Rally Finland 2022

13h

IT’S DONE, OTT TÄNAK WINS THE RALLY OF FINLAND! Second victory of the season for the Estonian, who won the “Rally of 3 Lakes” for the third time in his career! He set the 1000nd fastest time in the Power Stage, 2″ behind Rovanperä.

 

Thank you for following us throughout this Rally of Finland, next meeting in Belgium for the Ypres Rally (August 18-21). Good day to you !

 

The Power Stage ranking: 

 

 

The final classification of the Rally Finland:

 

13h

It's over for Kalle Rovanperä who sets the best time of the Power Stage in 5'17″1! 

13h

In a very damaged Toyota, without a windshield, without a roof and without a rear wing, Esapekka Lappi held on and finished 10 seconds behind Evans' time! It's a podium for the Finn at home!

13h

Elfyn Evans signs the same time as Craig Breen! A 5'20"2 for the Welshman, who is credited with 2nd place on the Power Stage since he is behind by a few thousandths of a second, 0"009 to be exact!

13h

It was close for Thierry Neuville! The Belgian fails only 1 tenth of Breen's time and has to settle for 2nd time in the Power Stage! 

12h

Takamoto Katsuta sets the 2nd fastest time in the Power Stage, 4 tenths behind Craig Breen. The Japanese will also take the points for 6th place.

12h

While Pierre-Louis Loubet has still not left, Gus Greensmith finishes the special 6″7 behind Breen’s time. The Briton will take 7th place in the Rally Finland.

12h

Pierre-Louis Loubet is not at the start of the Power Stage! The Ford is stopped on the link road to reach the start.

12h

For his first rally in the premier category, Jari Huttunen finished the Power Stage 4″ behind the best time. The Finn, trapped by an oil pressure problem on Friday, failed to reach the top 9 at home.

12h

Adrien Fourmaux crossed the line with a huge jump of 57 meters and 4″5 behind Craig Breen’s time.

 

The Frenchman, victim of a mechanical problem on Friday, will finish the rally outside the top 20: “It was quite frustrating the first day. We can be happy with interesting times and it was also good for the experience of opening the road. It wasn't the rally we wanted but there were some positives. »

 

12h

Craig Breen is faster than this morning's best time by setting a time of 5'20″2.

12h

Craig Breen is the first driver from the Rally1 field to start. As a reminder, the best time this morning was achieved by Tänak and Rovanperä in 5'22″9 during SS20.

12h

Teemu Suninen concludes the special 2″4 behind Lindholm and wins the Rally Finland in WRC2! First victory this season for the Finn after his 2nd place in Estonia.

 

12h

Emil Lindholm and his co-driver Reeta Hämäläinen finished the special in 5'44″1, 6″4 better than Paddon. Second in WRC2, Lindholm reached the podium in the category for the third time this season.

12h

Egon Kaur finished 1″2 behind Paddon and validated his place on the WRC2 podium, his first this season.

12h

Hayden Paddon crosses the line with a first time of 5'50″5. The former WRC resident at Hyundai, winner of the Rally Argentina in 2016, will finish 4th in the WRC2 category.

 

Paddon: “I really enjoyed being back here. We didn't quite hit the pace we wanted, but I loved every second of it. We still have a lot to do as a team, but the car is in one piece, so we can put it on the plane next week and bring it home. »

12h

It's Egon Kaur's turn to start. The Estonian is 3rd overall in the WRC2 standings with his Volkswagen Polo.

12h

Let's go for this Power Stage, the last special of the Rally Finland!

It is Hayden Paddon, 4th in the WRC2 category, who sets off first on the spectacular Ruuhimäki stage, 11,12 kilometers long.

11h

Here is the general classification before the start of the Power Stage. 10 seconds separate Ott Tänak and Kalle Rovanperä.

 

11h

During the previous special, Esapekka Lappi had a big scare at the end of the stage. The Finn rolled over when he went too wide in a corner. Even though he was able to restart and finish SS21, his Toyota was badly damaged…

 

VIDEO – The barrels of Esapekka Lappi in Finland

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