Henri Toivonen

INTRODUCTION

Henri Pauli Toivonen (August 25th 1956 ~ May 2nd 1986) was a Finnish rally driver born into what later came to be known as “Finland’s Fastest Family”. His father, Pauli, was the 1968 European Rally Champion (ERC) for Porsche and his brother, Harri, became a professional circuit racer. In his early motorsport career, Henri swapped back and forth between circuit racing and rallying, ultimately settling on the latter. At 24 years old, Henri set the record for being the youngest driver ever to win a World Rally Championship (WRC) event: a record that stood for almost 28 years. Henri’s furious hard-charging style made him crash out or retire from almost half of the rallies he ever entered. Henri’s legacy is widely synonymous with Group B’s tumultuous fate.


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