When was the Finnish racing executive and former driver born who finished the 49th International Swedish Rally?
Tommi Mäkinen Tommi Antero Mäkinen (] ; born 26 June 1964) is a Finnish racing executive and former driver. He is the head of the Toyota GAZOO Racing team, which competes in the World Rally Championship (WRC).
2006 World Rally Championship The 2006 World Rally Championship began on January 20 with the 74th Monte Carlo Rally. Finland's Marcus Grönholm, in a Ford Focus RS WRC, took the win ahead of France's Sébastien Loeb. After the Swedish Rally ended with the same top-two, Loeb and Kronos Citroën went on to win five rallies in a row. Despite an injury in a mountain-biking accident before the Rally of Turkey, Loeb secured his third drivers' title, whereas Ford won their first manufacturers' title since 1979.