Rally Finland 2011

 Rally Finland 2011

Racing data
8th of 13 rounds of the 2011 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Finland
Date:	28-30 July 2011
Begin:	Jyväskylä
Exams:	22 tests over 314.39 km
Distance:	1375.15 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team
Second:	Jari-Matti Latvala Ford World Rally Team
Third:	Sébastien Ogier Citroën Total World Rally Team

The 61st Rally Finland took place from July 28-30, 2011. A total of 22 special stages were driven on gravel.

Ogier, Loeb and Latvala (from left) during an interview after the first day of the rally

Reports

Day 1 (Thursday, July 28th)

After the first day and 3 special stages, Sébastien Loeb (Citroën) led the rally ahead of teammate Sébastien Ogier . Mikko Hirvonen (Ford) was unlucky . In a left turn the engine suddenly switched off and Hirvonen crashed into a tree, damaging the suspension and the brakes. Ford spoke, against Hirvonen's testimony, of a driving error.

Day 2 (Friday, July 29th)

Loeb and Ogier took turns in the overall leadership. Jari-Matti Latvala got closer and closer to the Citroën duo and at the end of the day was 2.6 seconds behind leader Loeb in third place.

3rd day (Saturday, July 30th)

In the special stages 12 to 16 Loeb was able to pull out a small lead. In SS 17, Ogier fell behind Latvala due to a puncture. Petter Solberg was in fourth place for a long time, in the final sprint Mikko Hirvonen (Ford) caught up with him and pushed the privateer to fifth place.

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + power stage
WRC
01	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	2: 39: 37.0		25th
02	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2: 39: 45.1	0: 08.1	18 + 2
03	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën DS3 WRC	2: 39: 49.8	0: 12.8	15 + 1
04th	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2: 40: 46.1	1: 09.1	12 + 3
05	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Citroën DS3 WRC	2: 40: 53.2	1: 16.2	10
06th	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2: 41: 04.8	1: 27.8	08th
07th	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2: 43: 02.5	3: 25.5	06th
08th	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2: 43: 30.2	3: 53.2	04th
09	Kimi Raikkonen	Kaj Lindström	Citroën DS3 WRC	2: 43: 36.8	3: 59.8	02
10	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	2: 44: 50.7	5: 13.7	01
SWRC
1 (10)	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	2: 44: 50.7		25th
2 (12)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta S2000	2: 47: 28.4	02: 37.7	18th
3 (13)	Ott Tanak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta S2000	2: 48: 29.0	03: 38.3	15th
4 (16)	Hermann Gassner junior	Kathi Wüstenhagen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2: 50: 43.3	05: 52.6	12
5 (17)	Frigyes Turán	Gábor Zsíros	Ford Fiesta S2000	2: 51: 01.9	06: 11.2	10
6 (24)	Bernardo Sousa	Paulo Babo	Ford Fiesta S2000	2: 53: 30.1	08: 39.4	08th
7 (27)	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Škoda Fabia S2000	2: 56: 20.8	11: 30.1	06th
8 (35)	Juha Salo	Marko salt mines	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Xr4	3: 02: 26.8	17: 36.1	04th
PWRC
01 (19)	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2: 51: 57.2		25th
02 (21)	Jarkko Nikara	Petri Nikara	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	2: 52: 37.4	00: 40.2	18th
03 (22)	Patrik Flodin	Goran Bergsten	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2: 53: 04.9	01: 07.7	15th
04 (23)	Jukka Ketomäki	Kai Risberg	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	2: 53: 10.4	01: 13.2	12
05 (25)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciej Szczepaniak	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	2: 54: 09.8	02: 12.6	10
06 (26)	Mikko Pajunen	Jani Salo	Renault Clio R3	2: 54: 47.9	02: 50.7	08th
7 (40)	Valeriy Gorban	Vadim Chernega	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	3:05:06	13: 08.8	06th
8 (51)	Oleksiy Kikireshko	Sergey Larens	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	3: 14: 03.0	22: 05.8	04th
9 (52)	Dmitry Tagirov	Anna Zavershinskaya	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3: 14: 31.4	22: 34.2	02
WRC Academy
01	Egon Kaur	Erik Lepikson	Ford Fiesta R2	2: 41: 24.7		25 + 5 for SS victories
02	Craig Breen	Gareth Roberts	Ford Fiesta R2	2: 41: 27.3	00: 02.6	18 + 5 for SS victories
03	Timo van der Marel	Erwin Berkhof	Ford Fiesta R2	2: 46: 00.8	04: 36.1	15th
04th	Brendan Reeves	Rhianon Smyth	Ford Fiesta R2	2: 47: 17.9	05: 53.2	12
05	Jan Černý	Pavel Kohout	Ford Fiesta R2	2: 47: 23.2	05: 58.5	10
06th	Yeray Lemes	Rogelio Peñate	Ford Fiesta R2	2: 48: 21.3	06: 56.6	8 + 1 for SS victories
07th	Christian Riedemann	Michael Wenzel	Ford Fiesta R2	2: 48: 22.0	06: 57.3	06th
08th	Miko-Ove Niinemäe	Timo Kasesalu	Ford Fiesta R2	2: 48: 58.5	07: 33.8	04th
09	Molly Taylor	Rebecca Smart	Ford Fiesta R2	2: 53: 15.4	11: 50.7	02
10	José Antonio Suarez	Cándido Carrera	Ford Fiesta R2	2: 55: 21.3	13: 56.6	01

Special stages

Day	WP number	begin	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (July 28th)	WP1	17:13	Lankamaa	23.76 km	Jari Ketomaa	11: 44.5	121.41 km / h	Jari Ketomaa
	WP2	18:16	Laukaa	11.79 km	Sébastien Loeb	05: 49.7	121.37 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP3	20:00	Laajavuori 1	04.19 km	Sébastien Loeb	02: 37.3	095.89 km / h
Day 2 (July 29th)	WP4	09:00	Hassi	20.35 km	Mikko Hirvonen	11: 14.3	108.65 km / h
	WP5	11:03	Evo	08.90 km	Mikko Hirvonen	04: 59.0	107.16 km / h
	WP6	11:53	Hyvenaula 1	29.90 km	Mikko Hirvonen	14: 09.8	126.67 km / h
	WP7	14:59	Koukunmaa	13.68 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	7: 09.8	114.58 km / h
	WP8	15:37	Koivukehä	17.80 km	Mikko Hirvonen	09: 19.3	114.57 km / h
	WP9	16:20	Hyvenaula 2	29.90 km	Mikko Hirvonen	13: 53.3	129.17 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
	WP10	18:00	Jokimaa	02.00 km	Sébastien Ogier	01: 33.4	077.09 km / h
	WP11	19:46	Mynnila	12.07 km	Sébastien Loeb	05: 47.4	125.08 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
Day 3 (July 30th)	WP12	07:58	Leustu 1	21.35 km	Sébastien Loeb	10: 13.1	125.36 km / h
	WP13	09:00	Surkee 1	14.66 km	Sébastien Loeb	08: 07.1	108.35 km / h
	WP14	09:55	Urria 1	12.75 km	Mikko Hirvonen	06: 01.9	126.83 km / h
	WP15	10:58	Jukojärvi 1	14.32 km	Mikko Hirvonen	07: 07.6	120.56 km / h
	WP16	11:23	Isojärvi 1	04.85 km	Mikko Hirvonen	02: 26.3	119.34 km / h
	WP17	13:55	Leustu 2	21.35 km	Mikko Hirvonen	10: 07.8	126.46 km / h
	WP18	14:57	Surkee 2	14.66 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	08: 00.3	109.88 km / h
	WP19	15:52	Urria 2	12.75 km	Mikko Hirvonen	05: 54.6	129.44 km / h
	WP20	16:55	Jukojärvi 2	14.32 km	Mikko Hirvonen	07: 01.7	122.25 km / h
	WP21	17:20	Isojärvi 2	04.85 km	Mikko Hirvonen	02: 25.1	120.33 km / h
	WP22	19:11	Laajavuori 2	04.19 km	Mikko Hirvonen	02: 39.6	094.51 km / h

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WRC News (Motorsport-Total.com, accessed on March 6, 2014)