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Rally Hall of Fame

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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

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Name Year elected
Finland Rauno Aaltonen 2010
Sweden Erik Carlsson 2010
United Kingdom Paddy Hopkirk 2010
Finland Timo Mäkinen 2010
Finland Hannu Mikkola 2011
Germany Walter Röhrl 2011
France Michèle Mouton 2012
Spain Carlos Sainz 2012
United Kingdom Andrew Cowan 2013
Finland Tommi Mäkinen 2013
Sweden Björn Waldegård 2013
Sweden Stig Blomqvist 2014
United Kingdom David Richards 2014
Finland Ari Vatanen 2014
Finland Juha Kankkunen 2015
United Kingdom Colin McRae 2015
Italy Sandro Munari 2015
Finland Henri Toivonen 2016
Kenya Shekhar Mehta 2017
Finland Markku Alén 2018
Sweden Ove Andersson 2018
Germany Reinhard Klein 2018
Finland Simo Lampinen 2018
France Jean Todt 2019
Finland Seppo Harjanne 2019
Finland Timo Salonen 2019

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Exhibitions in Mobilia". Mobilia. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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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