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Rally Finland Statistics Rally Finland Rally A tribute to Finland’s Henri Toivonen, whose life was cut too short in an accident 30 years ago: 30 Half an hour before “Harju” is live on both Thursday and Friday, Henri’s Lancia S4 will be driven by his brother Harri on the 2.31 kilometres stage. Facts 2 : 1 Pocket Andreas Mikkelsen produced an outstanding display in Poland to take his second WRC victory – Kräling Kräling his first win was in Spain in 2015 with Ola Fløene, Volkswagen Drivers and co-drivers and the recent win in Poland in 2016 with Anders Volkswagen Polo R WRC Technical specifications Jæger. For Anders it was his first WRC victory. #1 Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia Engine Type Straight-four engine with turbocharger and intercooling Displacement 1,600 cc Date of birth 17/12/1983 (32) 14.93 Performance Power output: 234 kW (318 hp) at 6,250 rpm; Place of birth Gap (F) In circuit racing, the Nürburg- torque: 430 Nm at 5,000 rpm WRC victories 34 (27 with Volkswagen) ring-Nordschleife is regarded 13 Power transmission as the greatest test of man and The unlucky Gearbox Sequential, six-speed racing gear box Final drive Permanent four-wheel drive, multi-plate limited-slip differentials machine. The rallying equivalent: number 13? Not Date of birth 26/11/1979 (36) Clutch Double-disk sintered metal clutch by ZF Finland’s “Ouninpohja”. This for Volkswagen’s Chassis/suspension Place of birth Aix-en-Provence (F) year, the 33 kilometres stage Jari-Matti Latvala! Front/rear McPherson struts, dampers from ZF WRC victories 34 (27 with Volkswagen) Steering Servo-assisted rack and pinion steering is 1.39 kilometres shorter than In 2015, the “Flying Breaking system Ventilated disc brakes Information Motorsport in 2015. From start to kilo- Wheels Size 8 x 18 inch for asphalt, 7 x 15 inch for gravel Chassis used at Rally Finland Finn” won his home Performance No. WVWZZZ6RZFWP00016 (33), WOB-VW 142 (14/12/2015) metre 14.93, it’s the same route event at his 13th Acceleration 0–100 km/h in approx. 3.9 seconds Sébastien Ogier’s WRC record at Rally Finland as the Kakaristo stage in 2008. Top speed 200 km/h Eight starts (2008–2015), one win (2013) Rally Finland start. #2 Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Motorsport Contacts “Kings of Speed”: Jari-Matti Rally Finland Entry list Latvala and his co-driver 125.44 Date of birth 03/04/1985 (31) Volkswagen Motorsport GmbH Miikka Anttila won the 2015 Rally Finland with No. Driver/co-driver Vehicle Place of birth Töysä (FIN) Communications and Marketing 1 Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia (F/F) Volkswagen 2 Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila (FIN/FIN) Volkswagen WRC victories 16 (9 with Volkswagen) Ikarusallee 7a an average speed of 125.44 km/h – so far, it’s the 3 Thierry Neuville/Nicolas Gilsoul (B/B) Hyundai D-30179 Hannover 4 Hayden Paddon/John Kennard (NZ/NZ) Hyundai fastest WRC rally of all time. 5 Mads Østberg/Ola Fløene (N/N) Ford Phone +49 511 67494-0 6 Eric Camilli/Benjamin Veillas (F/F) Ford Date of birth 10/09/1972 (43) 7 Kris Meeke/Paul Nagle (GB/IRL) Citroën E-mail [email protected] Place of birth Janakkala (FIN) The Rally Finland was 8 Craig Breen/Scott Martin (IRL/GB) Citroën Internet www.volkswagen-motorsport.com The 9 Andreas Mikkelsen/Anders Jæger (N/N) Volkswagen WRC victories 16 (9 with Volkswagen) formerly known as the 12 Ott Tänak/Raigo Mõlder (EST/EST) Ford 1970 “1000 Lakes Rally”. 14 Khalid Al Qassimi/Chris Patterson (UAE/GB) Citroën Andre Dietzel Head of Communications and Marketing 15 Marcos Ligato/Rubén García (RA/RA) Citroën Chassis used at Rally Finland edition However, in fact, 16 Henning Solberg/Ilka Minor (N/A) Ford Mobile +49 175 7234689 52 20 Dani Sordo/Marc Martí (E/E) Hyundai No. WVWZZZ6RZEWP00194 (28), WOB-VW 527 (17/12/2014) of the Rally Finland 188.000 lakes and a 22 Valeriy Gorban/Volodymyr Korsia (UA/UA) Mini Jari-Matti Latvala’s WRC record at Rally Finland E-mail [email protected] great part covered in 30 Yazeed Al-Rajhi/Michael Orr (SA/GB) Ford 13 starts (2003–2015), three wins (2010, 2014, 2015) had 52 special water, making Finland 37 Lorenzo Bertelli/Simone Scattolin (I/I) Ford Ingo Roersch Communications – #1 Ogier/Ingrassia stages with a total A total of 81 entries. different from other Andreas Mikkelsen/Anders Jæger Mobile +49 172 1499157 of 460 competitive #9 European Ogier E-mail [email protected] kilometres. 2015/2016 WRC Season matrix Latvala countries. Mikkelsen Date of birth 22/06/1989 (27) 1000 Place of birth Oslo (N) Marc Hecht Communications – #2 Latvala/Anttila pos. 1 WRC victories 2 (2 with Volkswagen) Mobile +49 152 54528780 2016 WRC Classifications pos. 2 E-mail [email protected] pos. 3 Drivers Co-drivers Manufacturers pos. 4 Date of birth 29/07/1989 (26 → 27) pos. 5 Helge Gerdes Communications – #9 Mikkelsen/Jæger 01 Ogier 143 01 Ingrassia 143 01 Volkswagen Motorsport 196 Place of birth Oslo (N) 2016 Mobile +49 175 5223111 02 Mikkelsen 92 02 Jæger 92 02 Hyundai Motorsport 135 pos. 6 WRC victories 1 (1 with Volkswagen) 03 Paddon 72 03 Kennard 72 03 M-Sport 100 pos. 7 04 Latvala 68 04 Anttila 68 04 Volkswagen Motorsport II 99 pos. 8 www.facebook.com/VolkswagenMotorsport 05 Sordo 68 05 Martí 68 05 Hyundai Motorsport N 78 Chassis used at Rally Finland pos. 9 www.twitter.com/VolkswagenRally 06 Østberg 62 06 Fløene 62 06 DMACK World Rally Team 58 No. WVWZZZ6RZEWP00191 (25), WOB-VW 524 (17/12/2014) 07 Neuville 61 07 Gilsoul 61 07 Jipocar Czech National Team 18 pos. 10 Andreas Mikkelsen’s WRC record at Rally Finland www.youtube.com/VolkswagenRally Seven starts (2007, 2008, 2011–2015), 4th place (2014) www.instagram.com/VolkswagenMotorsport Points allocation: P1 = 25; P2 = 18; P3 = 15; P4 = 12; P5 = 10; P6 = 8; P7 = 6; P8 = 4; P9 = 2; P10 = 1 E75 Saarijärvi Rally Finland Day by day 58 13 ÄänekÄänekoskioski Liaison SS Liaison hrs 69 Thursday, 28 July 2016 Shakedown (Ruuhimäki), 210 min. 04.81 km 08:00 Meet the crews (Jyväskylä, Paviljonki) 12:00 FIA pre-event press conference (Jyväskylä, Paviljonki) 13:00 SS 07 SS 02/08 Henri Toivonen tribute run (Harju) 18:30 ÄÄNEKOSKIVALTRA Multia MÖKKIPERÄ Start (Jyväskylä, Paviljonki) 18:42 SS 01 Harju 1 01.95 km 02.31 km 04.24 km 19:00 E75 Kräling Parc fermé (Jyväskylä, Paviljonki) 19:25 ∑ Opening Day 06.19 km 02.31 km ∑08.50 km SS 03 SS 04/09 HALINEN JUKOJÄRVI Rally Finland Facts and figures Friday, 29 July 2016 Service A (Jyväskylä, Paviljonki), 15 min. 06:05 Jyväskylä SS 02 Mökkiperä 1 35.71 km 13.84 km 07:13 E63 The event SS 03 Halinen 09.08 km 07.07 km 07:46 23 First held in 1951, the Rally Finland has always been one of the SS 04 Jukojärvi 1 45.58 km 21.24 km 09:02 fastest rallies in the calendar and is for sure one of the most SS 05 Surkee 1 58.27 km 14.95 km 10:39 Keuruu SHAKEDOWN Petäjävesi prestigious events in the World Rally Championship. As in the SS 06 Horkka 1 26.75 km 15.01 km 36.60 km 11:32 SS 05/10 SS 01 Regrouping 12:34 SURKEE HARJU previous years, Rally Finland’s Service Park is located in the area Service B (Jyväskylä, Paviljonki), 30 min. 12:47 RALLY HEADQUARTER START around the Jyväskylä Paviljonki Rally HQ and Jyväskylä Harbour. SS 07 Äänekoski-Valtra 35.67 km 07.39 km 14:10 SS 12 PRESS DEPARTMENT HARJU FINISH SS 08 Mökkiperä 2 36.17 km 13.84 km 15:08 SERVICE AH SS 09 Jukojärvi 2 58.36 km 21.24 km 16:38 The venue SS 10 Surkee 2 58.27 km 14.95 km 18:15 The Rally Finland is held on wide and smooth gravel roads and SS 11 Horkka 2 26.75 km 15.01 km 19:08 SS 06/11 consists of many blind crests and jumps. What’s new in the 2016 Henri Toivonen tribute run (Harju) 20:00 HORKKA P edition? Well, it’s easier to list what’s not new. Just three stages SS 12 Harju 2 36.42 km 02.31 km 04.24 km 20:30 SS 22/24 Kangasniemi Service C (Jyväskylä, Paviljonki), 45 min. 21:00 OITTILA – Mökkiperä, Surkee and Pihlajakoski – are identical to the 2015 Parc fermé (Jyväskylä, Paviljonki) 01:30 edition. SS 16/20 ∑ Day 01 467.87 km 146.85 km ∑614.72 km SAALAHTI Leivonmäki SS 13/17 E75 Liaison SS Liaison hrs OUNINPOHJA The country 4 Saturday, 30 July 2016 Jämsä Capital Helsinki Service D (Jyväskylä, Paviljonki), 15 min. 06:30 SS 21/23 Area 338,432 square kilometres SS 13 Ouninpohja 1 65.78 km 33.00 km 08:08 SS 15/19 Population 5.49 million E63 LEMPÄÄ SS 14 Päijälä 1 09.00 km 23.50 km 09:11 PIHLAJAKOSKI Language Finnish SS 15 Pihlajakoski 1 38.10 km 14.51 km 10:34 Currency Euro SS 16 Saalahti 1 46.13 km 04.23 km 37.63 km 11:52 SS 14/18 Time zone UTC+3 Regrouping 12:42 PÄIJÄLÄ Service E (Jyväskylä, Paviljonki), 30 min. 12:55 SS 17 Ouninpohja 2 65.78 km 33.00 km 14:48 13 The typical weather SS 18 Päijälä 2 09.00 km 23.50 km 15:51 Finland lies in the boreal zone characterized by warm Kuhmoinen SS 19 Pihlajakoski 2 38.10 km 14.51 km 17:14 summers and freezing winters.
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    Dayinsure Wales Rally GB Page 1 of 2 DAYINSURE WALES RALLY GB FIA World Rally Championship 2016 Day classification After Day 2 ( TC16C ) Pos Nr Driver Competitor Class Priority Penalt. Time Diff 1st Diff Prev 11 Sébastien OGIER Volkswagen Motorsport RC1 1 2:43:25.3 2 12 Ott TANAK DMACK World Rally Team RC1 1 2:43:59.1 +33.8 +33.8 33 Thierry NEUVILLE Hyundai Motorsport RC1 1 2:44:59.8 +1:34.5 +1:00.7 4 20 Hayden PADDON Hyundai Motorsport N RC1 1 2:45:12.4 +1:47.1 +12.6 57 Kris MEEKE Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team RC1 1 2:45:54.8 +2:29.5 +42.4 6 4 Dani SORDO Hyundai Motorsport RC1 1 2:47:01.3 +3:36.0 +1:06.5 75 Mads OSTBERG M-Sport World Rally Team RC1 1 0:10 2:47:40.3 +4:15.0 +39.0 8 2 Jari-Matti LATVALA Volkswagen Motorsport RC1 1 2:47:47.5 +4:22.2 +7.2 9 14 Stéphane LEFEBVRE Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team RC1 1 0:10 2:50:18.0 +6:52.7 +2:30.5 10 6 Eric CAMILLI M-Sport World Rally Team RC1 1 2:51:00.9 +7:35.6 +42.9 11 33 Esapekka LAPPI SKODA MOTORSPORT RC2 2 2:51:43.3 +8:18.0 +42.4 12 32 Teemu SUNINEN TEAM ORECA RC2 2 0:10 2:52:38.9 +9:13.6 +55.6 13 35 Pontus TIDEMAND SKODA MOTORSPORT II RC2 2 2:52:51.2 +9:25.9 +12.3 14 9 Andreas MIKKELSEN Volkswagen Motorsport II RC1 1 2:53:01.6 +9:36.3 +10.4 15 37 Lorenzo BERTELLI F.W.R.T RC1 1 2:53:23.5 +9:58.2 +21.9 16 36 Jan KOPECKY SKODA MOTORSPORT RC2 2 2:53:57.2 +10:31.9 +33.7 17 16 Quentin GILBERT Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team RC1 2:54:18.1 +10:52.8 +20.9 18 38 Marius AASEN Drive DMACK Trophy Team RC2 2 2:55:59.0 +12:33.7 +1:40.9 19 51 Osian PRYCE Drive DMACK Trophy Team RC2 2 2:59:27.7
  • 2008 Repco Rally New Zealand Entry List (Subject to FIA Approval) No

    2008 Repco Rally New Zealand Entry List (Subject to FIA Approval) No

    2008 Repco Rally New Zealand Entry List (Subject to FIA Approval) No. Driver Co-Driver Team Car Group FIA Class Priority 1 Sebastien Loeb (F) Daniel Elena (MC) Citroen Total World Rally Citroen C4 A8 1 M Team 2 Dani Sordo (E) Marc Marti (E) Citroen Total World Rally Citroen C4 A8 1 M Team 3 Mikko Hirvonen (FIN) Jarmo Lehtinen (FIN) BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Ford Focus RS WRC 07 A8 1 M Rally Team 4 Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN) Miikka Anttila (FIN) BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Ford Focus RS WRC 07 A8 1 M Rally Team 5 Petter Solberg (N) Philip Mills (GB) Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC A8 1 M 2008 6 Chris Atkinson (AUS) Stephane Prevot (B) Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC A8 1 M 2008 7 Gigi Galli (I) Giovanni Bernacchini (I) Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Ford Focus RS WRC 07 A8 1 MT Rally Team 8 Matthew Wilson (GB) Scott Martin (GB) Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Ford Focus RS WRC 07 A8 1 MT Rally Team 9 Federico Villagra (RA) Jorge Perez Companc (RA) Munchi's Ford World Rally Ford Focus RS WRC 07 A8 1 MT Team 10 Henning Solberg (N) Cato Menkerud (N) Munchi's Ford World Rally Ford Focus RS WRC 07 A8 1 MT Team 11 Toni Gardemeister (FIN) Tomi Tuominen (FIN) Suzuki World Rally Team Suzuki SX4 A8 1 M 12 Per-Gunnar Andersson (S) Jonas Andersson (S) Suzuki World Rally Team Suzuki SX4 A8 1 M 14 Urmo Aava (EE) Kuldar Sikk (EE) World Rally Team Estonia Citroen C4 A8 2 15 Conrad Rautenbach (ZW) David Senior (GB) Conrad Rautenbach Citroen C4 A8 2 31 Toshi Arai (J) Glenn Macneall (AUS) Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI N4 3 P 32 Mirco Baldacci (RSM)