Sami Pajari

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Sami Pajari

Pajari at the 2024 Rally Japan
Personal information
Nationality	Finnish
Full name	Sami Erik Pajari
Born	(2001-12-01) 1 December 2001 (age 24) Lahti, Finland
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2019–present
Co-driver	Antti Haapala Marko Salminen Enni Mälkönen
Teams	Toksport WRT, Printsport, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Rallies	70
Championships	0
Rally wins	3
Podiums	10
Stage wins	37
Total points	400
First rally	2019 Rally Finland
First win	2026 Rally Estonia
Last win	2026 Rally del Paraguay
Last rally	2026 Rally Italia Sardegna

Sami Erik Pajari (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑmi ˈpɑjɑri]; born 1 December 2001) is a Finnish professional rally driver. He won the Junior WRC Championship in 2021. Pajari then won the 2024 WRC2 Championship. In 2025, he moved full-time to the top class in WRC. Pajari won his first rally in the WRC in 2026 Rally Estonia, and he also won the next two events in Finland and Paraguay – winning three wins in a row. He holds a WRC record for that – winning the most consecutive rallies after your first WRC win (three wins).

Rally victories

WRC victories

#	Event	Season	Co-driver	Car	Ref.
1	2026 Rally Estonia	2026	Marko Salminen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
2	2026 Rally Finland	2026	Marko Salminen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
3	2026 Rally del Paraguay	2026	Marko Salminen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1

WRC-2 victories

#	Event	Season	Co-driver	Car	Ref.
1	2023 Rally Finland	2023	Enni Mälkönen	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2
2	2024 Rally Italia Sardegna	2024	Enni Mälkönen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2
3	2024 Rally Poland	2024	Enni Mälkönen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2
4	2024 Acropolis Rally	2024	Enni Mälkönen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2

Results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2019	Team Flying Finn	Ford Fiesta R2T19	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN Ret	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS C	NC	0
2020	Team Flying Finn	Ford Fiesta Rally4	MON	SWE 29	MEX	EST 29	TUR	ITA 44	MNZ 71								NC	0
2021	Sami Pajari	Ford Fiesta Rally4	MON	ARC 28													NC	0
	Porvoon Autopalvelu				CRO 25	POR 28	ITA	KEN	EST 21	BEL 21	GRE	FIN	ESP 28	MNZ
2022	Sami Pajari	Ford Fiesta Rally3	MON 22	SWE 31	CRO Ret	POR 17		KEN	EST 16		BEL 53	GRE 43	NZL				NC	0
		Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo					ITA 12			FIN 21				ESP 17	JPN 11
2023	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON WD	SWE 10	MEX	CRO 13	POR 22	ITA 29	KEN	EST 10							17th	12
	Toksport WRT 2										FIN 7	GRE Ret	CHL 8	EUR 13	JPN
2024	Printsport	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	MON 12	SWE 6	KEN	CRO 10	POR Ret	ITA 6	POL 9	LAT 12		GRE 4			JPN 8		10th	44
	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1									FIN 4		CHL 6	EUR Ret
2025	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	MON Ret	SWE 7	KEN 4	ESP Ret	POR 7	ITA 7	GRE 46	EST 7	FIN 5	PAR 6	CHL 5	EUR 6	JPN 3	SAU 4	8th	107
2026	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	MON Ret	SWE 3	KEN 3	CRO 2	ESP 3	POR 7	JPN 3	GRE 4	EST 1	FIN 1	PAR 1	CHL 4	ITA 3		3rd	237

* Season still in progress.

References

External links

• Sami Pajari at eWRC-results.com

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