Mikko Markkula

Mikko Markkula

Mikko Markkula in 2018
Personal information
Nationality	Finland
Born	(1981-01-03) January 3, 1981 (age 45)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2001–2019, 2021–present
Driver	Teemu Suninen
Teams	M-Sport World Rally Team, Hyundai Motorsport
Rallies	115
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	2
Stage wins	19
First rally	2001 Rally Finland

Mikko Markkula (born 3 January 1981) is a Finnish rally co-driver.

Rally career

Markkula began his rally career in 2001, co-driving for several drivers in the World Rally Championship. ^[1]

From 2007 to 2012, Markkula was the co-driver of Juho Hänninen. ^[1]

In 2013, Markkula started to co-drive for Andreas Mikkelsen in a third Volkswagen Polo R WRC. ^[2] The crew achieved their first WRC podium in the 2014 Rally Sweden. ^[3] However, they ended their partnership three rounds later after Argentina, where they finished fourth overall. ^[4]

Starting from 2015, Markkula firmed a partnership with Teemu Suninen. ^[5] In 2017, the crew was signed by M-Sport World Rally Team. ^[6] In the 2018 Rally de Portugal, Markkula gained his second podium finish. ^[7] He left as Suninen's co-driver at the end of 2018. ^[8] He was replaced by Marko Salminen.

Career results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos.	Points
2007	RRE Sports	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	MON	SWE DSQ				ARG 11		GRE Ret			NZL 19			JPN 23	IRE	GBR 14	22nd	1
	Juho Hänninen	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05			NOR 17	MEX	POR		ITA 8		FIN Ret	GER
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX												ESP DSQ	FRA
2008	Ralliart New Zealand	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	MON	SWE 8	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA	GRE 20	TUR	FIN 13	GER	NZL 14			JPN 10	GBR Ret		19th	1
	Juho Hänninen													ESP 29	FRA 24
2009	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	IRE	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	POL	FIN 10	AUS	ESP	GBR					NC	0
2010	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	SWE	MEX	JOR	TUR	NZL	POR Ret	BUL	FIN 9	GER	JPN	FRA	ESP	GBR				20th	2
2011	Red Bull Škoda	Škoda Fabia S2000	SWE	MEX 8	POR	JOR	ITA 8	ARG	GRE 8	FIN 10	GER 20	AUS	FRA 26	ESP 10	GBR				16th	14
2013	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR 6	ARG 8	GRE 4	ITA Ret	FIN 10	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP Ret	GBR 5				11th	36
2014	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	MON 7	SWE 2	MEX 19	POR 4	ARG 4	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR				9th	48
2015	Team Oreca	Citroën DS3 R3T	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR Ret	ITA 34		FIN 54									NC	0
	TGS Worldwide	Škoda Fabia S2000							POL 19						GBR 11
	Team Oreca	Ford Fiesta R5									GER 19	AUS	FRA 18	ESP 37
2016	Team Oreca	Škoda Fabia R5	MON 12	SWE 10		ARG	POR 46	ITA 8	POL 11	FIN 10	GER 56	CHN C	FRA 15	ESP 28	GBR 14	AUS			18th	8
	TGS Worldwide				MEX 9
2017	M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta R5	MON	SWE 10	MEX	FRA 8	ARG	POR 12	ITA			GER 16	ESP 8	GBR 31	AUS				14th	29
		Ford Fiesta WRC								POL 6	FIN 4
2018	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5	MON 18																12th	54
		Ford Fiesta WRC		SWE 8	MEX 12	FRA	ARG 9	POR 3	ITA 10	FIN 6	GER 5	TUR 4	GBR Ret	ESP 11	AUS Ret
2019	Janne Tuohino	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON	SWE 10	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS C			31st	1
2021	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON Ret	ARC 8			ITA 31		EST 6										11th	29
		Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II			CRO 10	POR 8		KEN WD		BEL Ret	GRE WD
	Movisport	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5										FIN 8
	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 N Rally2											ESP 11
	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC												MNZ 6
2022	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	MON	SWE	CRO	POR Ret	ITA 38	KEN	EST 9	FIN DSQ	BEL	GRE 17	NZL	ESP 11	JPN 8				20th	9

References

1. "Mikko Markkula". e-wrc.com. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
2. "Mikkelsen confirmed for third VW". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 8 December 2012. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
3. "Breaking News: Latvala wins in Sweden". World Rally Championship . WRC Promoter GmbH. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
4. "Mikkelsen replaces co-driver Markkula". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
5. "Post Rally Deutschland: Team Oreca revs up, Teemu Suninen in WRC2". www.oreca-group.com. Oreca. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
6. "Tidemand's home run". wrc.com. WRC. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
7. "Breaking News: Neuville Wins In Portugal". wrc.com. WRC. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
8. "Sunisen kartanlukija vaihtuu – "Vaihtelua tulevaan ja sitä kautta uutta vauhtia" | UrheiluUutiset Motorsport".

External links

• Mikko Markkula's e-wrc profile