Makinen testdrove the escort for the 1000 lakes rallye in 1994 because he was contracted just for this rallye and he won it; (It not easy at all to win a 1000 lakes rallye, and its even more difficult to win it in a new car, and if its not enough, ford had been without winning a rallye for one year and a half since the last victory was in the Portugal rallye in 1993); as a result, his image went forward so much that he was desired for almost every team, finally he got contracted by Mitsubishi, and of course, he made the right decision
However, this is not the only anthological race in the 1000 lakes; as far as I know, he did fourth or fifth one year before in a private lancia delta integrale
Although he has had very remarkable races before he was contracted by mitsubishi, such as the british championship in the nissan sunny F2, his speed on the works Mazda 323 GTR, his races in the private Lancia Delta Integrale, and so on; IMO his performances in the 1993 and 1994 1000 Lakes were the most influential to be contracted by mitsubishi
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