Jari Ketomaa

Jari Ketomaa
	Ketomaa on his way to a seventh place finish on 2009 Rally Finland
Personal information
Nationality	Finnish
Born	April 18, 1979 (age 45)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2000–2002, 2007–2015
Co-driver	Petri Lantta; Ossi Lehtonen; Miika Teiskonen; Mika Stenberg; Kaj Lindström ; Marko Sallinen; Tapio Souminen
Rallies	42
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	1
Total points	24
First rally	2000 Rally Finland
Last rally	2015 Rally Catalunya

Last updated October 23, 2024

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

Career

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

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Pts
2000	Jari Ketomaa	Subaru Impreza 555	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	ARG	GRC	NZL	FIN Ret	CYP	FRA	ITA	AUS	GBR			NC	0
2001	Jari Ketomaa	Subaru Impreza 555	MON	SWE	POR	ESP	ARG	CYP	GRE	KEN	FIN Ret	NZL	ITA	FRA	AUS	GBR			NC	0
2002	Jari Ketomaa	Subaru Impreza 555	MON	SWE 30	FRA	ESP	CYP	ARG	GRE	KEN									NC	0
2002	Jari Ketomaa	Subaru Impreza WRX									FIN Ret	GER	ITA	NZL	AUS	GBR			NC	0
2007	Jari Ketomaa	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	FIN Ret	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRE	GBR	NC	0
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		NC	0
	Motoring Club	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					17th	2
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				14th	6
2011	JR Motorsport	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	SWE	MEX	POR	JOR	ITA Ret												NC	0
2011	HJ-Autotalo.com	Ford Fiesta RS WRC						ARG	GRE	FIN Ret	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR				NC	0
2012	Jari Ketomaa	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE Ret	MEX	POR 9	ARG	GRE	NZL 11	FIN 8	GER	GBR	FRA	ITA	ESP				23rd	6
2013	Jari Ketomaa	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE Ret	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA										17th	8
2013	DMACK - Autotek	Ford Fiesta R5								FIN 7	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR 9				17th	8
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				27th	1
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				30th	1

PWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Points
2008	Motoring Club	Subaru Impreza STi N14	SWE 2		GRE Ret	TUR	FIN 3	NZL 4	JPN	GBR 4	3rd	28
2008	Motoring Club	Subaru Impreza STi N12		ARG 3							3rd	28

SWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	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	4th	101

WRC-2 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Points
2013	DMACK - Autotek	Ford Fiesta R5	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN 1	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR 2	11th	43
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	2nd	115
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	6th	67

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References

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

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[1] "WRC2 - Drivers - World Rally Championship - wrc.com". www.wrc.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-03.

[2] "Jari Ketomaa - Official Website".

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