2012 Rally Finland

2012 Rally Finland
*62nd Neste Oil Rally Finland*
2012 Rally Finland; 62nd Neste Oil Rally Finland
Round 8 of the 2012 World Rally Championship
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	Mikko Hirvonen joking with his co-driver Jarmo Lehtinen before the start of the rally.
Host country	Finland
Rally base	Jyväskylä
Dates run	2 – 4 August 2012
Stages	18 (303.52 km; 188.60 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,625.69 km (1,010.16 miles)
Results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb; Citroën Total World Rally Team
Crews	81 at start, 53 at finish

The 62nd Neste Oil Rally Finland was the eighth round of the 2012 World Rally Championship season and was held between 2 and 4 August 2012.^[1] In a similar manner to the previous year, the rally was based in Jyväskylä with a super special stage held at Jokimaa, Lahti.^[1]

The rally was also the fifth round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship and the third round of the WRC Academy.

Entry list[]

Jari-Matti Latvala going against Sébastien Loeb at SS12 SSS Killeri.

The entry list saw a total of 86 entries, 81 of which started.^[2]

Note: The bolded entrants were eligible to score points for Manufactures' championship.

No.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Entrant	Class	Priority	Championship
1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	Citroën Total World Rally Team	WRC	1
2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	Citroën Total World Rally Team	WRC	1
3	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	Ford World Rally Team	WRC	1
4	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	Ford World Rally Team	WRC	1
5	Ott Tänak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team	WRC	1
6	Evgeny Novikov	Denis Giraudet	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team	WRC	1
7	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Citroën DS3 WRC	Qatar World Rally Team	WRC	1
8	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Citroën DS3 WRC	Citroën Junior World Rally Team	WRC	1
10	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	Adapta World Rally Team	WRC	1
12	Armindo Araújo		Mini John Cooper Works WRC	WRC Team Mini Portugal	WRC	1
14	Paulo Nobre		Mini John Cooper Works WRC	WRC Team Mini Portugal	WRC	1
15	Martin Prokop		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	Czech Ford National Team	WRC	1
WD	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC		WRC	1
17	Jari Ketomaa		Ford Fiesta RS WRC		WRC	1
18	Matti Rantanen		Ford Fiesta RS WRC		WRC	1
19	Sebastian Lindholm		Ford Fiesta RS WRC		WRC	2
20	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Škoda Fabia S2000	Volkswagen Motorsport	2
21	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	Volkswagen Motorsport	2
31	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Škoda Fabia S2000		2	3	SWRC
32	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	Ford Fiesta S2000		2	3	SWRC
33	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Emil Axelsson	Proton Satria Neo S2000	Proton Motorsports	2	3	SWRC
34	Juha Salo	Marko Salminen	Proton Satria Neo S2000	Proton Motorsports	2	3	SWRC
35			Ford Fiesta S2000		2	3	SWRC
36	Yazeed Al-Rajhi		Ford Fiesta RRC	Yazeed Racing	2	3	SWRC
43	Ken Block	Alex Gelsomino	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	Monster World Rally Team	WRC	1
49	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Ford Fiesta S2000		2	3	SWRC
WD		Kaj Lindström	Subaru Impreza WRX STI R4		2	3	SWRC
51	Jarkko Nikara		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX		3
52			Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X		3
53			Mini John Cooper Works WRC		WRC	2
54	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Ford Fiesta S2000		2
55	Sander Pärn		Subaru Impreza WRX STI		3
56	Mattias Therman		Ford Fiesta S2000		2
57		Risto Pietiläinen	Ford Fiesta S2000		2
58			Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X		3
59			Peugeot 207 S2000		2
60			Ford Fiesta RRC		2
61			Subaru Impreza WRX STI R4		2
62	Oleksiy Tamrazov		Ford Fiesta S2000		2
63		Jonne Halttunen	Subaru Impreza WRX STI		3
64			Subaru Impreza WRX STI		3
65			Ford Fiesta R2		6
66			Ford Fiesta R2		6
67		Torstein Eriksen	Ford Fiesta R2		6
68			Renault Clio R3		5
WD	Juho Annala		Citroën C2 R2		6
70			Citroën DS3 R3T		5
71			Subaru Impreza WRX STI		3
72			Subaru Impreza WRX STI		3
73			Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X		3
74			Renault Clio R3		5
75	Yuriy Protasov		Citroën DS3 R3T		5
76			Ford Fiesta R2		6
77			Citroën C2 R2		6
78	Sami Sarjula		Ford Fiesta R2		6
79	Martin Koči		Citroën C2 R2		6
80			Honda Civic Type R		8
81			Citroën DS3 R3T		5
82	Molly Taylor	Sebastian Marshall	Citroën DS3 R3T		5
83			Citroën C2 R2		6
84			Ford Fiesta R2		6
85			Ford Fiesta ST		8
86			Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX		3
87			Renault Clio R3		5
88			Citroën DS3 R3T		5
89	Nil Solans		Ford Fiesta R2		6
90			Citroën DS3 R3T		5
91	Sebastien Chardonnet		Citroën DS3 R3T		5
WD		Marco Menchini	Citroën DS3 R3T		5
WD			Ford Fiesta R2		6
94			Citroën Saxo VTS		9
95			Citroën Saxo VTS		9
96			Suzuki Swift		9
97			Toyota Yaris		10
98			Citroën C2 R2		6
101			Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy
102		Cándido Carrera	Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy
103		Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy
105	Pontus Tidemand		Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy
106			Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy
107			Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy
108		Stuart Loudon	Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy
109	Elfyn Evans	Philip Pugh	Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy
111			Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy
113		Craig Parry	Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy
114			Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy

Report[]

Sébastien Loeb won the Rally Finland for the third time in his career. He led the rally from start to finish and was fastest in nine stages.^[3]

Results[]

Event standings[]

The top three crews at the post-event press conference.

Per-Gunnar Andersson and Emil Axelsson at the post-event press conference.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:28:11.4	0.0	26
2	2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:28:17.5	6.1	21
3	3	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:28:46.4	35.0	15
4	4	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:29:07.5	56.1	14
5	10	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:30:43.5	2:32.1	10
6	5	Ott Tänak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:30:59.0	2:47.6	8
7	18	Matti Rantanen		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:33:03.1	4:51.7	6
8	17	Jari Ketomaa		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:34:13.3	6:01.9	4
9	15	Martin Prokop		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:34:15.7	6:04.3	2
10	20	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Škoda Fabia S2000	2	2:36:57.4	8:46.0	1
11	33	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Emil Axelsson	Proton Satria Neo S2000	2	2:39:01.2	10:49.8	0
12	54	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Ford Fiesta S2000	2	2:39:20.3	11:08.9	0
13	51	Jarkko Nikara		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	3	2:40:43.6	12:32.2	0
14	19	Sebastian Lindholm		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:40:46.4	12:35.0	0
15	12	Armindo Araújo		Mini John Cooper Works WRC	WRC	2:40:55.1	12:43.7	0
16	8	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:41:50.6	13:39.2	0
17	36	Yazeed Al-Rajhi		Ford Fiesta RRC	2	2:42:19.0	14:07.6	0
18	34	Juha Salo	Marko Salminen	Proton Satria Neo S2000	2	2:44:47.9	16:36.5	0
19	55	Sander Pärn		Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3	2:45:15.8	17:04.4	0
20	60			Ford Fiesta RRC	2	2:46:38.3	18:26.9	0
21	59			Peugeot 207 S2000	2	2:50:15.8	22:04.4	0
22	98			Citroën C2 R2	6	2:50:27.9	22:16.5	0
23	35			Ford Fiesta S2000	2	2:50:34.6	22:23.2	0
24	63		Jonne Halttunen	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3	2:51:18.6	23:07.2	0
25	49	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Ford Fiesta S2000	2	2:51:19.0	23:07.6	0
26	66			Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:52:10.5	23:59.1	0
27	21	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	2	2:53:13.9	25:02.5	0
28	57		Risto Pietiläinen	Ford Fiesta S2000	2	2:53:37.4	25:26.0	0
29	64			Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3	2:55:49.4	27:38.0	0
30	65			Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:56:15.5	28:04.1	0
31	62	Oleksiy Tamrazov		Ford Fiesta S2000	2	2:57:11.3	28:59.9	0
32	67		Torstein Eriksen	Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:57:18.2	29:06.8	0
33	91	Sebastien Chardonnet		Citroën DS3 R3T	5	2:58:58.5	30:47.1	0
34	70			Citroën DS3 R3T	5	3:01:08.0	32:56.6	0
35	90			Citroën DS3 R3T	5	3:01:37.9	33:26.5	0
36	6	Evgeny Novikov	Denis Giraudet	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:02:58.5	34:47.1	0
37	76			Ford Fiesta R2	6	3:03:22.2	35:10.8	0
38	14	Paulo Nobre		Mini John Cooper Works WRC	WRC	3:04:40.0	36:28.6	0
39	7	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3:05:29.0	37:17.6	0
40	72			Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3	3:07:00.0	38:48.6	0
41	89	Nil Solans		Ford Fiesta R2	6	3:09:02.1	40:50.7	0
42	73			Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3	3:09:49.2	41:37.8	0
43	77			Citroën C2 R2	6	3:13:35.0	45:23.6	0
44	87			Renault Clio R3	5	3:15:42.3	47:30.9	0
45	88			Citroën DS3 R3T	5	3:21:59.3	53:47.9	0
46	75	Yuriy Protasov		Citroën DS3 R3T	5	3:24:42.3	56:30.9	0
47	94			Citroën Saxo VTS	9	3:27:25.3	59:13.9	0
48	83			Citroën C2 R2	6	3:29:16.2	1:01:04.8	0
49	95			Citroën Saxo VTS	9	3:34:50.1	1:06:38.7	0
50	86			Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	3	3:34:52.1	1:06:40.7	0
51	61			Subaru Impreza WRX STI R4	2	3:39:45.8	1:11:34.4	0
52	74			Renault Clio R3	5	3:49:37.3	1:21:25.9	0
53	97			Toyota Yaris	10	3:59:13.7	1:31:02.3	0
Ret	31	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Škoda Fabia S2000	2	Mechanical		–
Ret	32	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	Ford Fiesta S2000	2	Accident		–
Ret	43	Ken Block	Alex Gelsomino	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	Mechanical		–
Ret	52			Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3	Mechanical		–
Ret	53			Mini John Cooper Works WRC	WRC	Accident		–
Ret	56	Mattias Therman		Ford Fiesta S2000	2	Mechanical		–
Ret	58			Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3	Mechanical		–
Ret	68			Renault Clio R3	5	Mechanical		–
Ret	71			Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3	Mechanical		–
Ret	78	Sami Sarjula		Ford Fiesta R2	6	Accident		–
Ret	79	Martin Koči		Citroën C2 R2	6	Accident		–
Ret	80			Honda Civic Type R	8	Mechanical		–
Ret	81			Citroën DS3 R3T	5	Accident		–
Ret	82	Molly Taylor	Sebastian Marshall	Citroën DS3 R3T	5	Mechanical		–
Ret	84			Ford Fiesta R2	6	Mechanical		–
Ret	85			Ford Fiesta ST	8	Mechanical		–
Ret	96			Suzuki Swift	9	Mechanical		–
Ret	101			Ford Fiesta R2	6	Academy^†		–
Ret	102		Cándido Carrera	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Academy^†		–
Ret	103		Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Academy^†		–
Ret	105	Pontus Tidemand		Ford Fiesta R2	6	Academy^†		–
Ret	106			Ford Fiesta R2	6	Academy^†		–
Ret	107			Ford Fiesta R2	6	Accident		–
Ret	108		Stuart Loudon	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Academy^†		–
Ret	109	Elfyn Evans	Philip Pugh	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Academy^†		–
Ret	111			Ford Fiesta R2	6	Academy^†		–
Ret	113		Craig Parry	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Academy^†		–
Ret	114			Ford Fiesta R2	6	Accident		–
SWRC
1 (11)	33	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Emil Axelsson	Proton Satria Neo S2000	2	2:39:01.2	0.0	25
2 (17)	36	Yazeed Al-Rajhi		Ford Fiesta RRC	2	2:42:19.0	3:17.8	18
3 (18)	34	Juha Salo	Marko Salminen	Proton Satria Neo S2000	2	2:44:47.9	5:46.7	15
4 (23)	35			Ford Fiesta S2000	2	2:50:34.6	11:33.4	12
5 (25)	49	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Ford Fiesta S2000	2	2:51:19.0	12:17.8	10
Ret	31	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Škoda Fabia S2000	2	Mechanical		–
Ret	32	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	Ford Fiesta S2000	2	Accident		–
WRC Academy^†
1	109	Elfyn Evans	Philip Pugh	Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:34:07.7	0.0	32
2	105	Pontus Tidemand		Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:35:03.0	55.3	24
3	106			Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:35:35.1	1:27.4	17
4	102		Cándido Carrera	Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:36:22.5	2:14.8	13
5	108		Stuart Loudon	Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:37:09.7	3:02.0	10
6	101			Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:41:26.2	7:18.5	8
7	111			Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:47:45.7	13:38.0	6
8	113		Craig Parry	Ford Fiesta R2	6	3:04:09.2	30:01.5	4
9	103		Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta R2	6	3:14:16.6	40:08.9	3
Ret	107			Ford Fiesta R2	6	Accident		–
Ret	114			Ford Fiesta R2	6	Accident		–

Note: ^† – The WRC Academy featured all but the last stage of the rally, and therefore the academy drivers weren't able to finish the rally.^[1]^[4]

Special Stages[]

Sebastien Loeb checks his rear suspension after SS8.

Leg	Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1	Day 1 (2 Aug)	SS1	17:23	Koukunmaa	13.68 km	Sébastien Loeb	6:59.8	117.31 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
		SS2	19:00	SSS Jokimaa	2.00 km	Petter Solberg	1:32.5	77.84 km/h
		SS3	20:50	Mynnilä	14.22 km	Sébastien Loeb	6:34.7	129.70 km/h
	Day 2 (3 Aug)	SS4	7:42	Urria	12.75 km	Sébastien Loeb	5:59.5	127.68 km/h
		SS5	8:39	Jukojärvi	22.29 km	Mikko Hirvonen	10:34.0	126.57 km/h
		SS6	11:28	Mökkiperä 1	11.38 km	Mikko Hirvonen	5:29.6	124.30 km/h
		SS7	12:14	Palsankylä 1	13.92 km	Sébastien Loeb	7:06.8	117.41 km/h
		SS8	13:32	Lankamaa 1	23.06 km	Mikko Hirvonen	11:11.4	123.65 km/h
		SS9	16:08	Mökkiperä 2	11.38 km	Mikko Hirvonen	5:26.8	125.36 km/h
		SS10	16:54	Palsankylä 2	13.92 km	Sébastien Loeb	7:01.7	118.83 km/h
		SS11	18:12	Lankamaa 2	23.06 km	Petter Solberg	11:03.2	125.17 km/h
		SS12	20:00	SSS Killeri	2.06 km	Sébastien Loeb	1:22.8	89.57 km/h
Leg 2	Day 3 (4 Aug)	SS13	7:56	Surkee 1	14.95 km	Sébastien Loeb	8:05.7	110.81 km/h
		SS14	8:54	Leustu 1	21.94 km	Mikko Hirvonen	10:25.8	126.21 km/h
		SS15	11:18	Surkee 2	14.95 km	Sébastien Loeb	8:00.3	112.05 km/h
		SS16	12:16	Leustu 2	21.94 km	Sébastien Loeb Jari-Matti Latvala	10:20.2	127.35 km/h
		SS17	15:37	Ouninpohja 1	33.01 km	Mikko Hirvonen	15:26.9	128.21 km/h
		SS18	18:00	Ouninpohja 2 (Power stage)	33.01 km	Mikko Hirvonen	15:17.3	129.55 km/h

Power stage[]

The Power stage was a legendary Rally Finland stage, 33.01 km long Ouninpohja. The three fastest crews of this stage were awarded by drivers' championship points.^[5]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Avg. spd.	Points
1	2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	15:17.350	0.000	129.543 km/h	3
2	4	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	15:17.983	0.633	129.453 km/h	2
3	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	15:18.427	1.077	129.391 km/h	1

Championship standings after Rally Finland[]

Drivers' championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Sébastien Loeb	171
	2	Mikko Hirvonen	128
	3	Petter Solberg	104
	4	Mads Østberg	90
1	5	Jari-Matti Latvala	69

Manufacturers' championship standings

Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Citroën Total World Rally Team	280
2	Ford World Rally Team	171
3	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team	115
4	Qatar World Rally Team	49
5	Citroën Junior World Rally Team	48

SWRC Drivers' championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
2	1	Per-Gunnar Andersson	68
1	2	Hayden Paddon	62
1	3		53
2	4	Craig Breen	43
	5	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	40

WRC Academy Drivers' championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
1	1	Elfyn Evans	70
1	2		52
2	3		49
2	4	Pontus Tidemand	41
1	5		34

Note: Only the top five positions are included in all sets of standings.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Itinerary" (PDF). nesteoilrallyfinland.fi. Retrieved 8 July 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Entry list" (PDF). nesteoilrallyfinland.fi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
^ "Final classification" (PDF). nesteoilrallyfinland.fi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
^ "Academy final classification" (PDF). nesteoilrallyfinland.fi. Retrieved 5 August 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Power stage final classification" (PDF). nesteoilrallyfinland.fi. Retrieved 5 August 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[]

[Itinerary-1] "Itinerary" (PDF). nesteoilrallyfinland.fi. Retrieved 8 July 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[Entry_list-2] "Entry list" (PDF). nesteoilrallyfinland.fi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 23 July 2012.

[Final_classification-3] "Final classification" (PDF). nesteoilrallyfinland.fi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 5 August 2012.

[Academy_final_classification-4] "Academy final classification" (PDF). nesteoilrallyfinland.fi. Retrieved 5 August 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[Power_stage-5] "Power stage final classification" (PDF). nesteoilrallyfinland.fi. Retrieved 5 August 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

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