| Date of birth: |
22.5.1975 |
| Place of residence: |
Dubai, Emirates |
| Family: |
Married, one daughter |
| First rally : |
1993 Kiiminki rallysprint |
| First WRC-rally: |
1996 WRC Finland |
| WRC starts: |
40 (at the end of 2006) |
| Statistics: |
Rally Paradise |
Janne Tuohino, age of 32 possess 25 years of motorsport experience. His aim is to be a manufacturer rally driver in a works team and gain the title of World Rally Champion. He is known as persistent professional Flying Finn rally driver and has lots of experience by rallying with World Rally Cars during ten seasons.
Tuohino was borned at 1975. His motorsport career started at age of six as he was gaining knowledge and skills behind the steering wheel of home-made ice racing car on his grandmother's frozen lake. From early 90ies Tuohino has taken ambitious steps towards professionalism. His first rally event was a rallysprint event with rwd Ford Escort RS 2000. The event was held at 1993 in his home village, Kiiminki. Only three seasons later he entered his first WRC in Finland with Opel Astra GSi. At the end of season 2006 Tuohino has participated into 40 WRC events. His best result was 4th position in season 2004 at WRC Sweden with Ford Focus RS WRC'03. Tuohino is also remembered as Finnish Rally Champion of seasons 1999 and 2001. Also he has bronze medal from Junior World Rally Championship season 2002.
Speed has always been a passion for Janne Tuohino. From seasons 1986-1993 he was interested in motorcross and gaining skills behind the steering wheel on ice circuit. At the age of confirmation Tuohino was building Ford Escort Kent with his good friend Hannu Raappana. Soon after starting his rally career Janne Tuohino was selected into Finnish Motorsport Federation trainees group. Since then his thoughts have been concentrated into career of professional rally driver.
In season 1997 Tuohino took his first kilometres with 4wd and turbo charged Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. Few years later an appreciated motorsport person Timo Hulkkonen took Tuohino under his wings and start helping him towards WRC. Since then Tuohino has been rallying with World Rally Car.
The road on the highest podium is very rough but not impossible. In seven years of WRC Tuohino has been rallying in 40 WRC events with several World Rally Cars. In season 2005 he was official Skoda manufacturer rally driver. After Skoda retired the international rally scene Janne was left without a seat. In season 2006 he rallied as a private driver in selected WRC events. In Season Tuohino, father of one daughter tries to reclaim the seat of manufacturer rally driver.
After few misfortunate season in World Rally Championship aswell as in Finnish Rally Championship series Tuohino returns to Finnish Rally Championship series with his own Ford Fiesta S2000 rally car.
Best results:
- 1999 Finnish Rally Champion (Group-N, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution)
- 2001 Finnish Rally Champion (Group-A, Toyota Corolla WRC)
- 2002 3rd position in Junior World Rally Championship (Citroen Saxo)
- 2002 7th position in WRC Sweden. Best privateer (Ford Focus RS WRC)
- 2003 7th position in WRC Finland, Best privateer (Ford Focus RS WRC)
- 2004 4th position in WRC Sweden, Ford manufacturer driver (Ford Focus RS WRC)
- 2004 6th position in WRC Cyprus, Best privateer (Ford Focus RS WRC)
- 2004 5th position in WRC Finland, Ford manufacturer driver (Ford Focus RS WRC)
- 2004 9th position in WRC overall standings, Best privateer (6/16 rounds)
- 2005 Manufacturer rally driver for Skoda
- 2006 5th position in WRC Sweden before engine failure in final stage (Citroen XSara WRC)
- 2006 2nd position in Rally Portugal (Subaru Impreza WRX STi, Group-N)
- 2006 6th position in WRC Finland (Citroen XSara WRC)
- 2009 3rd position in Finnish Rally Championship series (Subaru / Mitsubishi / Peugeot)
Also three fastest special stage times in World Rally Championship series:
- 2000 Rally GB (1)
- 2004 WRC Sweden (2)
