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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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 WRT 2:33:11.3 | ||
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 2 2:43:15.0 | ||
WRC-3 winner | Benjamin Korhola Pekka Kelander Rautio Motorsport 2:54:27.0 |
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]
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]
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 | Arnaud Dunand | PH Sport | Citroën C3 Rally2 | P |
21 | Oliver Solberg | Elliott Edmondson | Oliver Solberg | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | P |
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 |
After 18:42 | Opening ceremony, Jyväskylä Paviljonki | — | ||
SS1 | After 19:05 | Harju 1 | 3.48 km | |
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 | |
12:20 – 13:02 | Regroup, Jyväskylä Paviljonki | — | ||
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 | |
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 | |
12:35 – 13:17 | Regroup, Jyväskylä Paviljonki | — | ||
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 | |
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 | |
11:42 – 12:43 | Regroup, Himos | — | ||
12:43 – 12:58 | Tyre fitting zone, Himos | — | ||
SS22 | After 13:15 | Himos-Jämsä 2 [ Power Stage ] | 9.26 km | |
After 14:15 | Podium ceremony, Himos | — | ||
Source: [1] | ||||
Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | ||
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Event | Class | Event | Stage | |||||||
1 | 1 | 33 | Elfyn Evans | Scott Martin | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 2:33:11.3 | 0.0 | 25 | 5 |
2 | 2 | 11 | Thierry Neuville | Martijn Wydaeghe | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | 2:33:50.4 | +39.1 | 18 | 4 |
3 | 3 | 18 | Takamoto Katsuta | Aaron Johnston | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 2:34:48.0 | +1:36.7 | 15 | 2 |
4 | 4 | 3 | Teemu Suninen | Mikko Markkula | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | 2:34:52.3 | +1:41.0 | 12 | 3 |
5 | 5 | 97 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Juho Hänninen | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 2:37:20.7 | +4:09.4 | 10 | 1 |
45 | 6 | 7 | Pierre-Louis Loubet | Nicolas Gilsoul | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Puma Rally1 | 3:59:08.1 | +1:25:58.8 | 0 | 0 |
Retired SS8 | 69 | Kalle Rovanperä | Jonne Halttunen | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | Rolled | 0 | 0 | ||
Retired SS5 | 4 | Esapekka Lappi | Janne Ferm | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | Accident | 0 | 0 | ||
Retired SS3 | 8 | Ott Tänak | Martin Järveoja | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Puma Rally1 | Engine | 0 | 0 |
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 | 170 | Jonne Halttunen | 170 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 378 | ||||||
2 | Elfyn Evans | 145 | Scott Martin | 145 | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 311 | ||||||
3 | Thierry Neuville | 134 | Martijn Wydaeghe | 134 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 205 | ||||||
4 | Ott Tänak | 104 | Martin Järveoja | 104 | ||||||||
5 | Sébastien Ogier | 98 | Vincent Landais | 98 | ||||||||
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 | Andreas Mikkelsen | 82 | Torstein Eriksen | 101 | 3 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 119 | 1 | Sami Pajari | 93 | 1 | Enni Mälkönen | 93 | ||||||
2 | 1 | Yohan Rossel | 77 | Arnaud Dunand | 77 | 1 | Toksport WRT | 110 | 1 | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 75 | 1 | Maciej Szczepaniak | 75 | ||||||
3 | 4 | Sami Pajari | 71 | 4 | Jonas Andersson | 71 | Toksport WRT 3 | 105 | 1 | Nikolay Gryazin | 68 | 1 | Konstantin Aleksandrov | 68 | ||||||
4 | 1 | Oliver Solberg | 64 | 1 | Elliott Edmondson | 64 | 1 | Toksport WRT 2 | 105 | 1 | Marco Bulacia | 68 | 1 | Diego Vallejo | 58 | |||||
5 | 1 | Gus Greensmith | 62 | 1 | Jonas Andersson | 62 | 3 | Hyundai Motorsport N | 104 | Mikołaj Marczyk | 55 | Szymon Gospodarczyk | 55 | |||||||
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 | ||
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 |
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
1 | Roope Korhonen | 100 | Anssi Viinikka | 100 | ||||
2 | Diego Dominguez Jr. | 62 | Rogelio Peñate | 62 | ||||
3 | William Creighton | 47 | Liam Regan | 47 | ||||
4 | Laurent Pellier | 43 | Loïc Dumont | 40 | ||||
5 | Tom Rensonnet | 40 | Mikko Lukka | 37 |
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