Rally Finland 2015

 Rally Finland 2015

Racing data
8th of 13 rounds of the 2015 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Finland
Date:	July 30th - August 2nd, 2015
Begin:	Jyväskylä
Exams:	20 tests over 319.38 km
Distance:	1,270.83 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Motorsport
Second:	Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Motorsport
Third:	Mads Østberg Citroën World Rally Team

The 65th Rally Finland started on July 30th and lasted until August 2nd, 2015. A total of 20 special stages were driven on gravel.

Reports

Day 1 (Thursday, July 30th)

The shakedown ended badly for Thierry Neuville on Thursday . During the first run of the test before the start of the eighth race of the season, Neuville came off the road with the Hyundai i20 WRC and hit a tree backwards, severely damaging the rear of the car. The car had to be brought back to the service park on a tow truck, where the mechanics repaired it until the first special stage.

Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila (Volkswagen) at the 2015 Rally Finland

In the evening in Harju, a district of the Finnish capital Helsinki , the first special stage with 2.27 kilometers was on the program. The reigning world champion and current championship leader Sébastien Ogier (Volkswagen) secured first place with a time of 1: 48.6 minutes and stayed as the leader in the overall standings. Kris Meeke (Citroën) and Andreas Mikkelsen (Volkswagen) followed in the same second in second and third place.

Day 2 (Friday, July 31)

The duel between the two Volkswagen drivers Jari-Matti Latvala and Sébastien Ogier kept the audience in suspense all day. After a best time for Latvala in the first special stage of the day, Ogier had taken the lead in the morning with three special stage victories in a row. In the most difficult and fastest special stage "Ouninpohja" in the entire WRC calendar, Ogier broke Harri Rovanperä's course record from 2002 with a time of 15: 53.9 minutes . This record only lasted a few hours, because in the afternoon Latvala was once again significantly faster on the second passage of the "Ouninpohja" with a time of 15: 36.8 minutes. With two further best times, Latvala converted a deficit on Ogier of 5.3 seconds before the lunch break into a lead of 2.6 seconds in the afternoon and led the rally in the evening. The Citroën duo Kris Meeke and Mads Østberg followed in third and fourth ahead of the Hyundai's of Thierry Neuville and Dani Sordo .

Andreas Mikkelsen (Volkswagen) and Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) caused shock moments with serious accidents. Mikkelsen rolled over several times on the fifth special stage, with his Volkswagen Polo R WRC being so badly damaged that it was not possible to repair it on site. Paddon had an accident around one kilometer before the finish of the sixth special stage. This car was also badly damaged, but Paddon and co-driver John Kennard were uninjured, as were Mikkelsen and Ola Fløene. Paddon's Hyundai i20 WRC could not be repaired on site, so that a restart under the rally 2 regulations was no longer possible on Saturday .

3rd day (Saturday, August 1st)

After five special stage best times, Jari-Matti Latvala started the final day of the rally with a lead of 13.2 seconds over Sébastien Ogier . All other drivers had nothing to do with the fight for overall victory. Mads Østberg (Citroën) was already 1: 28.0 minutes behind Latvala in third.

For Kris Meeke (Citroën) the rally ended in disappointment. Meeke was on a safe third place before he made a driving error on the 16th special. In a right turn he turned off the road and hit a tree with the left front wheel, causing the suspension to break.

Robert Kubica (Ford) did not cross the finish line on his own. After the technical problems on Friday, Kubica started again under the rally 2 regulations . After successful special stages on Saturday, Kubica passed a mishap two corners before the finish line of the last special stage. He got off the road and rolled his Ford Fiesta RS WRC onto the roof.

Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) was fourth behind Østberg, who had inherited third place overall after his team-mate Meeke retired . Neuville was slowed down by engine problems on the i20 WRC in the afternoon. Ott Tänak (M-Sport-Ford) had worked his way up to fifth place again after his problems on Friday, followed by two M-Sport- Ford privateers with Juho Hänninen and Martin Prokop .

4th day (Sunday, August 2nd)

Jari-Matti Latvala drove away from his team-mate Sébastien Ogier in Finland . After 2010 and 2014 , Latvala won his home rally for the third time. For around two days, the two Volkswagen drivers had a duel at eye level, in which they were often only separated by a few seconds. The preliminary decision in the battle for overall victory was made on Saturday afternoon, when Latvala extended the lead to 13.2 seconds with victories in three special stages in a row.

Ogier no longer fought for victory on the final day, but concentrated on taking the three additional points on the power stage . He succeeded, with which Ogier expanded his impressive record in the power stages . In eight world championship races this year, the reigning world champion won the three additional points for the winner of the power stage seven times . The other points went to Latvala (2) and Kris Meeke (Citroën, 1) in Finland. With a total of 21 points for second place and victory at the power stage , Ogier has 182 points in the overall standings and leads the world championship standings. Latvala is new in second place, but he is 89 points behind Ogier. Mads Østberg is third with 84 points. Ogier therefore has the chance to win the third World Championship title in a row at the upcoming Rally Germany .

"That was one of the best rides in my life."

- Jari-Matti Latvala : motorsport-total.com

WRC2

Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm in the Škoda Fabia R5

Esapekka Lappi , who was already victorious in the Rally Poland , dominated the Rally Finland with the Škoda Fabia R5 . On Friday morning he took the top position. He continuously gained a comfortable lead over his team-mate Pontus Tidemand . The duo dossed the speed on Saturday and Sunday, ultimately Lappi Tidemand relegated to second place after 20 gravel special stages over 320 km by 1:41 minutes. With this victory, Lappi took the lead in the WRC 2 World Championship by three points over Jari Ketomaa , who had to skip the rally due to an eye injury.

With third place, Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën) secured his best result since his win at the season opener in Monte Carlo . Lefebvre, who was in the lead after the first special stage, finished the rally 1: 50.5 minutes behind Tidemand. Yuriy Protasov ( Ford Fiesta RRC ) finished fourth, followed by Australian champion Scott Pedder , who achieved his best career result with fifth. Anders Grøndal (Citroën) completed the top six.

Registration list

Vehicles not registered as WRC, WRC-2 and WRC-3 were not included in this list.

No driver Co-driver team automobile class 1 Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC RC1 2 Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC RC1 3 Kris Meeke Paul Nagle Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën DS3 WRC WRC RC1 4th Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën DS3 WRC WRC RC1 5 Elfyn Evans Daniel Barritt M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 6th Ott Tanak Raigo Mölder M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 7th Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai i20 WRC WRC RC1 8th Dani Sordo Marc Marti Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai i20 WRC WRC RC1 9 Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Floene Volkswagen Motorsport II Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC RC1 12 Khalid Al Qassimi Chris Patterson Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën DS3 WRC WRC RC1 14th Robert Kubica Maciej Szczepaniak RK World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 15th Juho Hänninen Tomi Tuominen Juho Hänninen Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 16 Henning Solberg Ilka Minor Adapta World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 17th Alexey Lukyanuk Alexey Arnautov M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 20th Hayden Paddon John Kennard Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 WRC WRC RC1 21st Martin Prokop Jan Tománek Jipocar ​​Czech National Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 32 Stéphane Lefebvre Stéphane Prévot PH Sports Citroën DS3 R5 WRC-2 RC2 33 Massimiliano Rendina Emanuele Inglesi Motorsport Italia Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X WRC-2 RC2 34 Quentin Giordano Valentin Sarreaud Quentin Giordano Citroën DS3 R5 WRC-2 RC2 36 Karl Kruda Martin Järveoja ME3 rally team Citroën DS3 R5 WRC-2 RC2 37 Lorenzo Bertelli Lorenzo Granai FWRT srl Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 38 Jari Ketomaa Kaj Lindström Drive Dmack Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 39 Yuriy Protasov Pavlo Cherepin Yuriy Protasov Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 RC2 40 Pontus Tidemand Patrik Barth Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 41 Nicolas Fuchs Fernando Mussano Nicolas Fuchs Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 42 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 43 Valeriy Gorban Volodymyr Corsia Eurolamp WRT Mini Cooper S2000 1.6T WRC-2 RC2 44 Craig Breen Scott Martin Sainteloc Junior Team Peugeot 208 T16 WRC-2 RC2 45 Eyvind Brynildsen Not so Fredriksson Drive Dmack Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 RC2 47 Eric Camilli Benjamin Veillas Oreca Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 48 Fredrik Åhlin Erik Morten Abrahamsen Fredrik Åhlin Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 49 Alain Foulon Mikka Lukka Alain Foulon Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X WRC-2 RC2 50 Sander Pärn James Morgan Drive Dmack Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 52 Simone Tempestini Matteio Chiarcossi Simone Tempestini Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 53 Ole Christian Veiby Not so Jaeger Printsport Oy Citroën DS3 R3T WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 54 Daniel McKenna Andrew Grennan Daniel McKenna Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 55 Mohamed Al-Mutawaa Stephen McAuley Abu Dhabi Racing Team Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 58 Terry Folb Frank la Floch Terry Folb Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 60 Quentin Gilbert Renaud Jamoul Quentin Gilbert Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 62 Henri Haapamäki Marko salt mines Hanu's rally team Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 63 Frederico Della Casa Domenico Pozzi Frederico Della Casa Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 65 Pierre-Louis Loubet Victor Belotto Pierre-Louis Loubet Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 66 Jean-René Perry Joshua Reibel Jean-René Perry Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 68 Matthieu Margaillan Fabrice Gordon Matthieu Margaillan Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 69 Jari Huttunen Antti Linnaketo AKK Sports Team Finland Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 70 Grondal is different Roger Eilertsen Grondal is different Citroën DS3 R5 WRC-2 RC2 71 Radik Shaymiev Maxim Tsvetkov TAIF Rally Team Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 72 Juan Carlos Alonso Juan Pablo Monasterolo Juan Carlos Alonso Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 73 Martin Koči Lukáš Kostka Peugeot Sport Slovakia Peugeot 208 T16 WRC-2 RC2 74 Scott Pedder Dale Moscatt Scott Pedder Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 75 Gianluca Linari Nicola Arena Gianluca Linari Subaru Impreza STi N15 WRC-2 RC2 76 Jussi Vainionpää Mika Juntunen Eurolamp WRT Citroën DS3 R5 WRC-2 RC2 77 Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula Oreca Citroën DS3 R3T WRC-3 RC3 78 Damiano de Tomaso Massimiliano Bosi ACI Team Italia Peugeot 208 VTi R2 WRC-3 RC4 82 Fabioi Andolfi Simone Scattolin ACI Team Italy Peugeot 208 VTi R2 WRC-3 RC4

Icon class WRC WRC works teams and private teams registered for manufacturer points WRC Factory teams and private teams registered for non-manufacturer points WRC-2 Registered for WRC-2 WRC-3 Registered for WRC-3 (JWRC)

Source:

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + Power Stage
WRC
01	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	2: 33: 03.8		25 + 2
02	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	2: 33: 03.8	00: 13.7	18 + 3
03	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën DS3 WRC	2: 34: 40.6	01: 36.8	15th
04th	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 WRC	2: 37: 02.5	03: 58.7	12
05	Ott Tanak	Raigo Mölder	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2: 37: 33.1	04: 29.3	10
06th	Juho Hänninen	Tomi Tuominen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2: 37: 48.1	04: 44.3	8th
07th	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2: 39: 24.1	06: 20.3	6th
08th	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Škoda Fabia R5	2: 40: 15.0	07: 11.2	4th
09	Pontus Tidemand	Patrik Barth	Škoda Fabia R5	2: 41: 56.0	08: 52.2	2
10	Lorenzo Bertelli	Lorenzo Granai	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2: 42: 41.2	09: 37.4	1
WRC2
01 0(8)	Esapekka Lappi	Jane Ferm	Škoda Fabia R5	2: 40: 15.0	07: 11.2	25th
02 0(9)	Pontus Tidemand	Emil Axelsson	Škoda Fabia R5	2: 41: 56.0	08: 52.2	18th
03 (12)	Stéphane Lefebvre	Stéphane Prévot	Citroën DS3 R5	2: 43: 46.5	10: 42.7	15th
04 (14)	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	Ford Fiesta RRC	2: 45: 13.3	12: 09.5	12
05 (15)	Scott Pedder	Dale Moscatt	Ford Fiesta R5	2: 47: 00.6	13: 56.8	10
06 (16)	Grondal is different	Roger Eilertsen	Citroën DS3 R5	2: 48: 32.8	15: 29.0	8th
07 (28)	Juan Carlos Alonso	Juan Pablo Monasterolo	Ford Fiesta R5	3: 01: 42.8	28: 39.0	6th
08 (31)	Massimiliano Rendina	Emanuele Inglesi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3: 04: 40.8	31: 37.0	4th
09 (39)	Gianluca Linari	Nicola Arena	Subaru Impreza STi N15	3: 14: 52.8	41: 49.0	2
010 (40)	Alain Foulon	Mikka Lukka	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3: 15: 36.1	42: 32.3	1
WRC3
01 (19)	Quentin Gilbert	Renaud Jamoul	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	2: 54: 43.6	0: 21: 39.8	25th
02 (20)	Henri Haapamäki	Marko salt mines	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	2: 54: 44.1	0: 21: 40.3	18th
03 (23)	Ole Christian Veiby	Not so Jaeger	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	2: 57: 52.7	0: 24: 48.9	15th

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	Start CEST	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 July 30th	WP1	Super Special Harju 1	2.27 km	19:00	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1: 48.6	75.2 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
	Service Park 7:30 p.m. (45 min)
Day 2 July 31st
	Service Park 07:15 a.m. (15 min)
	WP2	Pihlajakoski 1	14.51 km	09:28	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6: 36.4	131.8 km / h	Kris Meeke
	WP3	Päijälä 1	23.38 km	10:36	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10: 49.4	130.6 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
	WP4	Ouninpohja 1	34.39 km	11:29	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	15: 53.9	129.8 km / h
	WP5	Himos 1	5.62 km	12:42	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3: 17.7	102.3 km / h
	WP6	Pihlajakoski 2	14.51 km	14:28	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6: 32.0	133.3 km / h
	WP7	Päijälä 2	23.38 km	15:36	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën DS3 WRC	10: 36.9	133.2 km / h
	WP8	Ouninpohja 2	34.39 km	16:29	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	15: 36.8	132.2 km / h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	WP9	Himos 2	5.62 km	17:42	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3: 13.4	104.6 km / h
	WP10	Harju 2	2.27 km	19:00	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1: 43.4	79.0 km / h
	Service Park 7:30 p.m. (45 min)
Day 3 August 1st
	Service Park 07:00 a.m. (15 min)
	WP11	Mökkiperä 1	13.84 km	08:08	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6: 45.3	122.9 km / h
	WP12	Jukojärvi 1	21.14 km	09:26	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9: 55.4	127.8 km / h
	WP13	Surkee 1	14.95 km	11:03	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	7: 59.7	112.2 km / h
	WP14	Horkka 1	15.59 km	11:56	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	7: 16.7	128.5 km / h
	Service Park 1:14 p.m. (30 min)
	WP15	Mökkiperä 2	13.84 km	14:37	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6: 39.3	124.8 km / h
	WP16	Jukojärvi 2	21.14 km	15:55	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10: 12.7	124.2 km / h
	WP17	Surkee 2	14.95 km	17:32	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	7: 51.5	114.1 km / h
	WP18	Horkka 2	15.59 km	18:25	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	7: 16.7	128.5 km / h
	Service Park 7:40 p.m. (45 min)
Day 4 August 2nd
	Service Park 8:45 a.m. (15 min)
	WP19	Myhinpää 1	14.13 km	10:43	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6: 26.7	131.5 km / h
	WP20	Myhinpää 2 (power stage)	14.13 km	13:08	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6: 16.1	135.3 km / h
	Service Park 3:11 p.m. (10 min)

* During the specified times, you can work on the cars in the Service Park.
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Driver ranking after the rally

The scoring system for the first ten drivers is 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1. For the power stage, the three fastest drivers each receive 3-2-1 bonus points for the drivers' world championship.

Item	driver	Points
01	Sébastien Ogier	182
02	Jari-Matti Latvala	93
03	Mads Østberg	84
04th	Andreas Mikkelsen	83
05	Thierry Neuville	70
06th	Kris Meeke	54
0	Elfyn Evans	53
08th	Ott Tanak	50
09	Hayden Paddon	44
10	Dani Sordo	39

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Thierry Neuville crashes in the shakedown , accessed on July 31, 2015
2. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Sebastien Ogier wins first test , accessed on July 31, 2015
3. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Jari-Matti Latvala storms to the top , accessed on July 31, 2015
4. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Latvala disenchants the world champion , accessed on August 2, 2015
5. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Third home win for Jari-Matti Latvala , accessed on August 3, 2015
6. ↑ wrc.com: Lappi takes WRC 2 lead with victory in Finland , accessed on August 8, 2015
7. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Entry list , accessed on July 17, 2015
8. ↑ ewrc-results.com: 65th Neste Oil Rally Finland 2015 , accessed on August 3, 2015

Web links

• Information and results at http://www.wrc.com/
• Official website http://www.nesteoilrallyfinland.fi/