2012 Rally Finland Explained

2012 Rally Finland
Native Name:	62nd Neste Oil Rally Finland
Round:	8
Championship:	2012 World Rally Championship
Previous Round:	2012 Rally New Zealand
Next Round:	2012 Rallye Deutschland
Rallybase:	Jyväskylä
Startdate:	2
Enddate:	4 August 2012
Stages:	18
Stagekm:	303.52
Overallkm:	1625.69
Surface:	Gravel
Driver1:	Sébastien Loeb
Team1:	Citroën Total World Rally Team
Teamsstart:	81
Teamsfinish:	53

The 62nd Neste Oil Rally Finland was the eighth round of the 2012 World Rally Championship season and was held between 2 and 4 August 2012.^[1] In a similar manner to the previous year, the rally was based in Jyväskylä with a super special stage held at Jokimaa, Lahti.^[1]

The rally was also the fifth round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship and the third round of the WRC Academy.

Entry list

The entry list saw a total of 86 entries, 81 of which started.^[2]

• Note: The bolded entrants were eligible to score points for Manufactures' championship.

	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Entrant	Class	Priority	Championship
1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	Citroën Total World Rally Team	WRC	1
2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	Citroën Total World Rally Team	WRC	1
3	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	Ford World Rally Team	WRC	1
4	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	Ford World Rally Team	WRC	1
5	Ott Tänak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team	WRC	1
6	Evgeny Novikov	Denis Giraudet	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team	WRC	1
7	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Citroën DS3 WRC	Qatar World Rally Team	WRC	1
8	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Citroën DS3 WRC	Citroën Junior World Rally Team	WRC	1
10	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	Adapta World Rally Team	WRC	1
12	Armindo Araújo	Miguel Ramalho	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	WRC Team Mini Portugal	WRC	1
14	Paulo Nobre	Edu Paula	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	WRC Team Mini Portugal	WRC	1
15	Martin Prokop	Zdeněk Hrůza	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	Czech Ford National Team	WRC	1
	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC		WRC	1
17	Jari Ketomaa	Mika Stenberg	Ford Fiesta RS WRC		WRC	1
18	Matti Rantanen	Mikko Lukka	Ford Fiesta RS WRC		WRC	1
19	Sebastian Lindholm	Timo Hantunen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC		WRC	2
20	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Škoda Fabia S2000	Volkswagen Motorsport	2
21	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	Volkswagen Motorsport	2
31	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Škoda Fabia S2000		2	3	SWRC
32	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	Ford Fiesta S2000		2	3	SWRC
33	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Emil Axelsson	Proton Satria Neo S2000	Proton Motorsports	2	3	SWRC
34	Juha Salo	Marko Salminen	Proton Satria Neo S2000	Proton Motorsports	2	3	SWRC
35	Maciej Oleksowicz	Andrzej Obrebowski	Ford Fiesta S2000		2	3	SWRC
36	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Michael Orr	Ford Fiesta RRC	Yazeed Racing	2	3	SWRC
43	Ken Block	Alex Gelsomino	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	Monster World Rally Team	WRC	1
49	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Ford Fiesta S2000	Printsport	2	3	SWRC
	Mikko Pajunen	Kaj Lindström	Subaru Impreza WRX STI R4		2	3	SWRC
51	Jarkko Nikara	Petri Nikara	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX		3
52	Jukka Ketomäki	Kai Risberg	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X		3
53	Riku Tahko	Markus Soininen	Mini John Cooper Works WRC		WRC	2
54	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Ford Fiesta S2000		2
55	Sander Pärn	Ken Järveoja	Subaru Impreza WRX STI		3
56	Mattias Therman	Jarkko Kalliolepo	Ford Fiesta S2000		2
57	Kari Hämäläinen	Risto Pietiläinen	Ford Fiesta S2000		2
58	Tuomas Skantz	Jani Rauhala	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X		3
59	Radik Shaymiev	Maxim Tsvetkov	Peugeot 207 S2000		2
60	Edoardo Bresolin	Rudy Pollet	Ford Fiesta RRC		2
61	Krzysztof Oleksowicz	Krzysztof Geborys	Subaru Impreza WRX STI R4		2
62	Oleksiy Tamrazov	Nicola Arena	Ford Fiesta S2000		2
63	Matias Kauppinen	Jonne Halttunen	Subaru Impreza WRX STI		3
64	Kees Burger	Miika Teiskonen	Subaru Impreza WRX STI		3
65	Jukka Korhonen	Mikael Korhonen	Ford Fiesta R2	Printsport	6
66	Andreas Amberg	Matti Heikkinen	Ford Fiesta R2		6
67	Frank Tore Larsen	Torstein Eriksen	Ford Fiesta R2		6
68	Kristian Yritys	Janne Siirilä	Renault Clio R3		5
	Juho Annala	Tuukka Shemeikka	Citroën C2 R2		6
70	Vincent Dubert	Valentin Sarreaud	Citroën DS3 R3T		5
71	Tomi Weurlander	Pasi Nurmi	Subaru Impreza WRX STI		3
72	Jouni Virtanen	Petteri Luostarinen	Subaru Impreza WRX STI		3
73	Ari Saxberg	Pekka Leppälä	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X		3
74	Pasi Matsi	Hannu Lamminen	Renault Clio R3		5
75	Yuriy Protasov	Kyrylo Nesvit	Citroën DS3 R3T		5
76	Niko-Pekka Nieminen	Pasi Haataja	Ford Fiesta R2		6
77	Petri Itkonen	Janno Older	Citroën C2 R2		6
78	Sami Sarjula	Teemu Horkama	Ford Fiesta R2		6
79	Martin Koči	Lukáš Zámečník	Citroën C2 R2		6
80	Niko Veikkanen	Joni-Petteri Virtanen	Honda Civic Type R		8
81	Yukhym Vazheyevskyy	Yevgen Kochkovyy	Citroën DS3 R3T		5
82	Molly Taylor	Sebastian Marshall	Citroën DS3 R3T	United Rally Management	5
83	Kristian Kiviniemi	Asko Sairanen	Citroën C2 R2		6
84	Kari Hytönen	Ada Herranen	Ford Fiesta R2		6
85	Ilkka Kariste	Mikael Lindberg	Ford Fiesta ST		8
86	Fabrizio de Sanctis	“Bombolino”	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX		3
87	Lilian Vialle	Patrice Roissac	Renault Clio R3		5
88	Massimiliano Settembrini	Corrado Bonato	Citroën DS3 R3T		5
89	Nil Solans	Miquel Angel Ibañez	Ford Fiesta R2		6
90	Marc Amourette	Gwenola Marie	Citroën DS3 R3T		5
91	Sebastien Chardonnet	Thibault de la Hayhe	Citroën DS3 R3T		5
	Federico Della Casa	Marco Menchini	Citroën DS3 R3T		5
	Raimo Kaisanlahti	Mikko Kaikkonen	Ford Fiesta R2		6
94	Simo-Petteri Tuunanen	Mika Heinonen	Citroën Saxo VTS		9
95	Ilkka Pastila	Pasi Riihiaho	Citroën Saxo VTS		9
96	Eddy Brisson	Kévin Masson	Suzuki Swift		9
97	Renaud Bronkart	Martine Victor	Toyota Yaris		10
98	Joonas Lindroos	Pasi Kilpeläinen	Citroën C2 R2		6
101	Christopher Duplessis	Alexander Kihurani	Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy
102	José Antonio Suárez	Cándido Carrera	Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy
103	Alastair Fisher	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy
105	Pontus Tidemand	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy
106	Brendan Reeves	Rhianon Smyth	Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy
107	Timo van der Marel	Erwin Berkhof	Ford Fiesta R2	KNAF Talent First	6		WRC Academy
108	John MacCrone	Stuart Loudon	Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy
109	Elfyn Evans	Philip Pugh	Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy
111	João Silva	Hugo Magalhães	Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy
113	Ashley Haigh-Smith	Craig Parry	Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy
114	Fredrik Åhlin	Morten Erik Abrahamsen	Ford Fiesta R2		6		WRC Academy

Report

Sébastien Loeb won the Rally Finland for the third time in his career. He led the rally from start to finish and was fastest in nine stages.^[3]

Results

Event standings

		Driver	Co-driver	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:28:11.4	0.0
2	2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:28:17.5	6.1
3	3	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:28:46.4	35.0	15
4	4	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:29:07.5	56.1
5	10	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:30:43.5	2:32.1	10
6	5	Ott Tänak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:30:59.0	2:47.6	8
7	18	Matti Rantanen	Mikko Lukka	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:33:03.1	4:51.7	6
8	17	Jari Ketomaa	Mika Stenberg	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:34:13.3	6:01.9	4
9	15	Martin Prokop	Zdeněk Hrůza	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:34:15.7	6:04.3	2
10	20	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Škoda Fabia S2000	2	2:36:57.4	8:46.0	1
11	33	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Emil Axelsson	Proton Satria Neo S2000	2	2:39:01.2	10:49.8	0
12	54	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Ford Fiesta S2000	2	2:39:20.3	11:08.9	0
13	51	Jarkko Nikara	Petri Nikara	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	3	2:40:43.6	12:32.2	0
14	19	Sebastian Lindholm	Timo Hantunen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:40:46.4	12:35.0	0
15	12	Armindo Araújo	Miguel Ramalho	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	WRC	2:40:55.1	12:43.7	0
16	8	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:41:50.6	13:39.2	0
17	36	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Michael Orr	Ford Fiesta RRC	2	2:42:19.0	14:07.6	0
18	34	Juha Salo	Marko Salminen	Proton Satria Neo S2000	2	2:44:47.9	16:36.5	0
19	55	Sander Pärn	Ken Järveoja	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3	2:45:15.8	17:04.4	0
20	60	Edoardo Bresolin	Rudy Pollet	Ford Fiesta RRC	2	2:46:38.3	18:26.9	0
21	59	Radik Shaymiev	Maxim Tsvetkov	Peugeot 207 S2000	2	2:50:15.8	22:04.4	0
22	98	Joonas Lindroos	Pasi Kilpeläinen	Citroën C2 R2	6	2:50:27.9	22:16.5	0
23	35	Maciej Oleksowicz	Andrzej Obrebowski	Ford Fiesta S2000	2	2:50:34.6	22:23.2	0
24	63	Matias Kauppinen	Jonne Halttunen	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3	2:51:18.6	23:07.2	0
25	49	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Ford Fiesta S2000	2	2:51:19.0	23:07.6	0
26	66	Andreas Amberg	Matti Heikkinen	Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:52:10.5	23:59.1	0
27	21	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	2	2:53:13.9	25:02.5	0
28	57	Kari Hämäläinen	Risto Pietiläinen	Ford Fiesta S2000	2	2:53:37.4	25:26.0	0
29	64	Kees Burger	Miika Teiskonen	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3	2:55:49.4	27:38.0	0
30	65	Jukka Korhonen	Mikael Korhonen	Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:56:15.5	28:04.1	0
31	62	Oleksiy Tamrazov	Nicola Arena	Ford Fiesta S2000	2	2:57:11.3	28:59.9	0
32	67	Frank Tore Larsen	Torstein Eriksen	Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:57:18.2	29:06.8	0
33	91	Sebastien Chardonnet	Thibault de la Hayhe	Citroën DS3 R3T	5	2:58:58.5	30:47.1	0
34	70	Vincent Dubert	Valentin Sarreaud	Citroën DS3 R3T	5	3:01:08.0	32:56.6	0
35	90	Marc Amourette	Gwenola Marie	Citroën DS3 R3T	5	3:01:37.9	33:26.5	0
36	6	Evgeny Novikov	Denis Giraudet	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:02:58.5	34:47.1	0
37	76	Niko-Pekka Nieminen	Pasi Haataja	Ford Fiesta R2	6	3:03:22.2	35:10.8	0
38	14	Paulo Nobre	Edu Paula	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	WRC	3:04:40.0	36:28.6	0
39	7	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3:05:29.0	37:17.6	0
40	72	Jouni Virtanen	Petteri Luostarinen	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3	3:07:00.0	38:48.6	0
41	89	Nil Solans	Miquel Angel Ibañez	Ford Fiesta R2	6	3:09:02.1	40:50.7	0
42	73	Ari Saxberg	Pekka Leppälä	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3	3:09:49.2	41:37.8	0
43	77	Petri Itkonen	Janno Older	Citroën C2 R2	6	3:13:35.0	45:23.6	0
44	87	Lilian Vialle	Patrice Roissac	Renault Clio R3	5	3:15:42.3	47:30.9	0
45	88	Massimiliano Settembrini	Corrado Bonato	Citroën DS3 R3T	5	3:21:59.3	53:47.9	0
46	75	Yuriy Protasov	Kyrylo Nesvit	Citroën DS3 R3T	5	3:24:42.3	56:30.9	0
47	94	Simo-Petteri Tuunanen	Mika Heinonen	Citroën Saxo VTS	9	3:27:25.3	59:13.9	0
48	83	Kristian Kiviniemi	Asko Sairanen	Citroën C2 R2	6	3:29:16.2	1:01:04.8	0
49	95	Ilkka Pastila	Pasi Riihiaho	Citroën Saxo VTS	9	3:34:50.1	1:06:38.7	0
50	86	Fabrizio de Sanctis	“Bombolino”	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	3	3:34:52.1	1:06:40.7	0
51	61	Krzysztof Oleksowicz	Krzysztof Geborys	Subaru Impreza WRX STI R4	2	3:39:45.8	1:11:34.4	0
52	74	Pasi Matsi	Hannu Lamminen	Renault Clio R3	5	3:49:37.3	1:21:25.9	0
53	97	Renaud Bronkart	Martine Victor	Toyota Yaris	10	3:59:13.7	1:31:02.3	0
Ret	31	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Škoda Fabia S2000	2	Mechanical		–
Ret	32	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	Ford Fiesta S2000	2	Accident		–
Ret	43	Ken Block	Alex Gelsomino	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	Mechanical		–
Ret	52	Jukka Ketomäki	Kai Risberg	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3	Mechanical		–
Ret	53	Riku Tahko	Markus Soininen	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	WRC	Accident		–
Ret	56	Mattias Therman	Jarkko Kalliolepo	Ford Fiesta S2000	2	Mechanical		–
Ret	58	Tuomas Skantz	Jani Rauhala	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3	Mechanical		–
Ret	68	Kristian Yritys	Janne Siirilä	Renault Clio R3	5	Mechanical		–
Ret	71	Tomi Weurlander	Pasi Nurmi	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3	Mechanical		–
Ret	78	Sami Sarjula	Teemu Horkama	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Accident		–
Ret	79	Martin Koči	Lukáš Zámečník	Citroën C2 R2	6	Accident		–
Ret	80	Niko Veikkanen	Joni-Petteri Virtanen	Honda Civic Type R	8	Mechanical		–
Ret	81	Yukhym Vazheyevskyy	Yevgen Kochkovyy	Citroën DS3 R3T	5	Accident		–
Ret	82	Molly Taylor	Sebastian Marshall	Citroën DS3 R3T	5	Mechanical		–
Ret	84	Kari Hytönen	Ada Herranen	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Mechanical		–
Ret	85	Ilkka Kariste	Mikael Lindberg	Ford Fiesta ST	8	Mechanical		–
Ret	96	Eddy Brisson	Kévin Masson	Suzuki Swift	9	Mechanical		–
Ret	101	Christopher Duplessis	Alexander Kihurani	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Academy		–
Ret	102	José Antonio Suárez	Cándido Carrera	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Academy		–
Ret	103	Alastair Fisher	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Academy		–
Ret	105	Pontus Tidemand	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Academy		–
Ret	106	Brendan Reeves	Rhianon Smyth	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Academy		–
Ret	107	Timo van der Marel	Erwin Berkhof	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Accident		–
Ret	108	John MacCrone	Stuart Loudon	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Academy		–
Ret	109	Elfyn Evans	Philip Pugh	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Academy		–
Ret	111	João Silva	Hugo Magalhães	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Academy		–
Ret	113	Ashley Haigh-Smith	Craig Parry	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Academy		–
Ret	114	Fredrik Åhlin	Morten Erik Abrahamsen	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Accident		–
SWRC
1 (11)	33	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Emil Axelsson	Proton Satria Neo S2000	2	2:39:01.2	0.0	25
2 (17)	36	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Michael Orr	Ford Fiesta RRC	2	2:42:19.0	3:17.8	18
3 (18)	34	Juha Salo	Marko Salminen	Proton Satria Neo S2000	2	2:44:47.9	5:46.7	15
4 (23)	35	Maciej Oleksowicz	Andrzej Obrebowski	Ford Fiesta S2000	2	2:50:34.6	11:33.4	12
5 (25)	49	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Ford Fiesta S2000	2	2:51:19.0	12:17.8	10
Ret	31	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Škoda Fabia S2000	2	Mechanical		–
Ret	32	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	Ford Fiesta S2000	2	Accident		–
WRC Academy
1	109	Elfyn Evans	Philip Pugh	Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:34:07.7	0.0
2	105	Pontus Tidemand	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:35:03.0	55.3
3	106	Brendan Reeves	Rhianon Smyth	Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:35:35.1	1:27.4
4	102	José Antonio Suárez	Cándido Carrera	Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:36:22.5	2:14.8
5	108	John MacCrone	Stuart Loudon	Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:37:09.7	3:02.0	10
6	101	Christopher Duplessis	Alexander Kihurani	Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:41:26.2	7:18.5	8
7	111	João Silva	Hugo Magalhães	Ford Fiesta R2	6	2:47:45.7	13:38.0	6
8	113	Ashley Haigh-Smith	Craig Parry	Ford Fiesta R2	6	3:04:09.2	30:01.5	4
9	103	Alastair Fisher	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta R2	6	3:14:16.6	40:08.9
Ret	107	Timo van der Marel	Erwin Berkhof	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Accident		–
Ret	114	Fredrik Åhlin	Morten Erik Abrahamsen	Ford Fiesta R2	6	Accident		–

• Note: – The WRC Academy featured all but the last stage of the rally, and therefore the academy drivers weren't able to finish the rally.^{[1] [4]}

Special Stages

Leg	Day	Stage		Name	Length	Winner	Time		Rally leader
Leg 1	Day 1 (2 Aug)	SS1	17:23	Koukunmaa	13.68 km	Sébastien Loeb	6:59.8	117.31 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
		SS2	19:00	SSS Jokimaa	2.00 km	Petter Solberg	1:32.5	77.84 km/h
		SS3	20:50	Mynnilä	14.22 km	Sébastien Loeb	6:34.7	129.70 km/h
	Day 2 (3 Aug)	SS4	7:42	Urria	12.75 km	Sébastien Loeb	5:59.5	127.68 km/h
		SS5	8:39	Jukojärvi	22.29 km	Mikko Hirvonen	10:34.0	126.57 km/h
		SS6	11:28	Mökkiperä 1	11.38 km	Mikko Hirvonen	5:29.6	124.30 km/h
		SS7	12:14	Palsankylä 1	13.92 km	Sébastien Loeb	7:06.8	117.41 km/h
		SS8	13:32	Lankamaa 1	23.06 km	Mikko Hirvonen	11:11.4	123.65 km/h
		SS9	16:08	Mökkiperä 2	11.38 km	Mikko Hirvonen	5:26.8	125.36 km/h
		SS10	16:54	Palsankylä 2	13.92 km	Sébastien Loeb	7:01.7	118.83 km/h
		SS11	18:12	Lankamaa 2	23.06 km	Petter Solberg	11:03.2	125.17 km/h
		SS12	20:00	SSS Killeri	2.06 km	Sébastien Loeb	1:22.8	89.57 km/h
Leg 2	Day 3 (4 Aug)	SS13	7:56	Surkee 1	14.95 km	Sébastien Loeb	8:05.7	110.81 km/h
		SS14	8:54	Leustu 1	21.94 km	Mikko Hirvonen	10:25.8	126.21 km/h
		SS15	11:18	Surkee 2	14.95 km	Sébastien Loeb	8:00.3	112.05 km/h
		SS16	12:16	Leustu 2	21.94 km	Sébastien Loeb Jari-Matti Latvala	10:20.2	127.35 km/h
		SS17	15:37	Ouninpohja 1	33.01 km	Mikko Hirvonen	15:26.9	128.21 km/h
		SS18	18:00	Ouninpohja 2 (Power stage)	33.01 km	Mikko Hirvonen	15:17.3	129.55 km/h

Power stage

The Power stage was a legendary Rally Finland stage, 33.01 km long Ouninpohja. The three fastest crews of this stage were awarded by drivers' championship points.^[5]

		Driver	Co-driver	Car	Class	Time	Difference		Points
1	2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	15:17.350	0.000	129.543 km/h	3
2	4	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	15:17.983	0.633	129.453 km/h	2
3	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	15:18.427	1.077	129.391 km/h	1

Championship standings after Rally Finland

Drivers' championship standings

		Driver	Points
	1	Sébastien Loeb	171
	2	Mikko Hirvonen	128
	3	Petter Solberg	104
	4	Mads Østberg	90
1	5	Jari-Matti Latvala	69

Manufacturers' championship standings

		Manufacturer	Points
	1	Citroën Total World Rally Team	280
	2	Ford World Rally Team	171
	3	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team	115
	4	Qatar World Rally Team	49
	5	Citroën Junior World Rally Team	48

SWRC Drivers' championship standings

		Driver	Points
2	1	Per-Gunnar Andersson	68
1	2	Hayden Paddon	62
1	3	Maciej Oleksowicz	53
2	4	Craig Breen	43
	5	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	40

WRC Academy Drivers' championship standings

		Driver	Points
1	1	Elfyn Evans	70
1	2	Brendan Reeves	52
2	3	Alastair Fisher	49
2	4	Pontus Tidemand	41
1	5	José Antonio Suárez	34

• Note: Only the top five positions are included in all sets of standings.

External links

• Rally official website
• Rally Finland at WRC.com
• Rally Finland at eWRC.com
• Rally Finland at JUWRA.com

Notes and References

1. News: Itinerary. nesteoilrallyfinland.fi. 8 July 2012.
2. News: Entry list. nesteoilrallyfinland.fi. 23 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120813063547/http://www.nesteoilrallyfinland.fi/attachements/2012-07-10T15-38-31253.pdf. 2012-08-13. dead.
3. News: Final classification. nesteoilrallyfinland.fi. 5 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120813012640/http://www.nesteoilrallyfinland.fi/attachements/2012-08-05T00-14-58253.pdf#. 2012-08-13. dead.
4. News: Academy final classification. nesteoilrallyfinland.fi. 5 August 2012.
5. News: Power stage final classification. nesteoilrallyfinland.fi. 5 August 2012.