2022 Rally Finland | |
Native Name: | Secto Rally Finland 2022 |
Round: | 8 |
Season No: | 13 |
Championship: | 2022 World Rally Championship |
Previous Round: | 2022 Rally Estonia |
Next Round: | 2022 Ypres Rally |
Rallybase: | Jyväskylä, Central Finland |
Start: | Jyväskylä, Central Finland |
Finish: | Ruuhimäki, Toivakka |
Startdate: | 4 |
Enddate: | 7 August 2022 |
Stages: | 22 |
Stagekm: | 322.61 |
Stagekm Note: | [1] |
Transportkm: | 1,104.86 |
Overallkm: | 1,427.47 |
Surface: | Gravel |
Driver1: | Ott Tänak |
Codriver1: | Martin Järveoja |
Team1: | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT |
Time1: | 2:24:04.6 |
Driver2: | Emil Lindholm |
Codriver2: | Reeta Hämäläinen |
Team2: | Toksport WRT 2 |
Time2: | 2:33:43.6 |
Driver3: | Lauri Joona |
Codriver3: | Tuukka Shemeikka |
Time3: | 2:42:52.5 |
Powerstage Driver: | Kalle Rovanperä |
Powerstage Codriver: | Jonne Halttunen |
Powerstage Team: | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT |
Powerstage Time: | 5:17.1 |
Cancel1: | SS5 |
Reason1: | safety concern |
Crewsreg: | 45 |
Teamsstart: | 43 |
Teamsfinish: | 34 |
The 2022 Rally Finland (also known as the Secto Rally Finland 2022) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 4 and 7 August 2022.[2] It marked the seventy-first running of the Rally Finland. The event was the eighth round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in Jyväskylä in Central Finland and was contested over twenty-two special stages covering a total competitive distance of 322.612NaN2.[1]
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[4] Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[5]
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the overall winners, securing their second win of the season. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, claimed their first ever Rally Finland victory.[6] Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen won the World Rally Championship-2 category after Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula were disqualified due to the front bumper of their Hyundai was found underweight.[7] [8] Lauri Joona and Tuukka Shemeikka won the World Rally Championship-3 category.[9]
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3, and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Twelve entered under Rally1 regulations, as were seventeen Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and five Rally3 crews in the World Rally Championship-3.[10] [11]
20 | Emil Lindholm | Reeta Hämäläinen | Toksport WRT 2 | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Junior Driver, Co-driver, Team | |
21 | Teemu Suninen | Mikko Markkula | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Driver, Co-driver, Team | |
22 | Egon Kaur | Silver Simm | Egon Kaur | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Driver, Co-driver | |
23 | Teemu Asunmaa | Ville Mannisenmäki | Teemu Asunmaa | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Driver, Co-driver | |
24 | Mikko Heikkilä | Samu Vaaleri | Mikko Heikkilä | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Junior Driver, Junior Co-driver | |
25 | Hayden Paddon | John Kennard | Hayden Paddon | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Driver, Co-driver | |
26 | Nikolay Gryazin | Konstantin Aleksandrov | Toksport WRT 2 | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Junior Driver, Co-driver, Team | |
27 | Sami Pajari | Enni Mälkönen | Sami Pajari | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Junior Driver, Co-driver | |
28 | Eerik Pietarinen | Antti Linnaketo | Eerik Pietarinen | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Junior Driver, Co-driver | |
29 | Mikołaj Marczyk | Szymon Gospodarczyk | Mikołaj Marczyk | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Junior Driver, Co-driver | |
30 | Georg Linnamäe | James Morgan | ALM Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Junior Driver, Co-driver | |
31 | Martin Prokop | Michal Ernst | Martin Prokop | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | Driver, Co-driver | |
32 | Gaurav Gill | Gabriel Morales | Gaurav Gill | Škoda Fabia R5 | Driver, Co-driver | |
34 | Fabrizio Zaldivar | Marcelo Der Ohannesian | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Junior Driver, Co-driver, Team | |
35 | Josh McErlean | James Fulton | Josh McErlean | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Junior Driver, Co-driver | |
36 | Riku Tahko | Sami Ryynänen | Riku Tahko | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Driver, Co-driver | |
37 | Freddy Loix | Pieter Tsjoen | Freddy Loix | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Masters Driver, Co-driver | |
38 | Lauri Joona | Tuukka Shemeikka | Lauri Joona | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | |
39 | Jan Černý | Jan Tománek | Jan Černý | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | |
40 | Toni Herranen | Sebastian Virtanen | Toni Herranen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | |
41 | Tommi Heino | Patric Öhman | Tommi Heino | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | |
43 | Henri Timonen | Jussi Kärpijoki | Henri Timonen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | |
All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).