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Ari VATANEN
Juha REPO
Colin McRAE
Tina THORNER
Giniel DE VILLIERS
Francois JORDAAN
Yves LOUBET
Pascal MAIMON
CO-DRIVER
Born 24th February 1966 in Sweden.
Single
Lives in Krylbo, Sweden
Tina Thorner joined the Nissan Rally Raid Team during last Dakar. The 37-year old Swede previously competed in the epic African event in 1999 and 2000, alongside Jutta Kleinschmidt, and she is looking forward to this new challenge.
One of the few women competing in the highest echelons of world motorsport, Tina Thorner has been taking part in the World Rally Championship in 2002, as co-driver to Kenneth Eriksson in a Skoda Octavia WRC.Although her earliest ambitions involved flying, the farmer’s daughter from Sweden made her WRC debut in 1986. After graduating in economic studies in 1989, she was asked to co-drive for British driver Louise Aitken-Walker. Since then her career has gone from strength to strength, both in the WRC and in Rally Raids. Although she is realistic about the sacrifices needed to get to the top, Tina loves rallying, which she considers the perfect challenge in Motorsport.
1993 Winner of the European FIA Ladies Championship  
1994 Winner of WRC Ladies Cup - Vice-champion of WRC - Group N  
1995 WRC with Isolde Holderied.  
  Winner of the WRC Ladies Cup-3rd Group N World Rally Championship  
1997 WRC with Uwe Nittel  
1998 4th Dubai Desert challenge with Jutta Kleinschmidt  
1999 Paris-Dakar, 3rd overall with Jutta Kleinschmidt  
2000 Paris-Dakar, 5th overall with Jutta Kleinschmidt  
2001 second in Swedish Rally  
2002 WRC with Kenneth Eriksson  
2003 Dakar with Ari Vatanen : Nissan Pickup 7th overall  
  Rally of Tunisia with Giniel de Villiers – Nissan Pickup  
  1st Rally of Morocco with Giniel de Villiers – Nissan Pickup  
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