2017 Michelin FIA WRC Rally Finland2017 THURSDAY, JULY 27 8:00am Shakedown 4,62km J U LY 19:00pm SS1 Harju 2,31km FRIDAY, JULY 28 6:05am Tyre change, Jyväskylä 15min 27»30 7:12am SS2 Halinen 7,59km - 7:45am SS3 Urria 12,75km 67th RUNNING 8:48am SS4 Jukojärvi 21,31km 2017 FIA WRC: ROUND 9 10:06am SS5 Halinen 7,59km 10:39am SS6 Urria 12,75km 11:42am SS7 Jukojärvi 21,31km 1:17pm Service/Tyre change, Jyväskylä 30min TIMETABLE 3:00pm SS8 Äänekoski-Valtra 7,39km 4:13pm SS9 Laukaa 11,76km 64 5:11pm SS10 Lankamaa 21,68km entries 6:09pm SS11 Äänekoski-Valtra 7,39km 7:22pm SS12 Laukaa 11,76km 8:30pm SS13 Harju 2,31km 9:00pm Service Jyväskylä 45min 1422,34km SATURDAY, JULY 29 including 315,62km 7:20am Service/Tyre change, Jyväskylä 15min divided into 25 stages 8:58am SS14 Pihlajakoski 14,85km 10:06am SS15 Päijälä 23,52km 10:49am SS16 Ouninpohja 24,36km 12:02am S S17 Saalahti 4,21km 1:27pm Service/Tyre change, Jyväskylä 30min 2:55pm SS18 Saalahti 4,21km 4:08pm SS19 Ouninpohja 24,36km 5:16pm SS20 Pihlajakoski 14,85km 6:24pm S S21 Päijälä 23,52km 8:39pm Service Jyväskylä 45min SUNDAY, JULY 30 8:15am Service/Tyre change, Jyväskylä 15min 9:38am SS22 Lempää 6,80km 10:21am SS23 Oïttila 10,12km SOURCE: WRC.COM - INFORMATION SUBJECT CHANGE TO 11:55am SS24 Lempää 6,80km 1:18pm SS25 Oïttila 10,12km 2:21pm Service Jyväskylä 10min 3:00pm Podium Jyväskylä TIME (GMT +3) - FORMAT Jacques Morelli, Manager of Michelin Motorsport’s WRC The legendary Ouninpohja stage is programme back in its classic format, last used in 2013 Laukaa hasn’t been used since 2011 “Rally Finland takes us back to the pinnacle of world class Pihlajakoski (14.90km) is a new stage rallying. Not only is it the fastest round of the championship but it is also the most spectacular. This year’s event has Päijälä is being run in the opposite attracted another strong entry list and most of the crews direction to 2016 have put their confidence in Michelin tyres for its specific The longest leg is Leg 1 stages that call for racing-level precision for top speeds of (145 competitive kilometres) up to 200kph through the country’s famous forests.” RALLY FINLAND MICHELIN TYRES FOR 2017 RALLY finland FACTS wrc : Hannu Mikkola and Marcus Grönholm have both won Rally Finland seven times MICHELIN LTX Force Rally Finland is the fastest round of the WRC. 3 WRC quota: S5 H4 Kris Meeke’s average speed in 2016 was 28 tyres from a (soft) (HARD) 126.6kph total allocation of Over the years, Rally Finland has been known 28 softs and 16 hards as Jyväskylän Surat (Jyväskylä Grand Prix) and 3 1,670 tyres available first choice «joker» tyre 1000 Lakes Rally Timo Mäkinen, who won the first Rally Finland to count towards the WRC, passed away last spring In 1990, Carlos Sainz became the first ‘Latin’ MICHELIN AND RALLY FINLAND driver to win Rally Finland Ford has won Rally Finland 10 times Michelin has won Rally Finland 25 times since 1973 MISCELLANEOUS Michelin celebrated its 200th WRC victory Jyväskylä is a university city that sits on the in Finland in 2003 shores of Lake Jyväsjärvi 30km from Jyväskylä, crews pass in front of the UNESCO-listed wooden church in Petäjävesi One hundred years ago, on December 6, 1917, Finland gained independence from Russia The 187,888 lakes that Finland boasts are a legacy of the ice cap which covered the country 10,000 years ago Rally Finland coincides with the end of the summer holiday for Finnish schoolchildren TEAMS / DRIVERS Last year’s Rally Finland winner Kris Meeke returns in the N°7 Citroën C3 WRC/Michelin CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE LATEST VIDEOS With 189 WRC starts to his name, Miikka Anttila FROM THE RALLY FINLAND is now the championship’s most experienced co-driver Toyota Gazoo Racing/Michelin is based 20 minutes away from Jyväskylä M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC # 1 OGIER Sébastien / INGRASSIA Julien FRA / FRA FORD FIESTA WRC M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC # 2 TANAK Ott / JARVEOJA Martin EST / EST FORD FIESTA WRC M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC # 3 EVANS Elfyn / BARRITT Daniel GBR / GBR FORD FIESTA WRC HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT WRC # 4 PADDON Hayden / MARSHALL Seb NZL / GBR HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT WRC # 5 NEUVILLE Thierry / GILSOUL Nicolas BEL / BEL HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT WRC # 6 SORDO Dani / MARTI Marc ESP / ESP HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC CITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT WRC # 7 MEEKE Kris / NAGLE Paul GBR / IRL Entry List CITROEN C3 WRC CITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT WRC # 8 AL QASSIMI Sheik Khalid / PATTERSON Chris ARE / GBR CITROEN C3 WRC CITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT WRC # 9 BREEN Craig / MARTIN Scott IRL / GBR CITROEN C3 WRC TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRC WRC FLASHBACK # 10 LATVALA Jari-Matti / ANTTILA Miikka FIN / FIN TO 2016 TOYOTA YARIS WRC WINNERS: TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRC WRC Kris Meeke/Paul Nagle (Citroën # 11 HANNINEN Juho / LINDSTROM Kaj FIN / FIN DS3 WRC/Michelin) TOYOTA YARIS WRC TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRC WRC # 12 LAPPI Esapekka / FERM Janne FIN / FIN TOYOTA YARIS WRC M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC # 14 ØSTBERG Mads / TØRSTEIN Eriksen NOR / NOR STAGE WINNERS: FORD FIESTA WRC Meeke 8 – Tanak 6 – Latvala & M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC Ogier 3 – Mikkelsen & Neuville # 15 SUNINEN Teemu / MARKKULA Mikko FIN / FIN 2 – Ostberg & Breen 1 Ogier 3 – FORD FIESTA RS WRC Latvala 2 – Neuville, Lefebvre 1 EUROLAMP WRT WRC RALLY LEADERS: # 21 GORBAN Valeriy / LARENS Sergei UKR / EST Mikkelsen and Tanak (SS1), Meeke BMW-Mini John Cooper Works (SS2-finish) 3 New modern-era WRC average JEAN-MICHEL RAOUX WRC speed record posted: 126.6kph # 22 RAOUX Jean-Michel / MAGAT Laurent FRA / FRA CITROEN C3 WRC 3 First Rally Finland win for a British driver 3 26th and last win for the DS3 THE FULL ENTRY LIST HERE WRC on Michelin tyres Drivers STANDINGS Rally Monte-Carlo Sweden Mexico France Argentina Portugal Italia Poland Finland Germany Spain Great Britain Australia POINTS 19/01 > 22/01 9/02 > 12/02 9/03 > 12/03 6/04 > 9/04 27/04 > 30/04 18/05 > 21/05 8/06 > 11/06 29/06 > 2/07 27/07 > 30/07 17/08 > 20/08 5/10 > 8/10 26/10 > 29/10 16/11 > 19/11 1 25 15+4 18+4 18+4 12+2 25+1 10+3 15+4 Sébastien OGIER (1) (3) (2) (2) (4) (1) (5) (3) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 160 2 5 3 15+5 25+1 25+5 18+4 15+2 25+1 Thierry NEUVILLE (15) (13) (3) (1) (1) (2) (3) (1) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 149 3 18 25+5 8+2 12+5 10+1 2 18+1 5 Jari-Matti LATVALA (2) (1) (6) (4) (5) (9) (2) (20) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 112 4 15 18 12+3 15+3 12+5 25 Ott TANAK (3) (2) (4) (11) (3) (4) (1) (R) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 108 5 12+1 12 4+1 15+2 4 15 4 12 Dani SORDO (4) (4) (8) (3) (8) (3) (12) (4) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 82 6 Elfyn EVANS 8+2 8 2 18+4 8+3 4 (6) (6) (9) (21) (2) (6) (R) (8) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 57 7 6+1 10 8 8 18 Hayden PADDON (R) (7) (5) (6) (6) (R) (R) (2) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 51 8 10 10 10+3 10 Craig BREEN (5) (5) (-) (5) (R) (5) (25) (11) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 43 9 3 6 6 6 8 1 Juho HÄNNINEN (16) (23) (7) (R) (7) (7) (6) (10) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 30 10 2 25 Kris MEEKE (R) (12) (1) (R) (R) (18) (R) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 27 11 2+4 4 10+2 Stéphane LEFEBVRE (9) (8) (15) (50) (-) (13) (-) (5) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 22 12 6 6 4 2+3 Andreas MIKKELSEN (7) (-) (-) (7) (-) (R) (8) (9) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 21 WRC2 drivers 1. Pontus TIDEMAND 118 pts 2. Ole Christian VEIBY 68 pts 3. Teemu SUNINEN 54 pts 4. Eric CAMILLI 52 pts 5. Andreas MIKKELSEN 50 pts Manufacturers 1. M-Sport World Rally Team 259 pts 2. Hyundai Motorsport 237 pts 3. Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 153 pts 4. Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT 117 pts Michelin WRC range THE 2017 WRC 2017 season REGULATIONS New- generation ASPHALT TYRES : WINTRY World Rally michelin pILOT SPORT ASPHALT: Cars michelin ALPIN 4 More powerful (380hp), 25kg lighter, active central differential, new aerodynamic package Start orders H5 (hard compound) S5 (soft compound) Day 1 in 2017 Drivers’ Size : 20/65-18 Size : 20/65-18 Conditions: dry stages Conditions: wet, cold conditions non-studded championship order, then reverse order of overnight classification Manufacturers can nominate up to three cars SS5 (super soft compound) FW3 (Full Wet) studded Size : 20/65-18 Size : 18/65-18 with the two best-placed cars Conditions: icy, frosty, damp, Conditions: showers, standing Size : 18/65-18 cold conditions water or heavy rain Conditions: ice and/or snow to score Manufacturer points. points 1st, 25 points • 2nd, 18 points GRAVEL TYRES : SNOW/ICE TYRE : rd th michelin LTX FORCE michelin X-ICE 3 15 points • 4 , 12 points NORTH 5th, 10 points • 6th, 8 points 7th, 6 points • 8th, 4 points 9th, 2 points • 10th, 1 point Power Stage points 1st, 5 points • 2nd, 4 points H4 (hard compound) S5 (soft compound) Size : 17/65-15 Size : 17/65-15 X-Ice North 3 3rd, 3 points • 4th, 2 points Conditions: rough, rocky, Conditions: smooth, loose Size : 15/65-15 abrasive surfaces surfaces, mud Conditions: ice and/or snow 5th, 1 point.