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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Markko Märtin
(born November 10, 1975 in Tartu) is a rally driver from Estonia, who
competed in the World Rally Championship from 2000 until 2005. Märtin,
as understudy to then-team mates Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz, shot to
prominence with the Ford World Rally Team in the 2002 season. He was on
target to notch up a victory on that year's Acropolis Rally Greece, his
career first, until suffering two punctures and instead being forced to
concede to the more experienced McRae. Nonetheless, Märtin still
impressed during his time as pilot of the Ford Focus WRC. He won the
equivalent event in Greece the following year as well as being only the
third driver in the history of the WRC to break the Scandinavian
stranglehold on the Neste Rally Finland. In addition to this, Märtin was
inaugural winner, again with Ford, of the Corona Rally Mexico in the
2004 season. He also won the tarmac rallies of Corsica and Catalunya in
the same year. These victories happened to be the last for the
Märtin/Michael Park partnership.
