Ari Vatanen

Also known as Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen

politician and rally driver, Member of the European Parliament, winner of the 1981 World Rally Championship for Drivers

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Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen is a Finnish rally driver turned politician and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 to 2009. Vatanen won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1981 and the Paris Dakar Rally four times. Since 2013 Vatanen has been the President of the Estonian Autosport Union.

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Jean Todt: The Method — Self2022
Queen of Speed2021
Riding Balls of Fire Group B — Self2016
Top Gear France — Self - Guest2015
Idris Elba: King of Speed — Self2013
Rallying: The Killer Years — Self2012
Madness on Wheels — Self - World Rally Champion 19812012
Camping — Self2006
The Vatanen Touch — Self2003

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Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen ( pronounced [ˈɑri ˈʋɑtɑnen] ; born 27 April 1952) is a Finnish former rally driver and politician and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 to 2009. He won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1981 and the Paris Dakar Rally four times. In addition, he won the 1997 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies.

Racing career