Sebastian Lindholm

Sebastian Lindholm

Lindholm at the Uusikaupunki-rally in 2006.
Personal information
Nationality	Finnish
Born	(1961-01-30) 30 January 1961 (age 63) Helsinki, Finland
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1984 – 2012
Co-driver	Göran Nyberg Staffan Petterson Juha Saarinen Steve Bond Pentti Kuukkala Seppo Harjanne Timo Hantunen Cedric Wrede Timo Hakala Ilkka Riipinen Jukka Aho Tomi Tuominen
Teams	Ford, Peugeot, Suzuki
Rallies	39
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	6
Total points	40
First rally	1984 1000 Lakes Rally
Last rally	2012 Rally Finland

Sebastian "Basti" Lindholm (born 30 January 1961 in Helsinki) is a rally driver from Finland. He is a cousin of Marcus Grönholm and a father of Emil Lindholm. Lindholm has won the Finnish Rally Championship eight times; 1990, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006.

Lindholm has also competed in 37 World Rally Championship events. His best result is fourth at the 1997 Rally Finland, driving a Ford Escort WRC. In 2007, Lindholm drove Suzuki's SX 4 WRC in its gravel debut at the 2007 Rally GB.^[1]

On 19 July 2009, Lindholm was involved in a fatal accident in Estonia at Lõuna-Eesti Rally when he crashed on the fourth stage. With the speed around 160 km/h (99 mph), Lindholm hit a spectator who died instantly.^[2]

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  Lindholm driving his Suzuki SX4 WRC at the 2007 Rally GB.