Ari Vatanen

Born

April 27, 1952 (73 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Tuupovaara, Finland

Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen is a Finnish rally driver turned politician and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 to 2009. Vatanen won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1981 and the Paris Dakar Rally four times. Since 2013 Vatanen has been the President of the Estonian Autosport Union.