The Rally Hall of Fame is a hall of fame for famous rally drivers and other persons who have had a great influence on rallying. The exhibition is part of the automobile and road museum Mobilia located at Kangasala, near the city of Tampere, in central Finland.
The Hall of Fame was opened on 29 April 2010 with four inductees; Erik Carlsson, Paddy Hopkirk, Rauno Aaltonen and Timo Mäkinen.[1] Walter Röhrl and Hannu Mikkola were elected in 2011,[2] and Michèle Mouton and Carlos Sainz in 2012.[3] New nominations are introduced every year during the Rally Finland.[1]
The selections are made by an international committee led by AKK-Motorsport, Finland's representative in the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). In 2011, the selection committee consisted of five persons: Mouton, Kari O. Sohlberg (chairman of AKK), Neil Duncanson (owner of North One Television), Martin Holmes (motorsport journalist) and Pekka Honkanen (director of the Sports Museum Foundation of Finland).[1]
Members
editName | Year elected |
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Rauno Aaltonen | 2010 |
Erik Carlsson | 2010 |
Paddy Hopkirk | 2010 |
Timo Mäkinen | 2010 |
Hannu Mikkola | 2011 |
Walter Röhrl | 2011 |
Michèle Mouton | 2012 |
Carlos Sainz | 2012 |
Andrew Cowan | 2013 |
Tommi Mäkinen | 2013 |
Björn Waldegård | 2013 |
Stig Blomqvist | 2014 |
David Richards | 2014 |
Ari Vatanen | 2014 |
Juha Kankkunen | 2015 |
Colin McRae | 2015 |
Sandro Munari | 2015 |
Henri Toivonen | 2016 |
Shekhar Mehta | 2017 |
Markku Alén | 2018 |
Ove Andersson | 2018 |
Reinhard Klein | 2018 |
Simo Lampinen | 2018 |
Jean Todt | 2019 |
Seppo Harjanne | 2019 |
Timo Salonen | 2019 |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Exhibitions in Mobilia". Mobilia. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "New Inductees to Rally Hall of Fame". Neste Oil Rally Finland. 9 February 2011. Archived from the original on 30 April 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "Sainz and Mouton nominated to Rally Hall of Fame". Neste Oil Rally Finland. 12 March 2012. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
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