2022 Rally Finland
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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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) | ||
Results | |||
Overall winner | Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 2:24:04.6 | ||
WRC-2 winner | Emil Lindholm Reeta Hämäläinen Toksport WRT 2 2:33:43.6 | ||
WRC-3 winner | Lauri Joona Tuukka Shemeikka 2:42:52.5 | ||
Power Stage winner | Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 5:17.1 | ||
Cancellation | SS5 cancelled due to safety concern. | ||
Crews registered | 45 | ||
Crews | 43 at start, 34 at finish |
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
Entry list
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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20 | Emil Lindholm | Reeta Hämäläinen | Toksport WRT 2 | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Junior Driver, Co-driver, Team | P |
21 | Teemu Suninen | Mikko Markkula | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Driver, Co-driver, Team | P |
22 | Egon Kaur | Silver Simm | Egon Kaur | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Driver, Co-driver | P |
23 | Teemu Asunmaa | Ville Mannisenmäki | Teemu Asunmaa | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Driver, Co-driver | P |
24 | Mikko Heikkilä | Samu Vaaleri | Mikko Heikkilä | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Junior Driver, Junior Co-driver | P |
25 | Hayden Paddon | John Kennard | Hayden Paddon | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Driver, Co-driver | P |
26 | Nikolay Gryazin[lower-alpha 1] | Konstantin Aleksandrov[lower-alpha 2] | Toksport WRT 2 | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Junior Driver, Co-driver, Team | P |
27 | Sami Pajari | Enni Mälkönen | Sami Pajari | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Junior Driver, Co-driver | P |
28 | Eerik Pietarinen | Antti Linnaketo | Eerik Pietarinen | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Junior Driver, Co-driver | P |
29 | Mikołaj Marczyk | Szymon Gospodarczyk | Mikołaj Marczyk | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Junior Driver, Co-driver | P |
30 | Georg Linnamäe | James Morgan | ALM Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Junior Driver, Co-driver | — |
31 | Martin Prokop | Michal Ernst | Martin Prokop | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | Driver, Co-driver | P |
32 | Gaurav Gill | Gabriel Morales | Gaurav Gill | Škoda Fabia R5 | Driver, Co-driver | P |
34 | Fabrizio Zaldivar | Marcelo Der Ohannesian | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Junior Driver, Co-driver, Team | P |
35 | Josh McErlean | James Fulton | Josh McErlean | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Junior Driver, Co-driver | P |
36 | Riku Tahko | Sami Ryynänen | Riku Tahko | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Driver, Co-driver | P |
37 | Freddy Loix | Pieter Tsjoen | Freddy Loix | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Masters Driver, Co-driver | P |
No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Championship eligibility | Tyre |
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38 | Lauri Joona | Tuukka Shemeikka | Lauri Joona | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | P |
39 | Jan Černý | Jan Tománek | Jan Černý | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | P |
40 | Toni Herranen | Sebastian Virtanen | Toni Herranen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | P |
41 | Tommi Heino | Patric Öhman | Tommi Heino | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | P |
43 | Henri Timonen | Jussi Kärpijoki | Henri Timonen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | P |
Itinerary
All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).
Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
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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
Classification
Special stages
Championship standings
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
1 | Kalle Rovanperä | 198 | Jonne Halttunen | 198 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 339 | ||||||
2 | 2 | Ott Tänak | 104 | 2 | Martin Järveoja | 104 | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 251 | ||||
3 | 1 | Thierry Neuville | 103 | 1 | Martijn Wydaeghe | 103 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 174 | ||||
4 | 1 | Elfyn Evans | 94 | 1 | Scott Martin | 94 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG | 89 | ||||
5 | Takamoto Katsuta | 81 | Aaron Johnston | 81 |
Classification
Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |||
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Event | Class | Class | Stage | Event | |||||||
8 | 1 | 20 | Emil Lindholm | Reeta Hämäläinen | Toksport WRT 2 | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | 2:33:43.6 | 0.0 | 25 | 2 | 4 |
10 | 2 | 22 | Egon Kaur | Silver Simm | Egon Kaur | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | 2:35:36.7 | +1:53.1 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
11 | 3 | 25 | Hayden Paddon | John Kennard | Hayden Paddon | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | 2:35:47.3 | +2:03.7 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
12 | 4 | 23 | Teemu Asunmaa | Ville Mannisenmäki | Teemu Asunmaa | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | 2:38:11.8 | +4:28.2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
13 | 5 | 28 | Eerik Pietarinen | Antti Linnaketo | Eerik Pietarinen | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | 2:38:39.6 | +4:56.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
14 | 6 | 29 | Mikołaj Marczyk | Szymon Gospodarczyk | Mikołaj Marczyk | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | 2:39:21.5 | +5:37.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
15 | 7 | 34 | Fabrizio Zaldivar | Marcelo Der Ohannesian | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | 2:39:54.4 | +6:10.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
17 | 8 | 31 | Martin Prokop | Michal Ernst | Martin Prokop | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | 2:43:41.2 | +9:57.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
20 | 9 | 37 | Freddy Loix | Pieter Tsjoen | Freddy Loix | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | 2:50:41.8 | +16:58.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
21 | 10 | 27 | Sami Pajari | Enni Mälkönen | Sami Pajari | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | 2:54:20.0 | +20:36.4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
31 | 11 | 32 | Gaurav Gill | Gabriel Morales | Gaurav Gill | Škoda Fabia R5 | 3:25:23.7 | +51:40.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | 12 | 24 | Mikko Heikkilä | Samu Vaaleri | Mikko Heikkilä | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | 3:46:06.3 | +1:12:22.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | 13 | 35 | Josh McErlean | James Fulton | Josh McErlean | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | 4:20:29.5 | +1:46:45.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Disqualified | 21 | Teemu Suninen | Mikko Markkula | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Front bumper underweight | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Retired SS15 | 36 | Riku Tahko | Sami Ryynänen | Riku Tahko | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Mechanical | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Did not start | 26 | Nikolay Gryazin | Konstantin Aleksandrov | Toksport WRT 2 | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Crash | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Did not start | 30 | Georg Linnamäe | James Morgan | ALM Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Withdrawn | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Special stages
Championship standings
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 | Andreas Mikkelsen | 79 | Torstein Eriksen | 79 | 1 | Hyundai Motorsport N | 116 | 2 | Emil Lindholm | 83 | James Fulton | 111 | Mauro Miele | 86 | Laurent Magat | 75 | ||||||||||||
2 | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 76 | Maciej Szczepaniak | 76 | 1 | Toksport WRT | 112 | 1 | Chris Ingram | 67 | 2 | Samu Vaaleri | 50 | 1 | Freddy Loix | 65 | Michael Joseph Morrissey | 36 | ||||||||||
3 | 4 | Emil Lindholm | 64 | 4 | Reeta Hämäläinen | 64 | Toksport WRT 2 | 58 | 1 | Nikolay Gryazin | 61 | 1 | Louis Louka | 43 | 1 | Jean-Michel Raoux | 52 | Michela Lorigiola | 30 | |||||||||
4 | 1 | Yohan Rossel | 63 | 1 | Valentin Sarreaud | 52 | Yaco ACCR Team | 50 | 2 | Mikołaj Marczyk | 59 | 1 | Elia De Guio | 25 | Olivier Burri | 33 | Jörgen Fornander | 25 | ||||||||||
5 | 1 | Nikolay Gryazin | 52 | 1 | Konstantin Aleksandrov | 52 | Saintéloc Junior Team | 40 | 2 | Eerik Pietarinen | 58 | Fabrizio Arengi | 28 | Hans van Goor | 25 | |||||||||||||
Classification
Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |
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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
Stage | Open Championship | |||
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Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders | |
SD | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 2:12.9 | — |
SS1 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:04.6 | Joona / Shemeikka |
SS2 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 6:04.7 | |
SS3 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:10.7 | |
SS4 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 5:58.6 | |
SS5 | Stage cancelled | |||
SS6 | Černý / Tománek | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 1:44.7 | Joona / Shemeikka |
SS7 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 6:28.6 | |
SS8 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 8:03.4 | |
SS9 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 6:22.4 | |
SS10 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 8:00.5 | |
SS11 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:10.3 | |
SS12 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:13.2 | |
SS13 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 7:30.6 | |
SS14 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:25.5 | |
SS15 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 10:44.8 | |
SS16 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 10:55.9 | |
SS17 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 7:23.3 | |
SS18 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:19.7 | |
SS19 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 6:04.3 | |
SS20 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 6:04.1 | |
SS21 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 6:00.6 | |
SS22 | Joona / Shemeikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 6:01.9 | |
Championship standings
Pos. | Open Drivers' championships | Open Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
1 | Sami Pajari | 87 | Enni Mälkönen | 87 | ||||
2 | Lauri Joona | 86 | Mikael Korhonen | 61 | ||||
3 | 2 | Jan Černý | 61 | Liam Regan | 45 | |||
4 | 1 | McRae Kimathi | 57 | Tamás Kürti | 43 | |||
5 | 1 | William Creighton | 45 | Mwangi Kioni | 42 | |||
Notes
- 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
- "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.
- "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
- 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)