 Jarmo Lehtinen, 2013. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Finnish |
| Born | (1969-01-03)3 January 1969 (age 56) |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 1997–2014,2018–2020 |
| Teams | Citroën,Ford,Subaru,Škoda,M-Sport |
| Rallies | 182 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 15 |
| Podiums | 71 |
| Stage wins | 264 |
| First rally | 1997Rally Finland |
| First win | 2006 Rally Australia |
| Last win | 2012 Rally Italia Sardegna |
| Last rally | 2020 Rally Monza |
Jarmo Lehtinen (born 3 January 1969) is arallyco-driver fromFinland. He was the co-driver to formerWorld Rally Championship driverMikko Hirvonen and have scored 15 WRC wins competing underFord World Rally Team andCitroën Total. As of 2019, he is current co-driver for M-Sport driverTeemu Suninen.
Lehtinen started co-driving in 1988 alongside friend Jari Mikkola. He later partnered Marko Ramanen in theFinnish Rally Championship, and he made his WRC debut in the 1997Rally Finland. In 1999 Lehtinen partnered Ramanen in theBritish Rally Championship and accompanied Jouni Ampuja to sixth in Group N in the Finnish Championship. He worked with Ampuja in the Finnish Championship for another two seasons. In 2002 he took up a new role in the gravel crew for Skoda driverToni Gardemeister on the world championship. He also began to work with Hirvonen on international events. The pair have worked together on all their WRC outings since 2003, withSubaru in 2004 and with Ford since 2006, becoming runners-up in 2008. He won his first world rally at the 2006Rally Australia. Lehtinen and Hirvonen competed forCitroën in2012.[1]
