2014 Rally Finland

2014 Rally Finland
*64th Rally Finland*
2014 Rally Finland; 64th Rally Finland
Round 8 of the 2014 World Rally Championship season
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	Sébastien Ogier climbing up on the Harju special stage.
Host country	Finland
Rally base	Jyväskylä, Finland
Dates run	July 31 – August 3, 2014
Stages	26 (360.94 km; 224.28 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Results
Overall winner	Jari-Matti Latvala; Miikka Anttila; Volkswagen Motorsport
Crews	77 at start, 54 at finish

The 2014 Neste Oil Rally Finland was the eighth round of the 2014 World Rally Championship season. The event was based in Jyväskylä, Finland, and started on 31 July and finished on 3 August after 26 special stages, totaling 360.9 competitive kilometres.

Finnish driver Jari-Matti Latvala won his home Rally Finland for the second time in his career, taking his third victory of the 2014 season.

Entry list[]

Notable entrants
No.	Entrant	Class	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Tyre
1	Volkswagen Motorsport	WRC	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
2	Volkswagen Motorsport	WRC	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
3	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
4	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
5	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
6	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
7	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	WRC	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
8	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	WRC	Juho Hänninen		Hyundai i20 WRC	M
9	Volkswagen Motorsport II	WRC	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
10	RK M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Robert Kubica		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
19	Henning Solberg	WRC	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	D
20	Hyundai Motorsport N	WRC	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
21	Jipocar Czech National Team	WRC	Martin Prokop		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
22	Jarkko Nikara	WRC	Jarkko Nikara		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	P
23	Craig Breen	WRC	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
24	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Michał Sołowow		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
31	Yazeed Racing	WRC-2	Yazeed Al-Rajhi		Ford Fiesta RRC	M
35	Drive Dmack	WRC-2	Jari Ketomaa	Kaj Lindström	Ford Fiesta R5	D
36	Karl Kruuda	WRC-2	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Ford Fiesta S2000	M
38	Drive Dmack	WRC-2	Ott Tänak		Ford Fiesta R5	D
39	Eurolamp World Rally Team	WRC-2	Valeriy Gorban		Mini John Cooper Works S2000	M
40		WRC-2	Sébastien Chardonnet		Citroën DS3 R5	M
42	Eyvind Brynildsen	WRC-2	Eyvind Brynildsen		Ford Fiesta RRC	D
43	Oleksiy Kikireshko	WRC-2	Oleksiy Kikireshko	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta R5	D
44		WRC-2			Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	P
52	Simone Tempestini	WRC-3 JWRC	Simone Tempestini		Citroën DS3 R3T	M
53	Aron Domzala	WRC-3 JWRC	Aron Domzala		Citroën DS3 R3T	M
55		WRC-3 JWRC			Citroën DS3 R3T	M
56		WRC-3 JWRC	Martin Koči		Citroën DS3 R3T	M
57	Stéphane Lefebvre	WRC-3 JWRC	Stéphane Lefebvre		Citroën DS3 R3T	M
58	Molly Taylor	WRC-3 JWRC	Molly Taylor	Sebastian Marshall	Citroën DS3 R3T	M
61		WRC-3 JWRC			Citroën DS3 R3T	M
62		WRC-3 JWRC			Citroën DS3 R3T	M
63		WRC-3 JWRC	Kornél Lukács		Citroën DS3 R3T	M
66	AKK Sports Team Finland	WRC-3	Teemu Suninen		Citroën DS3 R3T	D
72		WRC-2			Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	D

Icon	Class
WRC	WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points
WRC	Major entry ineligible to score manufacturer points
WRC-2	Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship
WRC-3	Registered to take part in WRC-3 championship
JWRC	Registered to take part in Junior World Rally championship

Results[]

Event standings[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:57:23.2	0.0	27
2	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:57:26.8	+3.6	21
3	3	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:58:13.8	+50.6	16
4	9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:59:15.7	+1:52.5	12
5	5	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:00:12.9	+2:49.7	10
6	8	Juho Hänninen	Tomi Tuominen	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	3:01:52.2	+4:29.0	8
7	6	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:02:49.0	+5:25.8	6
8	20	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	3:03:41.0	+6:17.8	4
9	19	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Henning Solberg	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:09:30.2	+12:07.0	2
10	36	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Karl Kruuda	Ford Fiesta S2000	WRC-2	3:12:07.9	+14:44.7	1
WRC-2 standings
1 (10.)	36	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Karl Kruuda	Ford Fiesta S2000	WRC-2	3:12:07.9	0.0	25
2 (11.)	35	Jari Ketomaa	Kaj Lindström	Drive Dmack	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:14:16.6	+2:08.7	18
3 (12.)	38	Ott Tänak	Raigo Mõlder	Drive Dmack	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:14:40.1	+2:32.2	15
4 (13.)	31	Yazeed Al Rajhi		Yazeed Racing	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:16:41.1	+4:33.2	12
5 (14.)	42	Eyvind Brynildsen		Eyvind Brynildsen	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:19:04.5	+6:56.6	10
6 (26.)	72				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	WRC-2	3:37:41.0	+25:33.1	8
7 (31.)	39	Valeriy Gorban	Volodymyr Korsia	Eurolamp World Rally Team	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	WRC-2	3:45:52.4	+33:44.5	6
WRC-3 standings
1 (17.)	66	Teemu Suninen			Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	3:31:27.8	0.0	25
2 (19.)	56	Martin Koči			Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	3:31:59.0	+31.9	18
3 (22.)	55				Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	3:33:19.8	+1:52.0	15
4 (35.)	58	Molly Taylor	Sebastian Marshall	Molly Taylor	Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	3:47:15.7	+15:47.9	12
5 (36.)	62				Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	3:47:50.1	+16:22.3	10
6 (38.)	52	Simone Tempestini		Simone Tempestini	Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	3:49:15.0	+17:47.2	8
7 (40.)	53	Aron Domzala		Aron Domzala	Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	3:51:48.9	+20:21.1	6
8 (45.)	57	Stéphane Lefebvre		Stéphane Lefebvre	Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	4:06:02.1	+34:34.3	4
9 (50.)	61				Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	4:18:26.3	+46:58.5	2
JWRC standings
1 (19.)	56	Martin Koči			Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	3:31:59.0	0.0	25
2 (22.)	55				Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	3:33:19.8	+1:20.1	18
3 (35.)	58	Molly Taylor	Sebastian Marshall	Molly Taylor	Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	3:47:15.7	+15:16.0	15
4 (36.)	62				Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	3:47:50.1	+15:50.4	12
5 (38.)	52	Simone Tempestini		Simone Tempestini	Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	3:49:15.0	+17:15.3	10
6 (40.)	53	Aron Domzala		Aron Domzala	Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	3:51:48.9	+19:49.2	8
7 (45.)	57	Stéphane Lefebvre		Stéphane Lefebvre	Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	4:06:02.1	+34:02.4	6
8 (50.)	61				Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	4:18:26.3	+46:26.6	4
Source: [1]

Special stages[]

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally leader
Leg 1 (31 July)	SS1	Lankamaa 1	23.44 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	11:17.3	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS2	Jouhtikylä	10.36 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5:02.5
	SS3	Lankamaa 2	23.44 km	Sébastien Ogier Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	11:11.2
	SS4	Harju 1	2.27 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:46.1
Leg 1 (1 Aug)	SS5	Pihlajakoski 1	14.51 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:45.9
	SS6	Päijälä 1	23.38 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10:52.3
	SS7	Kakaristo 1	20.51 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	10:37.0
	SS8	Painaa 1	7.70 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:51.3
	SS9	Pihlajakoski 2	14.51 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:39.8
	SS10	Päijälä 2	23.38 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10:38.3
	SS11	Kakaristo 2	20.51 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10:22.1
	SS12	Painaa 2	7.70 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:48.5
	SS13	Harju 2	2.27 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:46.3
Leg 2 (2 Aug)	SS14	Mökkiperä 1	13.84 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:44.8
	SS15	Jukojärvi 1	21.93 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10:15.3
	SS16	Surkee 1	14.95 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	7:58.9
	SS17	Himos 1	4.45 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	2:37.6
	SS18	Leustu 1	10.01 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5:15.9
	SS19	Mökkiperä 2	13.84 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:40.7
	SS20	Jukojärvi 2	21.93 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10:09.4
	SS21	Surkee 2	14.95 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	7:53.4
	SS22	Himos 2	4.45 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	2:35.4
	SS23	Leustu 2	10.01 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5:11.3
Leg 3 (3 Aug)	SS24	Ruuhimäki 1	6.79 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:16.7
	SS25	Myhinpää	23.02 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10:15.5
	SS24	Ruuhimäki 2 {Power Stage)	6.79 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:16.0

Power Stage[]

The "Power stage" was a 6.79 km (4.22 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts
1	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:16.0	0.0	3
2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:16.1	+0.1	2
3	Kris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:18.1	+2.1	1

Standings after the rally[]

WRC[]

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Sebastien Ogier	187
2	Jari-Matti Latvala	143
3	Andreas Mikkelsen	95
4	Mads Ostberg	66
5	Mikko Hirvonen	62

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Volkswagen Motorsport	305
2	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	130
3	M-Sport World Rally Team	106
4	Volkswagen Motorsport II	94
5	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	88

Other[]

WRC2 Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Lorenzo Bertelli	81
2	Yuriy Protasov	75
3	Karl Kruuda	74
4	Jari Ketomaa	72
5	Ott Tänak	60

WRC3 Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Stéphane Lefebvre	54
2	Martin Koči	45
3		31
4		28
5		28

Junior WRC Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Stéphane Lefebvre	56
2	Martin Koči	52
3		34
4		30
5		28