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Jussi Välimäki

{{short description|Finnish rally driver (born 1974)}}

{{Infobox WRC driver

| name = Jussi Välimäki

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|09|10}}

| nationality = {{flagicon|FIN}} Finnish

| Years = 1998–2008

| Co-driver = {{flagicon|FIN}} Jarkko Kalliolepo
{{flagicon|FIN}} Jakke Honkanen
{{flagicon|FIN}} Tero Gardemeister
{{flagicon|FIN}} Teppo Leino

| Teams = Hyundai

| Races = 36

| Championships = 0

| Wins = 0

| Podiums = 0

| Stagewins = 0

| Points = 8

| First race = 1998 Rally Sweden

| Last race = 2008 Rally Finland

}}

Jussi Välimäki (born 9 September 1974 in Tampere) is a Finnish rally driver, who scored eight World Rally Championship points during his career, with a best finish of fifth on the 2006 Rally d'Italia Sardegna.

Career

File:Jussi Välimäki at Moksi-Leustu 2006.JPG]]

Välimäki's first World Rally Championship events came in 1998, in Sweden and Finland, behind the wheel of an Opel Astra GSi 16V. In 2000 he drove a Ford Escort WRC to 13th place on Rally Finland. In 2001 he contested the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) in a Peugeot 206 S1600, finishing third in the category in Finland and finishing the season ninth. He contested the 2002 JWRC season in a Citroën Saxo, but only managed a best finish of fifth on Rally GB, ending the year 15th in the classification. He also did two other WRC rounds in a Toyota Corolla WRC, but retired from both.

2003 saw Välimäki do four WRC rounds with the Hyundai team, but he retired from all four of them. He used the Hyundai Accent on four rounds of the 2004 season, finishing seventh on Rally Mexico. He also used a Ford Focus RS WRC 03 on Rallye Deutschland, finishing 14th. In 2005, Välimäki won the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship, with five wins from seven rallies.

Välimäki returned to top-class WRC action in 2006, entering three rounds with a Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05. He used it to finish fifth on Rally d'Italia Sardegna, before finishing ninth in Greece and seventh in Finland.

In 2007, Välimäki won the Finnish Rally Championship, and was runner-up in the following season. In 2009 he contested the Chinese Rally Championship.

In 2011 Välimäki announced he was ending his active rallying career.{{Cite news|url=http://yle.fi/urheilu/lajit/urheilusahkeet/2011/04/ralli_valimaki_lopettaa_aktiiviuransa_2506080.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121203025348/http://yle.fi/urheilu/lajit/urheilusahkeet/2011/04/ralli_valimaki_lopettaa_aktiiviuransa_2506080.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 December 2012 |title=RALLI: Välimäki lopettaa aktiiviuransa |date=11 April 2011 |accessdate=22 June 2011 }}

WRC results

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! WDC

! Points

1998

! nowrap| Jussi Välimäki

! nowrap| Opel Astra GSi 16V

| MON

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SWE
35

| KEN

| POR

| ESP

| FRA

| ARG

| GRE

| NZL

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FIN
38

| ITA

| AUS

| GBR

|colspan=3|

! NC

! 0

1999

! nowrap| Jussi Välimäki

! nowrap| Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI

| MON

| SWE

| KEN

| POR

| ESP

| FRA

| ARG

| GRE

| NZL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FIN
Ret

| CHN

| ITA

| AUS

| GBR

|colspan=2|

! NC

! 0

rowspan=2| 2000

!rowspan=2 nowrap| Jussi Välimäki

! nowrap| Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI

| MON

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SWE
30

| KEN

| POR

| ESP

| ARG

| GRE

| NZL

|

| CYP

| FRA

| ITA

| AUS

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR
31

|colspan=2|

!rowspan=2| NC

!rowspan=2| 0

nowrap| Ford Escort WRC

|colspan=8|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FIN
13

|colspan=7|

2001

! nowrap| Jussi Välimäki

! nowrap| Peugeot 206 S1600

| MON

| SWE

| POR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP
Ret

| ARG

| CYP

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GRE
Ret

| KEN

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FIN
36

| NZL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA
29

| AUS

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR
Ret

|colspan=2|

! NC

! 0

rowspan=3| 2002

!rowspan=3 nowrap| Jussi Välimäki

! nowrap| Citroën Saxo S1600

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
Ret

| SWE

| FRA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP
Ret

| CYP

| ARG

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GRE
Ret

| KEN

| FIN

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER
Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA
23

| NZL

| AUS

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR
27

|colspan=2|

!rowspan=3| NC

!rowspan=3| 0

nowrap| Toyota Corolla WRC

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SWE
18

|colspan=6|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FIN
Ret

|colspan=7|

nowrap| Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI

|colspan=12|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUS
15

|colspan=3|

2003

! nowrap| Hyundai World Rally Team

! nowrap| Hyundai Accent WRC3

| MON

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SWE
Ret

| TUR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NZL
Ret

| ARG

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GRE
Ret

| CYP

| GER

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FIN
Ret

| AUS

| ITA

| FRA

| ESP

| GBR

|colspan=2|

! NC

! 0

rowspan=3| 2004

!rowspan=3 nowrap| Jussi Välimäki

! nowrap| Hyundai Accent WRC

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON
11

| SWE

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MEX
7

| NZL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CYP
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GRE
Ret

| TUR

| ARG

|colspan=8|

!rowspan=3| 27th

!rowspan=3| 2

nowrap| Suzuki Ignis S1600

|colspan=8|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FIN
26

|colspan=7|

nowrap| Ford Focus RS WRC 03

|colspan=9|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER
14

| JPN

| GBR

| ITA

| FRA

| ESP

| AUS

2005

! nowrap| Jussi Välimäki

! nowrap| Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII

| MON

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SWE
21

| MEX

| NZL

| ITA

| CYP

| TUR

| GRE

| ARG

| FIN

| GER

| GBR

| JPN

| FRA

| ESP

| AUS

! NC

! 0

2006

! nowrap| Jussi Välimäki

! nowrap| Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05

| MON

| SWE

| MEX

| ESP

| FRA

| ARG

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA
5

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GRE
9

| GER

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FIN
7

| JPN

| CYP

| TUR

| AUS

| NZL

| GBR

! 16th

! 6

2008

! nowrap| Jussi Välimäki

! nowrap| Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

| MON

| SWE

| MEX

| ARG

| JOR

| ITA

| GRE

| TUR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FIN
14

| GER

| NZL

| ESP

| FRA

| JPN

| GBR

|

! NC

! 0

=JWRC Results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"
Year

! Entrant

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! JWRC

! Points

2001

! nowrap| Jussi Välimäki

! nowrap| Peugeot 206 S1600

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP
Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GRE
7

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| FIN
3

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA
12

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR
Ret

! 9th

! 4

2002

! nowrap| Jussi Välimäki

! nowrap| Citroën Saxo S1600

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GRE
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER
Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
5

! 15th

! 2

=PWRC results=

class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"
Year

! Entrant

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! PWRC

! Points

2008

! nowrap| Jussi Välimäki

! nowrap| Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

| SWE

| ARG

| GRE

| TUR

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FIN
2

| NZL

| JPN

| GBR

! 15th

! 8

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{{succession box | before = Karamjit Singh | title = Asia-Pacific Rally Champion | years = 2005 | after = Cody Crocker}}

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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Valimaki, Jussi}}

Category:Living people

Category:1974 births

Category:Sportspeople from Tampere

Category:Finnish rally drivers

Category:World Rally Championship drivers

Category:Intercontinental Rally Challenge drivers

Category:Citroën Racing drivers

Category:Hyundai Motorsport drivers