2017 Rally Finland Explained

2017 Rally Finland
Native Name:	67th Neste Rally Finland 2017
Round:	9
Championship:	2017 World Rally Championship
Previous Round:	2017 Rally Poland
Next Round:	2017 Rallye Deutschland
Rallybase:	Jyväskylä
Startdate:	27 July
Enddate:	30 July 2017^[1]
Stages:	25
Stagekm:	314.20
Surface:	Gravel
Driver1:	Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm
Team1:	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Teamsstart:	61
Teamsfinish:	42

The 2017 Rally Finland was the ninth round of the 2017 World Rally Championship and was the 67th running of the Rally Finland. Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm won the rally, their first win in the WRC.^[2]

Jari Huttunen won the WRC-2 category, his first in the series.^[3]

Entry list

Notable entrants scope=col scope=col Entrant scope=col scope=col Driver scope=col Co-driver scope=col Car scope=col scope=row style="text-align: center;" 1 WRC scope=row style="text-align: center;" 2 WRC scope=row style="text-align: center;" 3 WRC scope=row style="text-align: center;" 4 WRC scope=row style="text-align: center;" 5 WRC scope=row style="text-align: center;" 6 WRC scope=row style="text-align: center;" 7 WRC scope=row style="text-align: center;" 8 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC scope=row style="text-align: center;" 9 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC scope=row style="text-align: center;" 10 WRC scope=row style="text-align: center;" 11 WRC scope=row style="text-align: center;" 12 WRC scope=row style="text-align: center;" 14 WRC scope=row style="text-align: center;" 15 WRC scope=row style="text-align: center;" 21 WRC Source:^[4]

+Key Icon Class WRC WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points WRC Major entry ineligible to WRC Registered to score points in WRC Trophy WRC-3 Registered to take part in WRC-3 championship JWRC Registered to take part in Junior World Rally championship

Classification

Event standings

		Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time		Points
Overall classification
1	12					WRC	2:29:26.9	0.0	25
2	3					WRC	2:30:02.9	+36.0
3	11					WRC	2:30:03.2	+36.3
4	15					WRC	2:30:28.4	+1:01.5	12
5	9					WRC	2:30:49.5	+1:22.6	10
6	5					WRC	2:31:00.0	+1:33.1
7	2					WRC	2:31:20.5	+1:53.6
8	7					WRC	2:32:39.5	+3:12.6	4
9	6					WRC	2:33:38.4	+4:11.5	2
10	14					WRC	2:33:48.1	+4:21.2	1
21	10					WRC	2:49:42.7	+20:15.8
WRC-2 standings
1 (11.)	40					WRC-2	2:39:30.9		25
2 (14.)	36						2:41:48.7	+2:17.8	18
	42					WRC-2	2:43:13.9	+3:43.0	15
Source:^[5]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally Leader
Leg 1	SS1					1:44.1
	SS2					3:39.7
	SS3					5:56.4
	SS4					10:06.3
	SS5					3:36.5
	SS6					5:49.7
	SS7					9:57.2
	SS8					3:27.4
	SS9					5:51.0
	SS10					10:21.4
	SS11					3:23.4
	SS12					5:44.9
	SS13					1:46.9
Leg 2	SS14					6:53.9
	SS15					10:55.5
	SS16					10:56.9
	SS17					1:58.4
	SS18					1:56.4
	SS19					10:49.8
	SS20					6:49.0
	SS21					10:42.3
Leg 3	SS22					3:08.4
	SS23					4:52.1
	SS24					3:08.3
	SS25

Notes and References

1. News: The Itinerary of Neste Rally Finland 2017. nesterallyfinland.fi. Neste Rally Finland. 2 August 2017.
2. News: Ice-cool Lappi nets first win. wrc.com. WRC. 30 July 2017. 2 August 2017.
3. News: Debut win for Huttunen. wrc.com. WRC. 30 July 2017. 2 August 2017.
4. News: Neste Rally Finland - Updated Entry List. nesterallyfinland.fi. Neste Rally Finland. 26 July 2017. 2 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170730071044/http://www.nesterallyfinland.fi/site/assets/files/4127/2017_nrf_entry_list_final_after_admin.pdf. 2017-07-30. dead.
5. News: 2017 Rally Finland Final Results. ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results. 2 August 2017. 2 August 2017.