Enni Mälkönen

Finnish rally driver

Enni Mälkönen
Personal information

Nationality	Finnish
Born	(1990-09-25) 25 September 1990 (age 33)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2019–present

Enni Mälkönen (born 25 September 1990)^[1] is a Finnish rally co-driver. She won the World Rally Championship-3 co-drivers' championship in 2022.

Career

Mälkönen won WRC3 co-drivers' championship in 2022, making her the first woman to do so.^[2] The two top drivers in the class (Lauri Joona and Jan Černý) changed co-drivers during the season, while Mälkönen continued as Sami Pajari's co-driver throughout the season. Previously, no woman had won the championship in any WRC class.^[2]

Mälkönen previously competed in show jumping, but after her horse was injured, she decided to change to rallying. Mälkönen's father has also driven a rally. Mälkönen herself made her debut in 2012. AKK-Motorsport organized coaching, in which she participated in the entrance exams.^{[clarification needed]}^[2]

Results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2019	Team Flying Finn	Ford Fiesta R2T19	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN Ret	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS C	NC	0
2020	Team Flying Finn	Ford Fiesta Rally4	MON	SWE 29	MEX	EST 29	TUR	ITA 44	MNZ 71								NC	0
2021	Sami Pajari	Ford Fiesta Rally4	MON	ARC 28													NC	0
2021	Porvoon Autopalvelu	Ford Fiesta Rally4			CRO 25	POR 28	ITA	KEN	EST 21	BEL 21	GRE	FIN	ESP 28	MNZ			NC	0
2022	Sami Pajari	Ford Fiesta Rally3	MON 22	SWE 31	CRO Ret	POR 17		KEN	EST 16		BEL 53	GRE 43	NZL				NC	0
2022	Sami Pajari	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo					ITA 12			FIN 21				ESP 17	JPN 11		NC	0
2023	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON DNS	SWE 10	MEX	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN		15th*	1*

* Season still in progress.

References

^ "Enni Mälkönen". Retrieved 17 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Tiina Kokko (6 November 2022). "Kartanlukija Enni Mälkönen saavutti salaisen haaveensa ja teki urheiluhistoriaa". Yle. Retrieved 6 November 2022.