Finnish rallying championship news

[Hartusvuori]

Finnish F-Cup series continued yesterday after a long hiatus. First gravel event was held in Western Finland at Uusikaupunki. Volvo was the make of the day as team partners Jaska Nuorala and Tero Salminen took a one-two before Kimmo Juhannusvuori in BMW.

Here's a very nice, fast and flowing onboard from the winner Nuorala: Nyt ei nostella - Jaska Nuoralan in-car EK5 // F-Cup 2013 Uusikaupunki - YouTube Average speed of 114,2 km/h.

Following weekends will keep Finnish rallying fans busy. Next weekend is Historic Rally Trophy event in Heinola, then F-Cup in Urjala, then FRC grande finale in Tampere, then Historic Rally Trophy and rally sprint finale, then F-Cup finale in Naantali. That's the way it should be :-)

[Hartusvuori]

Kari Hämäläinen has entered the last FRC event in Printsport Fiesta R5. I have not heard that Printsport would've bought an R5, is that the case? Would be first in Finland.

[Hartusvuori]

Jarkko Nikara has entered FRC Tampere with Printsport's Fiesta S2000. Altogether 175 entries for the final round with over 50 Volvo guests from Sweden. Very nice.

[txl]

Hi, is there a website with more info about FRC Tampere? As a round of FRC, itinerary should be available in advance, is this correct?

[txl]

About FRC Tampere I was able to find these:
http://mediaguru.fi/tamua/kilpailijat.php
https://akk.autourheilu.fi/Public/Ki...id=2896&edit=0
Fortunately, the itinerary can be found there. Unfortunately, there are no maps, so no idea where the stages are :S Are there any maps available already?

[Susiraja]

About FRC Tampere I was able to find these:
http://mediaguru.fi/tamua/kilpailijat.php
https://akk.autourheilu.fi/Public/Ki...id=2896&edit=0
Fortunately, the itinerary can be found there. Unfortunately, there are no maps, so no idea where the stages are :S Are there any maps available already?

No maps available yet. The recce hasn't started yet so the stages are still a secret.

[txl]

Thanks for the info.

[Hartusvuori]

From Printsport's Facebook, pictures of:

Nikara's Fiesta S2000: https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 4963_n.jpg
Kruuda's Fiesta S2000: https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 8626_n.jpg

[pantealex]

Kruuda is using car owned by Kari Hämäläinen

and

Hämäläinen drives Markko Märtin Motorsport´s Fiesta R5 serviced by Printsport

[rage82]

Unsurprisingly Jarkko Nikara is leading ralliSM after the first stage, Kruuda + 4.6 and Juha Salo + 6.2!
Hope Jarkko has a good rally and gain some good experience with s2000 car.