Finlands own, Juha Rintanen, to be in FD 2012!

[FlyinFINN]

I've been waiting for this and it's finally happening, Juha Rintanen will be in Formula D 2012. He will be the first Finnish driver to be in Formula D. He is both Finnish Drift Champion and NEZ Drift Champion. Those that have seen him when he drove in Florida for D1, know he's one hell of a driver.

Like his Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Juha-Rintanen/302451616461407

The only thing stopping this guy is car failure, which seems to plague him a lot when he's in the final rounds. Let's hope he can get it all together and be a real competitor!

 

[boxmod]

its going to be a rough year! wonder if he will....... FINNISH first.

OMG HA HA HA HA HA

 

[Bearcat]

Yeah, Im more worried about Juha than Deigo. haha.

 

[KoukiBass14oon]

its going to be a rough year! wonder if he will....... FINNISH first.

OMG HA HA HA HA HA

I lol'd



FD is definitely going to be interesting this year.

 

[BigBadAlex]

Yeah, Im more worried about Juha than Deigo. haha.

Haha this

 

[Vas]

That wing is sooo serious

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Is harri gonna host him like before?

 

[FlyinFINN]

Not sure. And I just got word that he may not make this years FD, some stuff not in time apparently so it's getting pretty tight. 2013 is definite though.

And to those saying Daigo is better in the tags, I wouldn't make that assumption so soon. And that's not just cause I'm a Finnish fan boy, the dude is insane.

 

[El Abe]

Shane post some videos of your homeboy!

 

[Dr. Dooms]

if his driving is as serious as that wing.. he should do alright

 

[FlyinFINN]

I don't really have many full on videos of him, more like clips and most of those are pretty old. Seems they don't really make any videos on drivers in Finland.

Promo for Romania Grand Prix
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This is and EDC round in Germany this year where he got #2 place (award ceremony at end of video), hes longer parts are at :53, 2:08, 4:51.
[ame="http://vimeo.com/33285635"]IDS European Drifting Championship - Nurburgring on Vimeo[/ame]

There's way more if you just search his name but most are super small clips or super old.

 

[MarkkuKiviniemi]

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