Rally Hall of Fame

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The Rally Hall of Fame is a hall of fame for famous rally drivers and other persons who have had a great influence on rallying. The exhibition is part of the automobile and road museum Mobilia located at Kangasala, near the city of Tampere, in central Finland.

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The Hall of Fame was opened on 29 April 2010 with four inductees; Erik Carlsson, Paddy Hopkirk, Rauno Aaltonen and Timo Mäkinen. [1] Walter Röhrl and Hannu Mikkola were elected in 2011, [2] and Michèle Mouton and Carlos Sainz in 2012. [3] New nominations are introduced every year during the Rally Finland. [1]

The selections are made by an international committee led by AKK-Motorsport, Finland's representative in the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). In 2011, the selection committee consisted of five persons: Mouton, Kari O. Sohlberg (chairman of AKK), Neil Duncanson (owner of North One Television), Martin Holmes (motorsport journalist) and Pekka Honkanen (director of the Sports Museum Foundation of Finland). [1]

Members

NameYear elected
Flag of Finland.svg Rauno Aaltonen 2010
Flag of Sweden.svg Erik Carlsson 2010
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paddy Hopkirk 2010
Flag of Finland.svg Timo Mäkinen 2010
Flag of Finland.svg Hannu Mikkola 2011
Flag of Germany.svg Walter Röhrl 2011
Flag of France.svg Michèle Mouton 2012
Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz 2012
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Cowan 2013
Flag of Finland.svg Tommi Mäkinen 2013
Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Waldegård 2013
Flag of Sweden.svg Stig Blomqvist 2014
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Richards 2014
Flag of Finland.svg Ari Vatanen 2014
Flag of Finland.svg Juha Kankkunen 2015
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin McRae 2015
Flag of Italy.svg Sandro Munari 2015
Flag of Finland.svg Henri Toivonen 2016
Flag of Kenya.svg Shekhar Mehta 2017
Flag of Finland.svg Markku Alén 2018
Flag of Sweden.svg Ove Andersson 2018
Flag of Germany.svg Reinhard Klein 2018
Flag of Finland.svg Simo Lampinen 2018
Flag of France.svg Jean Todt 2019
Flag of Finland.svg Seppo Harjanne 2019
Flag of Finland.svg Timo Salonen 2019

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References

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  2. "New Inductees to Rally Hall of Fame". Neste Oil Rally Finland . 9 February 2011. Archived from the original on 30 April 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
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