchman’s championship lead to seven points. At the following Rally Poland, Loeb crashed again, although recovered to seventh, with Hirvonen winning his second consecutive rally he moved to the top of the standings. In Finland, Hirvonen took the lead on the first proper stage and continued pulling away from Loeb to take his debut win in his home event. A few weeks later, in Australia, Mikko was again in a tight battle with Loeb, where Loeb eventually won. Unfortunately for Loeb his car was found to have rollbar irregularities, as did Dani Sordo and Sébastien Ogier. They were then given 1 minute time penalties, which handed Hirvonen the win and 10 points. Hirvonen led the 2009 Championship by a point from Sebastien Loeb, and needed a win to clinch the title, but a hard landing from a jump on the penultimate stage caused the bonnet hinge to fail, as time ticked by to get rid of the bonnet cover, the Championship was handed to Loeb.

Facts & Trivia

Mikko Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Finland. Mikko Hirvonen celebrates birthday on July 31 of every year.

In 2010 Hirvonen continued his partnership with Ford for the last time with the Ford Focus RS WRC before switching to the new 1.6 Ecoboost Ford Fiesta RS WRC in 2011. In 2012 Hirvonen changed his seat to a Citroën DS3 WRC to partner Sebastien Loeb in the Citroën Total World Rally Team.