The 2023 Rally Finland (also known as the Secto Rally Finland 2023) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held from 3 August to 6 August 2023.[2] It marked the seventy-second running of the Rally Finland, and was the ninth round of the 2023 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was based in Jyväskylä in Central Finland, and was contested over twenty-two special stages covering a total competitive distance of 320.56 km (199.19 mi).[1]
| 2023 Rally Finland Secto Rally Finland 2023 | |||
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Round 9 of 13 in the 2023 World Rally Championship
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 Rally Finland has the fastest average speed of any event on the calendar. | |||
| Host country |  Finland | ||
| Rally base | Jyväskylä, Central Finland | ||
| Dates run | 3 – 6 August 2023 | ||
| Start location | Jyväskylä, Central Finland | ||
| Finish location | Himos, Jämsä | ||
| Stages | 22 (320.56 km; 199.19 miles)[1] | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 1,151.07 km (715.24 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,471.63 km (914.43 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 68 | ||
| Crews | 65 at start, 49 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2:33:11.3 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 4:54.1 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner | Sami Pajari Enni Mälkönen Toksport WRT 22:43:15.0 | ||
| WRC-3 winner | Benjamin Korhola Pekka Kelander Rautio Motorsport 2:54:27.0 | ||
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in 2022, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[4] Lauri Joona and Tuukka Shemeikka were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[5]
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin won their second rally of the season. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturer's winners.[6] Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen won the World Rally Championship-2 category.[7] Benjamin Korhola and Pekka Kelander won the World Rally Championship-3 category.[8]
Background edit
Entry list edit
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Nine entered under Rally1 regulations, as were twenty-eight Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and thirteen Rally3 crews in the World Rally Championship-3.[9][10]
| No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Tyre |
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| 20 |  Yohan Rossel
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Arnaud Dunand
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PH Sport
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Citroën C3 Rally2 | P |
| 21 |  Oliver Solberg
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Elliott Edmondson
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Oliver Solberg
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Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | P |
Itinerary edit
All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).
| Date | No. | Time span | Stage name | Distance |
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| 3 August | — | After 9:01 | Rannankylä [Shakedown] | 4.48 km |
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After 18:42 | Opening ceremony, Jyväskylä Paviljonki | — | |
| SS1 | After 19:05 | Harju 1 | 3.48 km | |
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19:40 – 19:55 | Flexi service A, Jyväskylä Paviljonki | — | |
| 4 August | SS2 | After 8:05 | Laukaa 1 | 11.78 km |
| SS3 | After 9:03 | Lankamaa 1 | 14.21 km | |
| SS4 | After 10:21 | Myhinpää 1 | 15.51 km | |
| SS5 | After 11:35 | Halttula 1 | 9.14 km | |
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12:20 – 13:02 | Regroup, Jyväskylä Paviljonki | — | |
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13:02 – 13:42 | Service B, Jyväskylä Paviljonki | — | |
| SS6 | After 14:32 | Laukaa 2 | 11.78 km | |
| SS7 | After 15:30 | Lankamaa 2 | 14.21 km | |
| SS8 | After 16:48 | Myhinpää 2 | 15.51 km | |
| SS9 | After 18:05 | Halttula 2 | 9.14 km | |
| SS10 | After 20:05 | Harju 2 | 3.48 km | |
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20:40 – 21:25 | Flexi service C, Jyväskylä Paviljonki | — | |
| 5 August | SS11 | After 8:05 | Västilä 1 | 18.94 km |
| SS12 | After 9:05 | Päijälä 1 | 20.19 km | |
| SS13 | After 10:05 | Rapsula 1 | 20.56 km | |
| SS14 | After 11:05 | Vekkula 1 | 20.65 km | |
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12:35 – 13:17 | Regroup, Jyväskylä Paviljonki | — | |
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13:17 – 13:57 | Service D, Jyväskylä Paviljonki | — | |
| SS15 | After 15:35 | Västilä 2 | 18.94 km | |
| SS16 | After 16:35 | Päijälä 2 | 20.19 km | |
| SS17 | After 17:32 | Rapsula 2 | 20.56 km | |
| SS18 | After 18:35 | Vekkula 2 | 20.65 km | |
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20:15 – 21:00 | Flexi service E, Jyväskylä Paviljonki | — | |
| 6 August | SS19 | After 7:53 | Moksi-Sahloinen 1 | 16.56 km |
| SS20 | After 9:05 | Himos-Jämsä 1 | 9.26 km | |
| SS21 | After 10:30 | Moksi-Sahloinen 2 | 16.56 km | |
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11:42 – 12:43 | Regroup, Himos | — | |
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12:43 – 12:58 | Tyre fitting zone, Himos | — | |
| SS22 | After 13:15 | Himos-Jämsä 2 [Power Stage] | 9.26 km | |
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After 14:15 | Podium ceremony, Himos | — | |
| Source:[1] | ||||
Report edit
WRC Rally1 edit
Classification edit
Special stages edit
Championship standings edit
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
| 1 | 
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Kalle Rovanperä | 170 |
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Jonne Halttunen | 170 |
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Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 378 | |||
| 2 |
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Elfyn Evans | 145 |
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Scott Martin | 145 |
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Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 311 | |||
| 3 |
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Thierry Neuville | 134 |
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Martijn Wydaeghe | 134 |
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M-Sport Ford WRT | 205 | |||
| 4 |
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Ott Tänak | 104 |
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Martin Järveoja | 104 | ||||||
| 5 |
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Sébastien Ogier | 98 |
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Vincent Landais | 98 | ||||||
WRC-2 Rally2 edit
Classification edit
Special stages edit
Championship standings edit
| Pos. | Open Drivers' championships | Open Co-drivers' championships | Teams' championships | Challenger Drivers' championships | Challenger Co-drivers' championships | |||||||||||||||
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| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Driver | Points | ||||||
| 1 |  1
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Andreas Mikkelsen | 82 |
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Torstein Eriksen | 101 | 3
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M-Sport Ford WRT | 119 | 1
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Sami Pajari | 93 | 1
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Enni Mälkönen | 93 | |||||
| 2 |  1
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Yohan Rossel | 77 |
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Arnaud Dunand | 77 | 1
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Toksport WRT | 110 | 1
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Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 75 | 1
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Maciej Szczepaniak | 75 | |||||
| 3 | 4
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Sami Pajari | 71 | 4
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Jonas Andersson | 71 |
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Toksport WRT 3 | 105 | 1
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Nikolay Gryazin | 68 | 1
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Konstantin Aleksandrov | 68 | |||||
| 4 | 1
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Oliver Solberg | 64 | 1
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Elliott Edmondson | 64 | 1
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Toksport WRT 2 | 105 | 1
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Marco Bulacia | 68 | 1
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Diego Vallejo | 58 | |||||
| 5 | 1
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Gus Greensmith | 62 | 1
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Jonas Andersson | 62 | 3
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Hyundai Motorsport N | 104 |
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Mikołaj Marczyk | 55 |
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Szymon Gospodarczyk | 55 | |||||
WRC-3 Rally3 edit
Classification edit
| Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |
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| Event | Class | ||||||||
| 21 | 1 | 53 | Benjamin Korhola | Pekka Kelander | Rautio Motorsport | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 2:54:27.0 | 0.0 | 25 |
| 22 | 2 | 57 | Jesse Kallio | Jussi Lindberg | Jesse Kallio | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 2:55:02.6 | +35.6 | 18 |
| 25 | 3 | 56 | Filip Kohn | Tom Woodburn | Filip Kohn | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 2:59:39.6 | +5:12.6 | 15 |
| 29 | 4 | 59 | Henri Timonen | Jussi Kärpijoki | Henri Timonen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:08:42.1 | +14:15.1 | 12 |
| 33 | 5 | 62 | Tuomas Vihtari | Ville Harvia | Tuomas Vihtari | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:15:20.2 | +20:53.2 | 10 |
| 35 | 6 | 60 | Brendan Cumiskey | Martin Connolly | Brendan Cumiskey | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:16:44.9 | +22:17.9 | 8 |
| 36 | 7 | 61 | Ville Laakso | Jani Luhtaniemi | Ville Laakso | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:17:43.2 | +23:16.2 | 6 |
| 48 | 8 | 64 | Petr Borodin | Roman Cheprassov | Petr Borodin | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:53:42.5 | +1:59:15.5 | 4 |
| Retired SS21 | 55 | Ali Türkkan | Burak Erdener | Castrol Ford Team Türkiye | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Off Road | 0 | ||
| Retired SS13 | 63 | Marek Paciorkowski | Kamil Heller | Marek Paciorkowski | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Withdrawn | 0 | ||
| Retired SS4 | 58 | Kristian Nieminen | Valtteri Nieminen | Kristian Nieminen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Accident | 0 | ||
| Did not start | 54 | Toni Herranen | Mikko Lukka | Toni Herranen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Withdrawn | 0 | ||
Special stages edit
| Stage | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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| SD | Türkkan / Erdener | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 2:15.1 | — |
| SS1 | Kohn / Woodburn | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:01.5 | Kohn / Woodburn |
| SS2 | Korhola / Kelander | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 6:16.9 | Korhola / Kelander |
| SS3 | Kallio / Lindberg | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 6:56.9 | |
| SS4 | Korhola / Kelander | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 7:49.8 | |
| SS5 | Korhola / Kelander | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:54.6 | |
| SS6 | Korhola / Kelander | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 6:25.3 | |
| SS7 | Korhola / Kelander | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 6:59.7 | |
| SS8 | Korhola / Kelander | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 7:56.5 | |
| SS9 | Korhola / Kelander | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:59.2 | |
| SS10 | Kohn / Woodburn | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:05.8 | |
| SS11 | Kallio / Lindberg | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 9:39.1 | |
| SS12 | Korhola / Kelander | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:05.4 | |
| SS13 | Korhola / Kelander | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:15.3 | |
| SS14 | Kallio / Lindberg | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:30.1 | |
| SS15 | Kallio / Lindberg | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 9:34.9 | |
| SS16 | Korhola / Kelander | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:01.3 | |
| SS17 | Korhola / Kelander | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:09.8 | |
| SS18 | Korhola / Kelander | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:56.2 | |
| SS19 | Kallio / Lindberg | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 8:34.6 | |
| SS20 | Korhola / Kelander | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 5:41.5 | |
| SS21 | Kallio / Lindberg | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 8:29.9 | |
| SS22 | Kallio / Lindberg | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 5:40.2 |
Championship standings edit
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
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| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
| 1 |
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Roope Korhonen | 100 |
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Anssi Viinikka | 100 | ||
| 2 |
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Diego Dominguez Jr. | 62 |
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Rogelio Peñate | 62 | ||
| 3 |
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William Creighton | 47 |
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Liam Regan | 47 | ||
| 4 |
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Laurent Pellier | 43 |
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Loïc Dumont | 40 | ||
| 5 |
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Tom Rensonnet | 40 |
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Mikko Lukka | 37 | ||
Notes edit
- ^ Nikolay Gryazin is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[11]
- ^ Konstantin Aleksandrov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[11]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Itinerary Secto Rally Finland 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "WRC poewrs into 2023 with exciting new-look calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Determined Tänak prevails in Finland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ "Breaking: WRC2 winner Suninen disqualified from Secto Rally Finland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Relentless Joona storms to WRC3 victory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ "Evans romps to victory at Secto Rally Finland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Perfect Pajari storms to Finland WRC2 win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Hotshot Korhola secures WRC3 win at home". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Entry List WRC Secto Rally Finland 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Secto Rally Finland 2023 Entry List". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ a b "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions in relation to the situation in Ukraine". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2023 Rally Finland.
- Official website (in Finnish and English)
- 2023 Rally Finland at eWRC-results.com
- 2023 Rally Finland at rally-maps.com (in English, German, and Polish)