Timo Rautiainen (co-driver)

Timo Rautiainen (born 13 November 1964) is a Finnish former rally co-driver. He is best known for co-driving for Marcus Grönholm from 1995 to 2007. Rautiainen and Grönholm drove for Peugeot (2000–05) and Ford (2006-07) in the World Rally Championship, and won 30 world rallies and two drivers' world championship titles together.^[1] Rautiainen is married to Grönholm's sister.^[2]

Timo Rautiainen

Rautiainen and Grönholm celebrating victory at the 2004 Rally Finland
Personal information
Nationality	Finnish
Born	(1964-11-13) 13 November 1964 (age 60) Espoo, Finland
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1990, 1995–2007, 2009–2010, 2019
Driver	Marcus Grönholm
Teams	Toyota, Peugeot, Ford
Rallies	145
Championships	2 (2000, 2002)
Rally wins	30
Podiums	61
Stage wins	540
First rally	1990 1000 Lakes Rally
First win	2000 Swedish Rally
Last win	2007 Rally New Zealand
Last rally	2019 Rally Sweden

During his time with Grönholm at Peugeot, Rautiainen received an unusual injury during the 2004 edition of the Rally of Turkey when a loose metal rod from the track punctured his seat after Grönholm ran over it. The rod remained lodged for part of the remainder of the rally.^[3]

Rautiainen, along with Grönholm, appeared in the first season of Amazing Race Suomi where they finished fifth place.^[4]