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.