Juha Kankkunen WRC driver victories

Laukaa, 1959

The WRC driver Juha Kankkunen was born in Laukaa (Finland) in 1959 (65 years old).

Juha Kankkunen Championships

1986

Peugeot 205 T16

1987

Lancia Delta 4WD

1991

Lancia Delta Integrale 16V

1993

Toyota Celica GTFour

Juha Kankkunen has won 4 champinships of the World Rally Championship.

Juha Kankkunen WRC rally victories

1985

Safari Rally (Gravel) Thu 4th - Mon 8th Apr

Rallye Côte d'Ivoire (Gravel) Wed 30th Oct - Sun 3rd Nov

1986

Rally Sweden (Snow) Fri 14th - Sun 16th Feb

Acropolis Rally of Greece (Tarmac/gravel) Mon 2nd - Tue 24th Jun

Rally New Zealand (Gravel) Sat 5th - Tue 8th Jul

1987

Olympus Rally (Gravel) Fri 26th - Mon 29th Jun

Wales Rally (Gravel) Sun 22nd - Wed 25th Nov

1989

Rally Australia (Gravel) Thu 14th - Sun 17th Sep

1990

Rally Australia (Gravel) Thu 20th - Sun 23rd Sep

1991

Safari Rally (Gravel) Wed 27th Mar - Mon 1st Apr

Acropolis Rally of Greece (Gravel) Sun 2nd - Wed 5th Jun

Rally Finland (Gravel) Thu 22nd - Sun 25th Aug

Rally Australia (Gravel) Fri 20th - Tue 24th Sep

Wales Rally (Gravel) Sun 24th - Wed 27th Nov

1992

Rallye de Portugal (Tarmac/gravel) Tue 3rd - Sat 7th Mar

1993

Safari Rally (Gravel) Thu 8th - Mon 12th Apr

Rally Argentina (Gravel) Wed 14th - Sat 17th Jul

Rally Finland (Gravel) Fri 27th - Sun 29th Aug

Rally Australia (Gravel) Sat 18th - Tue 21st Sep

Wales Rally (Gravel) Sun 21st - Wed 24th Nov

1994

Rallye de Portugal (Tarmac/gravel) Tue 1st - Fri 4th Mar

1999

Rally Argentina (Gravel) Sat 22nd - Tue 25th May

Rally Finland (Gravel) Fri 20th - Sun 22nd Aug

How many rallies has Juha Kankkunen won and on what surface?

Juha Kankkunen has won 23 rallies of the World Rally Championship:

19 on gravel.
3 on tarmac/gravel.
1 on snow.

What is the rally that Juha Kankkunen has won the most times?

4	Rally Australia (Gravel)
3	Safari Rally (Gravel)
3	Wales Rally (Gravel)
3	Rally Finland (Gravel)
2	Acropolis Rally of Greece (Tarmac/gravel)
2	Rallye de Portugal (Tarmac/gravel)
2	Rally Argentina (Gravel)
1	Rallye Côte d'Ivoire (Gravel)
1	Rally New Zealand (Gravel)
1	Rally Sweden (Snow)
1	Olympus Rally (Gravel)

Juha Kankkunen biography in rallies

Juha Matti Pellervo Kankkunen April 2, 1959, Laukaa, Finland, better known as Juha Kankkunen or KKK, is a retired Rally Driver, he was world champion 4 times in 1986,1987,1991 and 1993, he was the first to win 3 and 4 world titles until he was equaled by his compatriot Mäkinen in 1999, And surpassed by Loeb in 2008 (by winning his 5th title) and Ogier in 2017 (by winning his 5th title). despite this no one has matched his feat of winning 3 championships with 3 different constructors.(Peugeot, Lancia and Toyota), interestingly he never won races that were entirely on tarmac. He was the last WRC champion of Group B and the first to do so with Group A, he also participated in the Dakar Rally in 1988 and 2005 which he won in 1988. He retired in 2002 but returned in 2010 to run the Rally Finland.

His co-drivers were: Juha Repo, Nicky Grist, Denis Giraudet and Juha Piironen.