Finland (FIN)

1994: Started rallying with Ford Escort RS 2000

1995: Drives Lancia

1996: His WRC debut in Rally Finland with Opel Astra 

1999: Drives Mitsubishi, Ford and VW, 8th in Rally Finland, Group N Finnish Champion

2000: Drives Toyota

2001: Drives Toyota, Finnish Champion

2002: Drives Citröen and Ford, 7th in Sweden, 3rd JWRC for Drivers

2003: Drives Ford

2004: Drives Ford, 4th in Sweden, 5th in Finland, 9th WRC for Drivers

2005: Contract with Skoda

Hobbies:
Snowmobiling

Entries of WRC Events

By 1996 he had gained his international licence and bought from Sweden a Group A Opel Kadett, which was then used for the Finnish championship. After rolling that car it was replaced by a Group A Opel Astra and he drove that for almost one year. 

After the end of the winter rallies in 1997, he bought a Group N Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III. That was the start of a series of different Mitsubishis and with the help of Finnish Mitsubishi importer he won his first title, the national Group N champion in 1999.

One-off drive in a private Ford Escort WRC yielded an impressive 8th overall in Rally Finland 1999 and for the season 2000 he got a golden opportunity with a full-time drive in Toyota Corolla WRC including some world series outings. In Rally Great Britain he surprised the whole rallying world when he was leading the rally after the first stage. 

For the season 2001 his main goal was to achieve Finnish Championship title and he took it. In 2002 he drove a Citroen Saxo in the Junior World Rally Championship and selected rounds of the series with the World Rally Car. In Sweden he was fifth fastest over the special stages with the privateer Ford Focus RS WRC. Strategic road penalties leaving the last service dropped him to seventh, handing Colin McRae and Ford´s works team points. In the Acropolis Rally he made a little bit of Finnish rally history being the first Finn to win the Junior category. He was very competitive on gravel events, but on the tarmac it was very difficult and he ended up in third position in the Junior World Rally Championship series.  

In 2003 he placed second in the Finnish Championship in a Focus RS WRC02 and finished seventh in Rally Finland taking his first ever World Rally Championship points. 

In Sweden 2004 Ford Motor Company Ltd nominated Tuohino to score manufacturers’ championship points on the event and, on his debut appearance with the official Ford team and in a Focus RS WRC03, he took a well-deserved fourth place overall beating many regular works drivers. He impressed also in limited outings in a privateer Focus taking top eight places in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey. In Rally Finland he was again behind the wheel of the works Focus and he took the fifth place.  

For the season 2005 he made a contract with Skoda sharing team´s second works car in gravel events with fellow Finn Jani Paasonen.