Rally Finland 2017
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Discover the analysis of the Rally of Finland carried out by our special correspondents in issue 2125 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.
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For his first entry in R5, Jari Huttunen (Skoda) won in WRC 2 with more than 2 minutes ahead of Quentin Gilbert (Skoda). Tom Cave (Hyundai) completes the category podium. The Finn, 11th in the general classification, is ahead of Eric Camilli's Fiesta R5 by a dozen seconds.
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Huttunen won the WRC with more than 2 minutes ahead of Gilbert for his first event on a 4WD.
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Esapekka Lappi takes his first WRC victory at the Rally Finland on home soil for his 4th start at the highest level of the category. The local driver won with a 36s lead over Elfyn Evans (Ford) who destroyed Toyota's hopes of a double by beating Juho Hänninen by 3 tenths.
Teemu Suninen (Ford) took 4th place ahead of Craig Breen (Citroën) and Thierry Neuville (Hyundai). Ott Tänak (Ford) is 7th ahead of Kris Meele (Citroën) and Dani Sordo who retains 9th place for less than ten seconds ahead of Dani Sordo (Hyundai).
Ott Tänak won the Power Stage by completing the 10,12km of Oittila in 4'48''6, 1''5 ahead of Elfyn Evans. Thierry Neuville follows at 2s ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) and Juho Hänninen. The Hyundai driver finds himself at the top of the Championship tied on points with Sébastien Ogier but has the advantage with an additional victory.
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Lappi wins the Rally Finland! The Toyota driver signs his first WRC victory on home soil. This is Toyota's second success this season after Latvala in Sweden.
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Hänninen failed 1”2 behind Evans who took 2nd place from the Toyota driver by only 3 tenths. “I would have preferred to be 2nd but I made a little mistake at the start. I'm still satisfied to be on the podium for the first time. »
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Hänninen is 2″9 behind Evans in the 1st intermediate. The Dmack driver leads the general classification by 2 seconds in the fight for 2nd place.
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Evans fails half a second behind Tänak. “It was a difficult weekend but we didn't imagine ourselves in this position on Friday evening. We lost a lot of time in the rain during the first stage but we recovered well. »
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Evans is 6 tenths ahead of Tänak's provisional scratch in the first intermediate. The Dmack driver is fighting for 2nd place against Hänninen.
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Suninen finished 11″3 behind the benchmark. The M-Sport driver took 4th place for his second start in a WRC. “I had good pace. I fought for 2nd place and my mistake cost me the podium. »
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Suninen lacks rhythm. The M-Sport driver is almost 8s behind Tänak in the 1st intermediate.
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If the drivers behind do not encounter any problems, this will be the 5th time this season that Breen has taken 5th place.
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Breen fails about ten seconds from the provisional scratch by finishing outside the bonus points. The Citroën driver secures 5th place.
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Neuville ranks 2s behind Tänak by setting the 2nd provisional time. “I don't know if it will be enough to get more points. » The Hyundai driver secures 6th place.
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Tänak beats Latvala by 2″3 with a time of 4’48″6. “I attacked to take Latvala’s time. » The M-Sport driver secures 7th place.
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Meeke achieves the 3rd provisional time, 4″1 behind Latvala. “We were in great difficulty this weekend. We will have work to do before Germany. » The Citroën driver secures 8th place.
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Sordo sets the 3rd provisional time, 5″2 behind Latvala. The Hyundai driver secures 9th place. “I'm really looking forward to Germany because we suffered this weekend. We will aim for victory there. »
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Ostberg sets the 2nd provisional time, 3″4 behind Latvala. The Norwegian secures 10th place. “We had bad luck, but that happens sometimes. I really enjoyed this rally and can't wait for the next one. »
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Al Qassimi fails more than half a minute from the benchmark. The Citroën driver secures 16th place. “We gained a lot of experience. We should at least achieve one objective with the 3 Citroëns at the finish, but we will manage to do better than that. »
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Latvala improved the mark to 4'50″9, 1″3 better than his first time. The Toyota driver secured 21st place after starting again in Rally 2. “I really pushed as hard as possible. »
