Rally Finland 2014

**makinen_fan** · 31st July 2014, 10:02

**jonkka** · 31st July 2014, 10:02

1. Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen 2.26,1 (two runs)
2. Mads Östberg Citroën +0,6 (three runs)
3. Andreas Mikkelsen Volkswagen +0,9
4. Henning Solberg Ford +1,6
5. Mikko Hirvonen Ford +1,8 (four runs)
6. Juho Hänninen Hyundai +2,1
7. Robert Kubica Ford +2,3
8. Kris Meeke Citroën +2,3
9. Jarkko Nikara Ford +2,8
10. Sebastien Ogier Volkswagen +2,9 (two runs, no crash reported)

**MartijnS** · 31st July 2014, 10:15

Some photos of the shakedown online at our Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...3161546&type=1 !
Difficult stage to make some decent photos without a media tabard, but I tried

**garais22** · 31st July 2014, 10:28

PHOTO: Finland WRC Shakedown
http://www.go4speed.lv/lv/photo/wrc/...wrc-shakedown/

**KKS** · 31st July 2014, 10:54

hm ... this SD makes me happy!
I hope this tendency will stay on rally too

**Zeakiwi** · 31st July 2014, 11:00

Is Ogier's strategy not to show his true speed until the stages?

**Mintexmemory** · 31st July 2014, 11:11

Originally Posted by Zeakiwi

Is Ogier's strategy not to show his true speed until the stages?

I should think that is highly probable. He doesn't have any choice but to start first on the road so why risk the car in a big cohones contest with JML, who does need to establish his credentials for his own mental comfort. What Seb O is effectively doing is sowing some doubt in JML's head that there was no contest so just how quick Ogier is remains to be seen. Far better for him to be 2 secs slower than JML than 0.1

**makinen_fan** · 31st July 2014, 11:15

If there was something to win from SD, Seb would have pushed for the best time. But now there is no point in it.
And he is not like other drivers that usually do 4 runs to get the feeling (eg Mikko)