Jari Ketomaa

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Jari Ketomaa
Jari Ketomaa - Rally Finland 2009.JPG
Ketomaa on his way to a seventh place finish on 2009 Rally Finland
Personal information
Nationality Flag of Finland.svg Finnish
Born (1979-04-18) April 18, 1979 (age 45)
World Rally Championship record
Active years 20002002, 20072015
Co-driver Flag of Finland.svg Petri Lantta
Flag of Finland.svg Ossi Lehtonen
Flag of Finland.svg Miika Teiskonen
Flag of Finland.svg Mika Stenberg
Flag of Finland.svg Kaj Lindström
Flag of Finland.svg Marko Sallinen
Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Souminen
Rallies42
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums0
Stage wins1
Total points24
First rally 2000 Rally Finland
Last rally 2015 Rally Catalunya

Jari Ketomaa (born 18 April 1979) is a Finnish former rally driver. [1]

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Career

Ketomaa at the 2010 Rally Finland Rally Finland 2010 - EK 1 - Jari Ketomaa.jpg
Ketomaa at the 2010 Rally Finland

A former kart racer, Ketomaa started rallying in 1995. [2] He made his World Rally Championship debut in 2000 at Rally Finland. He won the Group N class of the Finnish Rally Championship in 2006 and 2007. In 2008, he competed a full season in the Production World Rally Championship, finishing the season third in the standings. Ketomaa regained the Finnish Group N title in 2009. He also made his debut in a World Rally Car at 2009 Rally Finland, finishing seventh overall. In 2010, Ketomaa is competing in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship in a Ford Fiesta S2000. In 2011 Ketomaa raced in Rally Finland with Ford Fiesta RS WRC and lead after first special stage but later retired from top 5 position.

Career results

World Rally Championship results

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213141516WDCPts
2000 Jari Ketomaa Subaru Impreza 555 MON SWE KEN POR ESP ARG GRC NZL FIN
Ret
CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR NC0
2001 Jari Ketomaa Subaru Impreza 555 MON SWE POR ESP ARG CYP GRE KEN FIN
Ret
NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR NC0
2002 Jari Ketomaa Subaru Impreza 555 MON SWE
30
FRA ESP CYP ARG GRE KEN NC0
Subaru Impreza WRX FIN
Ret
GER ITA NZL AUS GBR
2007 Jari Ketomaa Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN
Ret
GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE GBR NC0
2008 Motoring Club Subaru Impreza STi N14 MON SWE
10
MEX JOR ITA GRE
Ret
TUR FIN
16
GER NZL
15
ESP FRA GBR
17
NC0
Subaru Impreza STi N12 ARG
10
Subaru Rally Team Japan Subaru Impreza STi N14 JPN
Ret
2009 Jari Ketomaa Subaru Impreza WRC IRE NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRE POL FIN
7
AUS ESP GBR 17th2
2010 Shanghai FCACA Rally Team Ford Fiesta S2000 SWE MEX JOR
25
TUR NZL
8
POR
11
BUL FIN
Ret
GER JPN
9
FRA
11
ESP GBR
Ret
14th6
2011 JR Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X SWE MEX POR JOR ITA
Ret
NC0
HJ-Autotalo.com Ford Fiesta RS WRC ARG GRE FIN
Ret
GER AUS FRA ESP GBR
2012 Jari Ketomaa Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE
Ret
MEX POR
9
ARG GRE NZL
11
FIN
8
GER GBR FRA ITA ESP 23rd6
2013 Jari Ketomaa Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE
Ret
MEX POR ARG GRE ITA 17th8
DMACK - Autotek Ford Fiesta R5 FIN
7
GER AUS FRA ESP GBR
9
2014 Drive Dmack Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE
12
MEX POR
10
ARG
21
ITA POL
12
FIN
11
GER AUS
12
FRA ESP GBR
12
27th1
2015 Drive Dmack Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE
13
MEX
10
ARG
12
POR
Ret
ITA POL
17
FIN GER AUS FRA ESP
36
GBR
WD
30th1

PWRC results

YearEntrantCar12345678Pos.Points
2008 Motoring Club Subaru Impreza STi N14 SWE
2
GRE
Ret
TUR FIN
3
NZL
4
JPN GBR
4
3rd28
Subaru Impreza STi N12 ARG
3

SWRC results

YearEntrantCar12345678910Pos.Points
2010 Shanghai FCACA Rally Team Ford Fiesta S2000 SWE MEX JOR
6
NZL
1
POR
1
FIN
Ret
GER JPN
1
FRA
2
GBR
Ret
4th101

WRC-2 results

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213Pos.Points
2013 DMACK - Autotek Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN
1
GER AUS FRA ESP GBR
2
11th43
2014 Drive Dmack Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE
2
MEX POR
2
ARG
11
ITA POL
2
FIN
2
GER AUS
2
FRA ESP GBR
1
2nd115
2015 Drive Dmack Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE
1
MEX
3
ARG
3
POR
Ret
ITA POL
4
FIN GER AUS FRA ESP
12
GBR
WD
6th67

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References

  1. "WRC2 - Drivers - World Rally Championship - wrc.com". www.wrc.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-03.
  2. "Jari Ketomaa - Official Website".