2020 Rally Finland Explained

2020 Rally Finland
Native Name:70. Neste Rally Finland
Championship:2020 World Rally Championship
Rallybase:Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi
Start:Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi
Finish:Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi
Startdate:Scheduled for 6–9 August 2020
Stages:24
Stagekm:321.87
Stagekm Note:[1]
Surface:Gravel
Cancel1:Rally
Reason1:COVID-19 pandemic

The 2020 Rally Finland (also known as the Neste Rally Finland 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 6 and 9 August 2020,[2] but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] It was set to mark the seventieth running of Rally Finland and planned to be the eighth round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. It was also planned to run as the third round of the 2020 Junior World Rally Championship. The 2020 event was scheduled to be based in Jyväskylä in Keski-Suomi and consisted of twenty-four special stages covering a total competitive distance of 321.872NaN2.[1]

Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in 2019, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[4] Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category,[5] but they would not defend their titles as they were promoted to the higher class.[6] In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov were the reigning rally winners,[5] but they would not defend their titles either as they were promoted to WRC-2 class. Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog were the reigning rally winners in the Junior World Rally Championship.[7]

Background

Route

Itinerary

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Itinerary and route map. nesterallyfinland.fi. Rally Finland. 25 May 2020. 3 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200603113702/https://www.nesterallyfinland.fi/en/route/reittiaikataulu/. dead.
  2. News: Australia drops off WRC calendar in 2020. Daniel. Herrero. speedcafe.com. 27 September 2019. 28 September 2019. Speedcafe.
  3. Web site: No Neste Rally Finland for 2020. wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 3 June 2020. 3 June 2020.
  4. News: Sunday in Finland: Double delight for Tänak. wrc.com. WRC. 4 August 2019. 5 August 2019.
  5. News: WRC 2 in Finland: Fourth win for dominant Kalle. wrc.com. WRC. 4 August 2019. 5 August 2019.
  6. News: Toyota reveals 2020 line-up. wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 November 2019. 27 November 2019.
  7. News: Junior WRC in Finland: Kristensson on target. wrc.com. WRC. 4 August 2019. 5 August 2019.