Nordic pairing

Finn Leo Kinnunen shared his Porsche 911S with Swedish rally driver Bjorn Waldegaard at the 1971 Nürburgring 1000km. This unusual crew finished 16th overall and fifth in their class.

Leo Kinnunen (5 August 1943 – 26 July 2017) was a Finnish racing driver, and the first Formula One driver from Finland. He excelled in the mighty Porsche 917, in the endurance world championship and in the Interserie.

Kinnunen won the Nordic Challenge Cup in 1969, the Interserie from 1971–1973, and helped Porsche to take the World Sportscar Championship for manufacturers in 1970 (drivers championships were not awarded until 1981).

In 1974, he switched to Formula One, but in addition to the problems with the underpowered Surtees TS16, his team soon ran into financial problems. He was the last driver to compete in Formula One using an open-face helmet.