Emil Lindholm

Emil Lindholm
Emil Lindholm
	Lindholm during the 2023 Central European Rally
Nationality	Finnish
Born	19 July 1996 (age 27); Helsinki, Finland
Related to	Sebastian Lindholm (father)
Active years
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2017–present
Co-driver	Reeta Hämäläinen
Teams	Toksport, Hyundai
Rallies	33
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	23
First rally	2017 Rally Poland

Last updated May 06, 2024

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]

Rally results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2017	Emil Lindholm	Ford Fiesta R2T	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	POL 35	FIN Ret	GER	ESP	GBR	AUS		NC	0
2018	Printsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN 40	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS		NC	0
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	NC	0
2020	Emil Lindholm	Škoda Fabia R5 evo	MON	SWE 11	MEX	EST	TUR	ITA	MNZ 11								NC	0
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			32nd	1
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			15th	16
2022	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo													JPN 9		15th	16
2023	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE 16		CRO 11	POR	ITA Ret	KEN								21st	6
	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

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2018	Printsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN 11	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS		NC	0
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	10th	42
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			1st	116
2022	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo													JPN 3		1st	116
2023	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE 7		CRO 3	POR	ITA Ret	KEN								9th	62
	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

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Points
2017	Emil Lindholm	Ford Fiesta R2T	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	POL 10	FIN Ret	GER	ESP	GBR	AUS	16th	1
2020	Emil Lindholm	Škoda Fabia R5 evo	MON	SWE 2	MEX	EST	TUR	ITA	MNZ 4							5th	30
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		3rd	73

JWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Points
2017	Emil Lindholm	Ford Fiesta R2T	FRA	ITA	POL 10	FIN Ret	GER	ESP	16th	1

ERC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Points
2020	Team MRF Tyres	Škoda Fabia R5 evo	ITA 9	LAT 5	PRT Ret	HUN 19	ESP	15th	27

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References

↑ "About". emillindholm.fi. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
↑ "Emil Lindholm". eWRC-results.com . Retrieved 2 February 2022.
↑ "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.
↑ "WRC3: Lindholm secures Spain win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

Notes

↑ 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]

External links

Official website
Emil Lindholm's e-wrc profile

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[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.

[Lindholm_Spain_2021-4] "WRC3: Lindholm secures Spain win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

[5] 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]

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