WRC Team and Driver Profiles
  Ari Vatanen, Finland

Ari Vatanen is one of the living legends of rallying. His international break was in '76 British Rally Championship and first WRC win in Acropolis '80. He was the World Champion in 1981 with a David Sutton Ford. Almost fatal accident in Argentina '85 did not stop him and he moved succesfully to Rally Raids. He returned last year to WRC and he is still just as fast as any top driver. Ari is a very nice personality, openly religious and his trademark is a glass of milk instead of the winner's champagne. In 1995-97 he drove succesfully Rally Raids for Citroen. Since that he has appeared in some WRC events, just driving for fun.



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