Markku Alen

Markku Alén is a race car driver born in Finland.

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Race car - Driver - Finland

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Always an accomplished rally driver, Alén narrowly failed to win the 1986 World Rally Championship on a controversial technicality involving events at an ill-fated Sanremo Rally. The reinstating of an initial 1-2-3 finish by rival manufacturer team Peugeot by FISA robbed Alén of the chance of a championship he had formerly celebrated as his.

Related Topics:
Rally - 1986 - World Rally Championship - Sanremo Rally - Peugeot - FISA

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With the failure to score an international title win in the rally world came his label as "rallying's Stirling Moss" by various members of the motorsport press.

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He drove two races of the International Touring Car Championship of 1995 for Alfa Romeo, driving the same number of races in DTM earlier that year. He also drove in Trophy Andros in 1996 and 1997.

Related Topics:
International Touring Car Championship - 1995 - Alfa Romeo - DTM - Trophy Andros - 1996 - 1997

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