The 2022 Rally Finland (also known as the Secto Rally Finland 2022) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 4 and 7 August 2022.[2] It marked the seventy-first running of the Rally Finland. The event was the eighth round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in Jyväskylä in Central Finland and was contested over twenty-two special stages covering a total competitive distance of 322.61 km (200.46 mi).[1]
| 2022 Rally Finland Secto Rally Finland 2022 | |||
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Round 8 of 13 in the 2022 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 | 4 – 7 August 2022 | ||
| Start location | Jyväskylä, Central Finland | ||
| Finish location | Ruuhimäki, Toivakka | ||
| Stages | 22 (322.61 km; 200.46 miles)[1] | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 1,104.86 km (686.53 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,427.47 km (886.99 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 45 | ||
| Crews | 43 at start, 34 at finish | ||
| Cancellation | SS5 cancelled due to safety concern. | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT2:24:04.6 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT5:17.1 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner | Emil Lindholm Reeta Hämäläinen Toksport WRT 22:33:43.6 | ||
| WRC-3 winner | Lauri Joona Tuukka Shemeikka 2:42:52.5 | ||
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[4] Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[5]
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the overall winners, securing their second win of the season. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, claimed their first ever Rally Finland victory.[6] Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen won the World Rally Championship-2 category after Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula were disqualified due to the front bumper of their Hyundai was found underweight.[7][8] Lauri Joona and Tuukka Shemeikka won the World Rally Championship-3 category.[9]
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 and World Rally Championship-3, and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Twelve entered under Rally1 regulations, as were seventeen Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and five Rally3 crews in the World Rally Championship-3.[10][11]
| No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Championship eligibility | Tyre |
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| 38 | Lauri Joona
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Tuukka Shemeikka
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Lauri Joona
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Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | P |
| 39 |  Jan Černý
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Jan Tománek
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Jan Černý
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Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | P |
| 40 | Toni Herranen
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Sebastian Virtanen
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Toni Herranen
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Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | P |
| 41 | Tommi Heino
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Patric Öhman
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Tommi Heino
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Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | P |
| 43 | Henri Timonen
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Jussi Kärpijoki
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Henri Timonen
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Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | P |
Itinerary edit
All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).
| Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August | 9:01 | — | Rannankylä [Shakedown] | 4.48 km |
| 19:08 | SS1 | Harju 1 | 3.48 km | |
| 5 August | 8:00 | SS2 | Laukaa 1 | 11.75 km |
| 8:55 | SS3 | Lankamaa 1 | 21.69 km | |
| 12:15 | SS4 | Laukaa 2 | 11.75 km | |
| 13:10 | SS5 | Lankamaa 2 | 21.69 km | |
| 14:30 | SS6 | Harju 2 | 2.01 km | |
| 17:00 | SS7 | Ässämäki 1 | 12.31 km | |
| 17:53 | SS8 | Sahloinen-Moksi 1 | 15.70 km | |
| 19:13 | SS9 | Ässämäki 2 | 12.31 km | |
| 20:06 | SS10 | Sahloinen-Moksi 2 | 15.70 km | |
| 6 August | 8:08 | SS11 | Päijälä 1 | 20.19 km |
| 9:08 | SS12 | Rapsula 1 | 20.56 km | |
| 10:08 | SS13 | Patajoki 1 | 13.75 km | |
| 11:08 | SS14 | Vekkula 1 | 20.65 km | |
| 15:38 | SS15 | Päijälä 2 | 20.19 km | |
| 16:38 | SS16 | Rapsula 2 | 20.56 km | |
| 17:38 | SS17 | Patajoki 2 | 13.75 km | |
| 18:38 | SS18 | Vekkula 2 | 20.65 km | |
| 7 August | 8:23 | SS19 | Oittila 1 | 10.84 km |
| 9:38 | SS20 | Ruuhimäki 1 | 11.12 km | |
| 11:01 | SS21 | Oittila 2 | 10.84 km | |
| 13:18 | SS22 | Ruuhimäki 2 [Power Stage] | 11.12 km | |
| Source:[1] | ||||
Report edit
WRC Rally1 edit
Classification edit
Special stages edit
Championship standings edit
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
| 1 | 
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Kalle Rovanperä | 198 |
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Jonne Halttunen | 198 |
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Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 339 | |||
| 2 |  2
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Ott Tänak | 104 | 2
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Martin Järveoja | 104 |
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Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 251 | |||
| 3 |  1
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Thierry Neuville | 103 | 1
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Martijn Wydaeghe | 103 |
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M-Sport Ford WRT | 174 | |||
| 4 | 1
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Elfyn Evans | 94 | 1
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Scott Martin | 94 |
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Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG | 89 | |||
| 5 |
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Takamoto Katsuta | 81 |
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Aaron Johnston | 81 | ||||||
WRC-2 Rally2 edit
Classification edit
Special stages edit
Championship standings edit
| Pos. | Open Drivers' championships | Open Co-drivers' championships | Teams' championships | Junior Drivers' championships | Junior Co-drivers' championships | Driver Masters' championships | Co-driver Masters' championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Driver | Points | Move | Driver | Points | Move | Driver | Points | ||||||||
| 1 |
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Andreas Mikkelsen | 79 |
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Torstein Eriksen | 79 | 1
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Hyundai Motorsport N | 116 | 2
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Emil Lindholm | 83 |
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James Fulton | 111 |
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Mauro Miele | 86 |
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Laurent Magat | 75 | |||||||
| 2 |
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Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 76 |
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Maciej Szczepaniak | 76 | 1
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Toksport WRT | 112 | 1
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Chris Ingram | 67 | 2
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Samu Vaaleri | 50 | 1
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Freddy Loix | 65 |
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Michael Joseph Morrissey | 36 | |||||||
| 3 | 4
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Emil Lindholm | 64 | 4
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Reeta Hämäläinen | 64 |
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Toksport WRT 2 | 58 | 1
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Nikolay Gryazin | 61 | 1
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Louis Louka | 43 | 1
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Jean-Michel Raoux | 52 |
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Michela Lorigiola | 30 | |||||||
| 4 | 1
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Yohan Rossel | 63 | 1
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Valentin Sarreaud | 52 |
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Yaco ACCR Team | 50 | 2
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Mikołaj Marczyk | 59 | 1
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Elia De Guio | 25 |
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Olivier Burri | 33 |
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Jörgen Fornander | 25 | |||||||
| 5 | 1
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Nikolay Gryazin | 52 | 1
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Konstantin Aleksandrov | 52 |
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Saintéloc Junior Team | 40 | 2
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Eerik Pietarinen | 58 |
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Fabrizio Arengi | 28 |
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Hans van Goor | 25 | ||||||||||
WRC-3 Rally3 edit
Classification edit
| Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Class | Open | |||||||
| 16 | 1 | 38 | Lauri Joona | Tuukka Shemeikka | Lauri Joona | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 2:42:52.5 | 0.0 | 25 |
| 19 | 2 | 39 | Jan Černý | Jan Tománek | Jan Černý | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 2:47:16.3 | +4:23.8 | 18 |
| 27 | 3 | 43 | Henri Timonen | Jussi Kärpijoki | Henri Timonen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:01:13.7 | +18:21.2 | 15 |
| 28 | 4 | 40 | Toni Herranen | Sebastian Virtanen | Toni Herranen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:01:58.0 | +19:05.5 | 12 |
| Retired SS3 | 41 | Tommi Heino | Patric Öhman | Tommi Heino | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Crash | 0 | ||
Special stages edit
Championship standings edit
| Pos. | Open Drivers' championships | Open Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
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| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
| 1 |
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Sami Pajari | 87 |
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Enni Mälkönen | 87 | ||
| 2 |
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Lauri Joona | 86 |
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Mikael Korhonen | 61 | ||
| 3 | 2
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Jan Černý | 61 |
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Liam Regan | 45 | ||
| 4 | 1
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McRae Kimathi | 57 |
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Tamás Kürti | 43 | ||
| 5 | 1
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William Creighton | 45 |
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Mwangi Kioni | 42 | ||
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.[12]
- ^ 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.[12]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Itinerary Secto Rally Finland 2022". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "WRC roars into hybrid era with expanded 2022 calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "Evans powers to momentous Rally Finland win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "WRC2: Super Suninen wins in Finland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "WRC3: Lindholm nets maiden victory at home". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Determined Tänak prevails in Finland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ "Suninen secures WRC2 win on home soil". 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.
- ^ "Entry List Secto Rally Finland 2022". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Rally Finland 2022 Entry List". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ 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
- Official website (in Finnish and English)
- 2022 Rally Finland at eWRC-results.com
- 2022 Rally Finland at rally-maps.com (in English, German, and Polish)