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Jyrki Juhani Järvilehto ( Espoo, Finlandia; 31 de enero de 1966) más conocido como J. J. Lehto, 1 es un piloto de Fórmula 1 retirado, 2 nacido en Espoo, Finlandia. Compitió en Fórmula 1, participando en diferentes escuadras, entre ellas, Benetton (donde compartió equipo con Michael Schumacher) y Sauber .
Jyrki Juhani Järvilehto (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjyrki ˈjærʋilehto]; born 31 January 1966), better known as "JJ Lehto", is a Finnish racing driver. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice, in 1995 and 2005. He is also a former Formula One driver.
In 1987 Lehto took Formula Ford 2000 by storm, taking the British and European titles, and then won a close-fought British F3 championship in 1988. His subsequent graduation to Formula 3000 was fraught with difficulty, but the Finn’s talent had by this time come to the attention of Ferrari and he enjoyed a worthwhile spell as test driver for the Scuderia in 1989.
Learn about JJ Lehto's career in karting, Formula One, sports cars, touring cars and more. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice and raced for Onyx, Scuderia Italia, Sauber and Benetton in F1.
12 de jun. de 2016 · On June 18, 1995, JJ Lehto (Jyrki Järvilehto) became the first Finn, and sole to-date, to win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with the McLaren F1 GTR. Though Scandinavia only boasts five 24 Hours of Le Mans winners, it does indeed have 14 wins total thanks of course to the Dane Tom Kristensen with nine victories himself!
Jyrki Juhani Järvilehto (Finnish: YUR-kee YAR-vee-LAY-toe, known as JJ Lehto (LAY-toe or LET-oh; born January 31, 1966 in Espoo, Greater Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland) is a former Formula One racing driver who drove for Onyx, Scuderia Italia , Sauber and Benetton during a 5 year career.
He scored a second win ten years later for Audi with Marco Werner and Tom Kristensen. A single season of Champ Car racing in 1998 was less successful, yielding a best finish of fifth for Hogan Racing at Surfers’ Paradise. In America too he fared better in endurance racing, winning the Sebring 12 Hours twice.
