Jani Paasonen

Jani Paasonen

Paasonen at the Rally Finland 2004
Personal information
Nationality	Finnish
Born	11 April 1975
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1997– 2005
Teams	OMV World Rally Team, Škoda Motorsport
Rallies	30
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	3
First rally	1997 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
		Ford Focus RS WRC 01									FIN Ret	NZL	ITA	FRA	AUS	GBR
2002	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC	MON	SWE 14	FRA	ESP	CYP Ret	ARG	GRE	KEN									NC	0
		Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2									FIN 8	GER	ITA	NZL Ret	AUS 9	GBR Ret
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
	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC									FIN 6			GBR Ret
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

References

1. "Jani Paasonen - Driver Profile". Rallye-Info.com. Retrieved 29 February 2012.