Jani Paasonen

Jani Paasonen
	Paasonen at 2001 Rally Finland
Personal information
Nationality	Finnish
Born	11 April 1975
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1997– 2005, 2021
Co-driver	Kari Jokinen; Arto Kapanen; Jakke Honkanen; Sirkka Rautiainen; Jani Vainikka
Teams	OMV World Rally Team, Škoda Motorsport
Rallies	31
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	1
Total points	3
First rally	1997 Rally Finland
Last rally	2021 Rally Finland

Jani Paasonen (born 11 April 1975) is a Finnish rally driver. He used to compete in the World Rally Championship (WRC) with Škoda Motorsport.^[1] His best result was 6th place at Rally Finland 2004 with Škoda Fabia WRC.

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1997	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRC	NZL	FIN 21	IDN	ITA	AUS	GBR			NC	0
1998	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN Ret	ITA	AUS	GBR				NC	0
1999	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo IV	MON	SWE 17	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN 17	CHN	ITA	AUS	GBR			NC	0
2000	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo IV	MON	SWE 17	KEN	POR	ESP 22	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN 16	CYP	FRA	ITA	AUS Ret	GBR			NC	0
2001	Blue Rose Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 00	MON	SWE Ret	POR	ESP	ARG	CYP	GRE	KEN									NC	0
2001	Blue Rose Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 01									FIN Ret	NZL	ITA	FRA	AUS	GBR			NC	0
2002	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC	MON	SWE 14	FRA	ESP	CYP Ret	ARG	GRE	KEN									NC	0
2002	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2									FIN 8	GER	ITA	NZL Ret	AUS 9	GBR Ret			NC	0
2003	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2	MON	SWE	TUR	NZL	ARG	GRE	CYP	GER Ret	FIN	AUS	ITA	FRA	ESP	GBR			NC	0
2004	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	MON	SWE 16	MEX Ret	NZL 14	CYP	GRE	TUR	ARG 10		GER 20	JPN		ITA	FRA	ESP	AUS EX	20th	3
2004	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC									FIN 6			GBR Ret					20th	3
2005	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	MON	SWE 9	MEX 13	NZL	ITA	CYP	TUR	GRE Ret	ARG Ret	FIN Ret	GER	GBR	JPN	FRA	ESP	AUS	NC	0
2021	Team Capitalbox	Ford Fiesta R5	MON	ARC	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	BEL	GRE	FIN Ret	ESP	MNZ					NC	0

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

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Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	WRX	Points
2019	STARD	Ford Fiesta MK7	UAE	ESP 16	BEL								22nd	9
2019	STARD	Ford Fiesta MK8				GBR 14	NOR 13	SWE	CAN 16	FRA 17	LAT	RSA	22nd	9
2020	Ferratum Team	Ford Fiesta Supercar RX	SWE 15	SWE 16	FIN 15	FIN 17	LAT 17	LAT 17	ESP	ESP			23rd	5

References

^ "Jani Paasonen - Driver Profile". Rallye-Info.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2012. Archived 24 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Jani Paasonen - Driver Profile". Rallye-Info.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2012. Archived 24 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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