Arctic Rally Finland 2021
And now, it's over. We warmly thank you for following us throughout this Arctic Rally. See you on April 22 for the next WRC round in Croatia.
The rally ranking:
Mattias Ekström finished fifth.
In WRC3, it was Teemu Asunmaa (Skoda) who won over Skoda, ahead of Estonian Egon Kaur (Volkswagen) by 4 seconds.
The WRC2 ranking:
In WRC2, Andreas Mikkelsen won the Power Stage with his Skoda, but it was Esapekka Lappi who achieved the final success in his Ford.
The rally ranking:
The ranking of the last special:
So it’s over for the first Arctic Rally Finland in WRC history.
Tanak: “a new event is always unexpected. We knew it would be very difficult to fight but we did just what we needed to do, only a small mistake on Saturday.”
Ott Tanak (Hyundai) wins the Arctic Rally! The Estonian finished with the fourth fastest time in this power stage.
Kalle Rovanpera sets the best time! The Toyota driver leads the championship!
And Rovanpera takes the best time, by a tenth at the last intermediate!
Rovanpera lost time again, 1”1 behind Neuville after 14 kilometers.
Thierry Neuville second time! He failed by a tenth of Craig Breen.
Rovanpera is ahead of Neuville by 4 tenths at halfway.
Neuville passes behind Breen after 18 kilometers for a tenth.
It is second place in the rally which is being played out with Rovanpera.
Meanwhile Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) dominates the intermediates.
Craig Breen best time! The Irishman finished 1” ahead of Ogier and thus kept his fourth place in the rally standings.