Rally Finland 2019

 Rally Finland 2019

Racing data
9th of 14 rounds of the 2019 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Finland
Date:	1st - 4th August 2019
Begin:	Jyväskylä
Exams:	23 tests over 307.58 km
Distance:	1,373.67 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Ott Tanak Toyota Yaris WRC
Second:	Esapekka Lappi Citroën C3 WRC
Third:	Jari-Matti Latvala Toyota Yaris WRC

The 69th Rally Finland was the 9th round of the FIA - World Rally Championship 2019 . It lasted from August 1st to 4th, 2019 and a total of 23 special stages were run.

report

As in the past two years, Toyota was in excellent shape at Rally Finland. Ott Tänak and his teammates Kris Meeke and Jari-Matti Latvala set the pace from the start and were ahead on Friday. The only driver who could keep up with the Toyotas was Esapekka Lappi . At his home rally, which he won with Toyota in 2017, the Finn showed his best performance since switching to Citroën and turned the Toyota three-way battle into a four-way battle for the top. It was about every tenth of a second, at times Tänak, Meeke, Latvala and Lappi were separated from each other by just 2.6 seconds. After the eighth special stage, Tänak, Meeke and Lappi were in second place at the same time. At the 14th SS, Toyota lost two contenders for victory in one fell swoop. Latvala and Meeke hit obstacles with their left rear wheel. While Latvala suffered a puncture and lost 14.1 seconds to Tänak, Meeke had to park his Yaris WRC with a broken rear suspension. From then on, Tanak's victory was never in danger. He controlled his lead and celebrated his tenth WRC victory. With second place, Lappi repeated his result at the Rally Sweden and ended a dry spell. After Saturday's mishap, Latvala was focused on bringing home the podium. Although he dared to attack Lappi again on Sunday morning, he couldn't get close to his compatriot. After his retirement on Saturday, Meeke started again under the rally 2 regulations on Sunday , but retired after another departure in SS22.

The fact that Sébastien Ogier missed the podium in Finland was not only due to an upset stomach that weakened him on Saturday. Citroën was unable to keep up with Toyota's pace. So Ogier focused on reaching the destination with a safe journey.

Hyundai brought the Rally Finland no luck in 2019, as it did in the previous year. Once again this season, Thierry Neuville missed the podium of the top three. Andreas Mikkelsen managed better , who won three special stages. One ray of hope was newcomer Craig Breen , who was temporarily the team's best driver on his first WRC start for Hyundai. In the second half of the rally, however, he fell behind. On the final day he let his team-mate Neuville pass and finished the rally in seventh place.

Registration list

No	driver	Co-pilot	automobile	class
1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC RC1
3	Teemu Suninen	Jarno Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC RC1
4th	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC RC1
5	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
8th	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
10	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
11	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
33	Gus Greensmith	Elliot Edmondson	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC RC1
42	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
89	Andreas Mikkelsen	Jæger is different	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
44	Nikolay Gryazin	Yaroslav Fedorov	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC2 RC2
48	Johan Kristoffson	Stig rune Skjærmoen	VW Polo GTI R5	WRC2 RC2
49	Jari Huttunen	Mikko Lukka	Hyundai i20 R5	WRC2 RC2

A total of 61 vehicles were reported.

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-pilot	automobile	time	Residue	Points + Power Stage
WRC
01	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	2: 30: 40.3		25 + 5
02	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Citroën C3 WRC	2: 31: 05.9	00: 25.6	18th
03	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	2: 31: 13.5	00: 33.2	15 + 1
04th	Andreas Mikkelsen	Jæger is different	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	2: 31: 33.7	00: 53.4	12 + 3
05	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	2: 31: 36.4	00: 56.1	10 + 2
06th	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	2: 32: 12.7	01: 32.4	8 + 4
07th	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	2: 32: 18.5	01: 38.2	6th
08th	Teemu Suninen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta WRC	2: 33: 14.1	02: 33.8	4th
09	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Haltunen	Škoda Fabia Rally2	2: 38: 34.4	07: 54.1	2
10	Nikolay Gryazin	Yaroslav Fedorov	Škoda Fabia R5	2: 41: 09.0	10: 28.7	1
WRC2
01 (10)	Nikolay Gryazin	Yaroslav Fedorov	Škoda Fabia R5	2: 41: 09.0		25th
02 (11)	Jari Huttunen	Mikko Lukka	Hyundai i20 R5	2: 41: 23.0	00: 14.0	18th
03 (12)	Johan Kristoffson	Stig rune Skjærmoen	VW Polo GTI R5	2: 43: 12.8	02: 03.8	15th

Special stages

Day	WP	Surname	length	winner	Co-pilot	automobile	time	leader
Day 1 Aug 1	-	Vesala (Shakedown)	4.26 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	1: 53.8	n / A
	WP1	Harju 1	2.31 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	1: 47.3	Thierry Neuville
Day 2 Aug 2	WP2	Oittila	19.34 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	9: 36.6	Ott Tanak
	WP3	Moksi 1	20.04 km	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Yaris WRC	9: 56.3
	WP4	Urria 1	12.28 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	6: 08.0
	WP5	Ässämäki 1	12.33 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	5: 49.7
	WP6	Äänekoski 1	7.80 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	3: 38.1
	WP7	Moksi 2	20.04 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	9: 45.7	Jari-Matti Latvala
	WP8	Urria 2	12.28 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Jæger is different	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	6: 02.8
	WP9	Ässämäki 2	12.33 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	5: 43.8
	WP10	Äänekoski 2	7.80 km	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Yaris WRC	3: 33.1
	WP11	Harju 2	2.31 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	1: 48.3
Day 3 Aug 3	WP12	Pihlajakoski 1	14.42 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	7: 30.0	Ott Tanak
	WP13	Päijälä 1	22.87 km	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Yaris WRC	10: 37.4	Jari-Matti Latvala
	WP14	Kakaristo 1	18.70 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	9: 00.1	Ott Tanak
	WP15	Leustu 1	10.50 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	5: 27.2
	WP16	Pihlajakoski 2	14.42 km	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Citroën C3 WRC	7: 21.5
	WP17	Päijälä 2	22.87 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	10: 28.9
	WP18	Kakaristo 2	18.70 km	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Citroën C3 WRC	8: 51.5
	WP19	Leustu 2	10.50 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Jæger is different	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	5: 22.9
Day 4 Aug 4	WP20	Laukaa 1	11.75 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	5: 29.7
	WP21	Ruuhimäki 1	11.12 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	5: 30.9
	WP22	Laukaa 2	11.75 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Jæger is different	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	5: 23.1
	WP23	Ruuhimäki 2 (Power Stage)	11.12 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	5: 24.3

Winner special stages

WP	number	driver	automobile
2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 15, 21	7th	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC
5, 12, 14, 17, 20, 23	6th	Ott Tanak	Toyota Yaris WRC
8, 19, 22	3	Andreas Mikkelsen	Hyundai Coupe i20 WRC
3, 10, 13	3	Kris Meeke	Toyota Yaris WRC
1, 11	2	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai Coupe i20 WRC
16, 18	2	Esapekka Lappi	Citroën C3 WRC

Drivers' Championship after the rally

Item	driver	Points
1	Ott Tanak	180
2	Sébastien Ogier	158
3	Thierry Neuville	155
4th	Elfyn Evans	78
5	Andreas Mikkelsen	71

Team world championship

Item	team	Points
1	Hyundai Motorsport	262
2	Toyota Racing WRT	238
3	Citroën WRT	198
4th	M-Sport WRT	158

Web links

Commons : Rally Finland 2019  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information and results at http://www.wrc.com/
• Official website https://www.nesterallyfinland.fi/en/

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com: WRC Rally Finland: Ott Tänak repeats last year's victory , accessed on August 15, 2020
2. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Entry list , accessed on August 15, 2020
3. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Result , accessed on August 15, 2020
4. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Special stages , accessed on August 16, 2020