Jari-Matti Latvala

Jari-Matti Latvala (Töysä, Finland, 3 April 1985) is a Finnish rally driver. He made his World Rally Championship debut on the 2002 Rally Great Britain at the age of 17. His first victory came in Sweden in 2008, when he became the youngest WRC event winner at that time.

Latvala achieved 18 WRC victories and 67 podiums and finished championship runner-up in 2010, 2014 and 2015. He competed for Ford, Volkswagen and Toyota and was one of the leading drivers in the Volkswagen Polo R WRC programme. After leaving full-time competition he became Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT team principal in 2021. In 2025 he won the FIA European Historic Rally Championship in a Toyota Celica GT-Four.