Miikka Anttila

Miikka Anttila

Miikka Anttila at the 2013 Rallye de France
Personal information
Nationality	Finnish
Born	(1972-09-10) 10 September 1972 Janakkala, Finland
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1999–present
Teams	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Volkswagen Motorsport Ford World Rally Team
Rallies	204
Championships	0
Rally wins	17
Podiums	64
Stage wins	509
First rally	1999 Rally Finland
First win	2008 Rally Sweden
Last win	2017 Rally Sweden
Last rally	2018 Wales Rally GB

Miikka Anttila (born 10 September 1972) is a Finnish rally co-driver, currently teaming with Jari-Matti Latvala at Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT. Anttila has previously served alongside such drivers as Mikko Hirvonen, Janne Tuohino and Kosti Katajamäki.

Career

Debuting in the World Rally Championship in 1999, Anttila began co-driving Latvala at the 2003 Rallye Deutschland and got his first win at the 2008 Swedish Rally. So committed is Anttila to co-driving that he missed the birth of his second child in order to contest the Rally de Espana in 2011.^[1]

He joined Volkswagen Motorsport after its formation as a manufacturer team in 2013.

For 2017, Anttila is racing for the works Toyota team.^[2]

At the 2018 Tour de Corse, Anttila made his 197th WRC start which made him the most experienced competitor in the history of the sport. The record was previously held by Spanish driver and two times world-champion Carlos Sainz who started 196 events.^[3] He became the first-ever competitor to start 200 rallies in the WRC at the 2018 Rally d'Italia.^[4]

Rally Victories

References

External links

• Profile at ewrc-results.com