Emil Lindholm

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Emil Lindholm
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Lindholm during the 2023 Central European Rally
Nationality Flag of Finland.svg Finnish
Born (1996-07-19) 19 July 1996 (age 27)
Helsinki, Finland [1]
Related to Sebastian Lindholm (father)
World Rally Championship record
Active years 2017–present
Co-driver Reeta Hämäläinen
Teams Toksport, Hyundai
Rallies33
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points23
First rally 2017 Rally Poland

Emil Lindholm (born 19 July 1996) is a Finnish rally driver. He is the son of former World Rally Championship driver Sebastian Lindholm. [2] He won the World Rally Championship-2 title in 2022 and the Finnish Rally Championship in 2021. [3]

Contents

Rally results

WRC results

YearEntrantCar1234567891011121314Pos.Points
2017 Emil Lindholm Ford Fiesta R2T MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA POL
35
FIN
Ret
GER ESP GBR AUS NC0
2018 Printsport Škoda Fabia R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN
40
GER TUR GBR ESP AUS NC0
2019 Emil Lindholm Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON SWE
12
MEX FRA ARG CHL POR ITA FIN
43
GER TUR GBR ESP
13
AUS
C
NC0
2020 Emil Lindholm Škoda Fabia R5 evo MON SWE
11
MEX EST TUR ITA MNZ
11
NC0
2021 Emil Lindholm Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo MON ARC
Ret
CRO
13
POR
27
ITA
Ret
KEN EST
Ret
BEL GRE
14
FIN
10
ESP
12
MNZ 32nd1
2022 Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo MON SWE
32
CRO
9
POR ITA KEN EST
10
FIN
8
BEL GRE
7
NZL ESP
14
15th16
Toksport WRT JPN
9
2023 Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 MON SWE
16
CRO
11
POR ITA
Ret
KEN 21st6
Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo MEX
7
Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 EST
11
FIN
20
GRE CHL
Ret
EUR
Ret
JPN
2024 Emil Lindholm Hyundai i20 N Rally2 MON SWE
12
KEN CRO
18
POR ITA POL LAT FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN NC*0*

* Season still in progress.

WRC-2 results

YearEntrantCar1234567891011121314Pos.Points
2018 Printsport Škoda Fabia R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN
11
GER TUR GBR ESP AUS NC0
2019 Emil Lindholm Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON SWE
2
MEX FRA ARG CHL POR ITA FIN
7
GER TUR GBR ESP
2
AUS
C
10th42
2022 Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo MON SWE
14
CRO
3
POR ITA KEN EST
3
FIN
1
BEL GRE
1
NZL ESP
4
1st116
Toksport WRT JPN
3
2023 Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 MON SWE
7
CRO
3
POR ITA
Ret
KEN 9th62
Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo MEX
2
Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 EST
3
FIN
13
GRE CHL
Ret
EUR
Ret
JPN
2024 Emil Lindholm Hyundai i20 N Rally2 MON SWE
7
KEN CRO
8
POR ITA POL LAT FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN 16th*10*

* Season still in progress.

WRC-3 results

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213Pos.Points
2017 Emil Lindholm Ford Fiesta R2T MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA POL
10
FIN
Ret
GER ESP GBR AUS 16th1
2020 Emil Lindholm Škoda Fabia R5 evo MON SWE
2
MEX EST TUR ITA MNZ
4
5th30
2021 Emil Lindholm Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo MON ARC
Ret
CRO
2
POR
10
ITA
Ret
KEN EST
Ret
BEL GRE
3
FIN
1
ESP
1 [lower-alpha 1]
MNZ 3rd73

JWRC results

YearEntrantCar123456Pos.Points
2017 Emil Lindholm Ford Fiesta R2T FRA ITA POL
10
FIN
Ret
GER ESP 16th1

ERC results

YearEntrantCar12345Pos.Points
2020 Team MRF Tyres Škoda Fabia R5 evo ITA
9
LAT
5
PRT
Ret
HUN
19
ESP 15th27

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References

  1. "About". emillindholm.fi. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. "Emil Lindholm". eWRC-results.com . Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. "Emil Lindholm voitti rallin SM-kultaa" [Emil Lindholm won the Finnish Championship gold in the rally]. Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 26 September 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  4. "WRC3: Lindholm secures Spain win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

Notes

  1. Emil Lindholm competed as the driver, but was identified as the co-driver on official documents. Therefore the points achieved by Lindholm are counted in the 2021 WRC-3 Co-drivers' standings. [4]