Tapio Laukkanen
Laukkanen competing in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Born | September 23, 1969 Lahti, Finland |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 1994–2001, 2003 |
| Co-driver | Jorma Kaikkonen Risto Mannisenmäki Tapio Järvi Kaj Lindström Harri Kaapro |
| Teams | S.B.G. Sport Blue Rose Team Renault Dealer Rallying UK Ford Motor Co. Ltd |
| Rallies | 22 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Stage wins | 0 |
| Total points | 2 |
| First rally | 1994 1000 Lakes Rally |
| Last rally | 2003 Wales Rally GB |
Tapio Laukkanen (born 23 September 1969) is a retired Finnish rally driver. He was born in Lahti.
In 1996 he won the Finnish Rally Championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTi, in 1999 he won the British Rally Championship with a Renault Mégane Maxi twinned with fellow Finn, Kaj Lindström and in 2016 he won the Kenyan National Rally Championship in a Subaru Impreza.
In 2017 he won Kenya's Safari Rally.
Other co-drivers include Jorma Kaikkonen, Risto Mannisenmäki, Tapio Järvi, Ilkka Riipinen and Rory Kennedy, Gavin Lawrence.
Laukkanen has retired from professional rally races, and now teaches rally drivers at a school bearing his name.