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Finnish rally driver (born 1975)

Jani Paasonen
Personal information
Paasonen at 2001 Rally Finland
Nationality	Finnish
Born	(1975-04-11) 11 April 1975 (age 49)
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. 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

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