# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/markus-palttala
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:06:18.876Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/markus-palttala"
name: "Markus Palttala"
slug: "markus-palttala"
description: "Markus Eero Johannes Palttala is a Finnish racing driver. After racing in karts, Palttala began racing cars in the Finnish Touring Car Championship in 1998. He competed in the 2001 European Super Production Championship, driving a Honda Integra. Palttala's first run in Grand Touring cars came in 2000 in the single-make Porsche Carrera Cup Germany. He moved to the FIA GT Championship beginning in 2002, competing sporadically in 2006, 2008, and 2009, and also competed in its successor championships, the FIA GT1 World Championship and FIA GT3 European Championship through 2011. Palttala's best seasons came in 2011 and 2012 in the Blancpain Endurance Series, where he finished second in the championship each year, driving for Marc VDS Racing Team."
tagline: "Finnish racing driver"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/1._VLN_Race_2012_%287035693731%29.jpg/330px-1._VLN_Race_2012_%287035693731%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1977-08-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.7
  momentum:             9.555984555984555
  historical:           7.208208
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/markuspalttala"
    handle:    "markuspalttala"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.markuspalttala.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Markus Palttala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Palttala"
    title: "Markus Palttala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Palttala"
    title: "Markus Palttala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Palttala"
    title: "Markus Palttala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Palttala"
    title: "Markus Palttala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%83%E3%83%A9"
    title: "マルクス・パルタッラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Palttala"
    title: "Markus Palttala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Palttala"
    title: "Markus Palttala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3294421"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump