Finns top Motorsport Standings

Mattlill2000 · Post by **Mattlill2000** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:55 pm

It just occured to me that a Finn is leading the World Rally Championship with Mikko Hirvonen and a Finn is leading the World Championships in Mororcycle Road Racing with Mika Kallio in the 250cc. class. Add World Champion Kimi Raikkonen in 3rd place in the World Formula One Championships, I don't know if any other country in the world has ever duplicated such a result?

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sinikala · Post by **sinikala** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:41 pm

Forget one country ... try one man...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Surtees

1995 was a fairly good year for British motorsport McRae won the WRC, Foggy won the Superbikes and Hill was second in Formula 1 (won it the following year) and Mclaren won LeMans (albeit without a British driver - infact one of them was Finnish).

EP · Post by EP » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:55 pm

Kotikaupungin katu oli hiekkainen tie
Sinä Anglia katolleen kääntyi
Vielä vinossa liikennemerkkikin lie
Joka ohjausvirheestä vääntyi
Etupenkiltä lasin läpi lennettyäni
Olin pyörinyt piennarta pitkin
Ojan pohjalla hampaita sylkiessäni
Minä oksensin verta ja itkin

Tässä naamassa arpikin kaunistus olisi
Ja hampaat voi uusiksi laittaa
Mut ajokortin ja Anglian kilvet vei poliisi
Se harrastustoimintaa haittaa

Rallikuskiksi pääsystä toiveita elätän
Turha on äitien sankaripoikia neuvoa
Eihän rallia voiteta jos siellä pelätään
Maalissa juhlitaan voittajapoikaamme Teuvoa

Viikonlopuksi autoa etsiessäni
Otin lainaksi naapurin Sierran
Pikatiellä mä rekkaa päin törmätessäni
Kai törmäsin viimeisen kerran

Teuvo, ota meidät kyytiin
Teuvo, sun Angliasi kyytiin

Mattlill2000 · Post by **Mattlill2000** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:10 pm

1995 was a fairly good year for British motorsport McRae won the WRC, Foggy won the Superbikes and Hill was second in Formula 1 (won it the following year) and Mclaren won LeMans (albeit without a British driver - infact one of them was Finnish).

Surtees rules.

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:57 am

EP wrote: Teuvo

Leevi and the Leavings <3

another great one: Phjois-Karjala:

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:42 am

I've got some pics waiting for a winter of my dad doing "hankiralli" in a Goggomobil from the 60's...

John L. · Post by **John L.** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:59 pm

I think in was the year 2000 that Mika Häkkinen won the Formula 1 Championship and Tommi Mäkinen the Rallye World Championship! Indeed, not bad for a country of 5,2 million.

I would still trade it all in for a chance to see Finland play in the Football World Championships (or even the European Championships). It's a long way to go. FIFA just dropped Finland's ranking by 8 positions. The Finnish National Team is now considered to be the 44th best football team in the world. That's not enough to make it to the World Championships - at least not from Europe.

onkko · Post by **onkko** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:01 pm

How you play football in 1m of snow?

Seinajoki Comet · Post by **Seinajoki Comet** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:03 pm

....and Finnish motorcycle speedway rider Kauko Nieminen has just won the British Premier Pairs Championship along with Swede Daniel Nermark for the Workington Comets team!!

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:20 pm

did you guys know the F-1 driver jarno trulli was named after the tragic jarno saarinen? funny as trulli is also a finnish word, easter witch

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