Finnish rallying championship news

[Jarek Z]

So who is champion?

[AnttiL]

Emil Lindholm in SM1

[pantealex]

So who is champion?

SM2 Ville Hautamäki Lancer Evo9

SM3 Lauri Joona Fiesta Rally4

SM4 Oskari Heikkinen Fiesta 1.6

[pantealex]

https://www.autourheilu.fi/site/assets/files/41762/rsm2022_sarjasaannot_20211116_draft.pdf

2022 Rules (in Finnish ;) )

- 5 classes
--Rally2/R5
--N, Rally2+Kit, N5, N-lite
--Rally3
--Rally4/R2
--V1600 (standard max 1600cc no turbo allowed)

7 Rallies
-3 in Winter
-4 in Gravel

[Mise]

Live with some feed from the stages
https://arcticrally.fi/fi/etusivu/

[Sulland]

Impressive speed from the Rally3 crews. It helped with 31mm restrictor.

[Mise]

Here is a better link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drxvP7WDzIs

[samzon100]

SM-Arctic Lapland Rally 2022
Shakedown
SS1, SS5, SS7 ja SS8

https://samzon.kuvat.fi/kuvat/SM-Arctic+Lapland+Rally++01.22/

[Sulland]

What was the general feeling in Finland regarding the speed and reliability of the Fiesta Rally3 cars on snow/ice?
What was the the reports back from the drivers of these cars?

[pantealex]

What was the general feeling in Finland regarding the speed and reliability of the Fiesta Rally3 cars on snow/ice?
What was the the reports back from the drivers of these cars?

Oldest one (Ruokanen) did say that Rally3 is real rallycar compared to Mitsu EVO.

I think Joona said that he reached top speed 178 (or 188) km/h

Generally I didn't hear anything negative from drivers.

Joona did lose RWD but wasn't very angry about that.

[faateris]

Arctic Lapland Rally 2022 - photos - http://janisasaris.com/en/home

JA

[AnttiL]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLo3bJOxhG8&ab_channel=Moottoriurheilu.tv

Live from Riihimäki Ralli. SS1 already over, SS2 starting soon. Tricky snowy conditions, Sami Pajari's first event with Rally2 (old Ford Fiesta R5).

[Mise]

Here are some more links

GPS tracking
http://www.tulospalvelu.fi/gps/4R22/

GPS splits
http://gpspekka.kapsi.fi/rally/?id=4R22

[Rallyper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLo3bJOxhG8&ab_channel=Moottoriurheilu.tv

Live from Riihimäki Ralli. SS1 already over, SS2 starting soon. Tricky snowy conditions, Sami Pajari's first event with Rally2 (old Ford Fiesta R5).

Very enjoying watching Finnish Ralli SM from home in Sweden. The guys are doing very well filming. Improving the show every time.

[wwbroe]

Whar happened with Emil Lindholm on last stage?

[Mise]

Whar happened with Emil Lindholm on last stage?

He went out

[wwbroe]

He went out

Ok, thanks for the info

[samzon100]

SM-Auto Sorsa Ralli Riihimäki 04-05.02.2022
SS1 ja SS6

https://samzon.kuvat.fi/kuvat/SM-Auto+Sorsa+Ralli+Riihim%C3%A4ki+02.22/

[samzon100]

SM-ABC Pitkälahti Ralli Kuopio 04-05.03.2022
SS1, SS3 and SS6

https://samzon.kuvat.fi/kuvat/SM-ABC+Pitk%C3%A4lahti+Ralli+Kuopio+03.22/

[pantealex]

Last winter rally (not part in any championship) in "Rovaniemi area" has interesting entries, mostly in co-drivers side:
Gardemaister-Heikkilä, Tahko, Pajari, Joona...
Many foreign entries, probably 1st time entries also since they are driving in junior classes.

https://akk.autourheilu.fi/Public/Kiti/Competition/CompetitionEnrollListPlain.aspx?id=15572

[Rallyper]

TG and Heikkilä a prentice project?

[pantealex]

TG and Heikkilä a prentice project?

I don't think so, just having fun with that Clio Rally4. Like boys Lapland holiday.

(I believe TGS is running Heikkilä's Fabia also in WRC level just like they were last year)

[Sulland]

Could someone post a link to the Finish V1600 tech regulations?
national V1600 (AKK, Appendix J, Art. VII

[samzon100]

Pictures SM-Pohjanmaa Ralli 17-18.06.2022
SS1, SS3 and SS6

https://samzon.kuvat.fi/kuvat/SM-Pohjanmaa+Ralli+06.22/

[pantealex]

Season 2023 starts in less than 4 weeks.

Snow/Ice
1) Arctic Lapland, Rovaniemi, January 12-14
2) Kuopio, February 3-4
3) Jyväskylä Winter-rally, March 3-4, HQ/Service in Killeri, SSS also in Killeri, most probably Baltic championship rally also.

Gravel
4) Pohjanmaaralli, Seinäjoki, May 19-20
5) Itäralli, Joensuu, June 16-17, Huge jumps, great roads
6) Lahti, August 11-12, together with ERC Historic
7) Kokkola, September 29-30

5 championship classes, some changes:
SM1: Rally2/R5
SM2: Rally3
SM3: Rally4/R2
SM4: V1600 (standard max 1.6L, no turbo)
and new one
SM5: all other 4WD including WRC -2002, S2000, Rally2+Kit, A/N, N5, Proto, National or "what ever if safe enough"
(Mitsu EVO9, Fiesta S2000, Yaris GR, Polo with Mitsu technic, Fiesta with Peugeot engine etc.)

Right now Arctic has mostly foreign entries:
https://akk.autourheilu.fi/Public/Kiti/Competition/CompetitionOpen.aspx?id=15729&edit=0
entries close January 2nd

2022 TOP3 Heikkilä, Lindholm and Kaur are out, will not do full season
Leading Rally3 drivers Roope Korhonen and Lauri Joona have switched to Rally2, but there will be more Rally3 entries than this year
Heikki Kovalainen Fabia R5, Niclas Grönholm C3 Rally2, Riku Tahko i20 Rally2, some Fabia and Polo have new drivers...
Printsport is renting new Fabia RS for Arctic, Kuopio, WRC Sweden ...

[Jarek Z]

Interesting new team in the Finnish Rally Championship - Heikki Kovalainen and Justus*Räikkönen:
https://dirtfish.com/rally/kovalainen-and-raikkonen-take-on-finland-with-all-new-team/

[Tom206wrc]

Can't wait for this weekend Arctic Lapland, I'm eager to follow Niclas Grönholm in his new car :D

[Jarek Z]

Arctic Lapland has started. Jari Huttunen (this time with a Skoda) leads after SS1:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results/80001-arctic-lapland-rally-2023/?s=397147

[dimviii]

what happened to Huttunen at ss 7? puncture?

[Kalm]

what happened to Huttunen at ss 7? puncture?

Made a mistake under braking and had to shovel to get out from the snowbank.

[Tom206wrc]

Justus Räikkönen in the lead of the 2WD field(Rally4) :)

[Kalm]

Video of Huttunen`s mistake : https://fb.watch/i2pGT-cne4/

[Tom206wrc]

Riku Tahko in SS9 and now Juha Salo in SS10...problems :confused:

Edit: maybe Salo was late at start of SS10 :confused:

[Tom206wrc]

Looks like it's over for Huttunen(no time in SS11) :confused:

[Kalm]

Looks like it's over for Huttunen(no time in SS11) :confused:

He was in the snowbank again, should make it to the finish soon.

[samzon100]

SM-Arctic Lapland Rally 13-14.01.2023
Shakedown
SS1, SS3, SS5, SS8 and SS9
https://samzon.kuvat.fi/kuvat/SM-Arctic+Lapland+Rally++01.23/

[Tom206wrc]

Interestingly young italian driver Matteo Fontana(son of Corrado)is on entrylist of next week round 2 finnish championship ;)

I guess it's part of preparation for Rally Sweden WRC one week later :confused:

[Co-driven]

He's been competing for a while (I think since 2021) in some Finnish events to get more experience.

In 2022, for example, he took part in Rally Finland in the National event.

[Mise]

https://www.rallism.fi/content/en/1/10005/Home.html

livestream, gps tracking etc

[samzon100]

SM-IsoValkeinen Ralli Kuopio 04.01.2023
SS1 and SS5

https://samzon.kuvat.fi/kuvat/SM-IsoValkeinen+Ralli+Kuopio+02.23/

[Rallyper]

This weekend next SM Ralli in Jyväskylä. Nice and fast stages...

https://www.rallism.fi/files/upload_pdf/2331874/JKL_talviralli_SM_2023_reittikartta.pdf

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Saw some of the live action stream this morning and Kalle Rovanpera was great to watch in the old Toyota Starlet.

[AnttiL]

I managed to see Kalle on SS2 before the car broke. He was very fast.

But regardless of the celebrity visitors, it was a great rally, on great roads and great competition in many classes. I managed to see 3 stages with 60-90 cars on each.

Huttunen won the Rally2 class like he did in Kuopio, even on the old Skoda. The technical route suited him well- Asunmaa had now the new new Sloda RS but he was suffering a bit from road cleaning.

[samzon100]

SM-Jyväskylän Talviralli 03-04.03.2023
SS1, SS2 ja SS5


https://samzon.kuvat.fi/kuvat/SM-Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4n+Talviralli+03.23/

[samzon100]

SM-Pohjanmaa Ralli 19-20.05.2023
EK1, EK4 ja EK7

https://samzon.kuvat.fi/kuvat/SM-Pohjanmaa+Ralli+05.23/

[dimviii]

what a photo!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F2NCfm4W8AEQR3Y?format=jpg&name=large


Kalle with a hot moment
https://twitter.com/RalliSM/status/1685275603702861824

[samzon100]

SM-Kokkola Ralli 29-30.09.2023
EK1, EK3, EK5, EK7 ja EK8

https://samzon.kuvat.fi/kuvat/SM-Kokkola+Ralli+09.23/

[kure91]

Hei guys, I recently find out that by a pure luck I´ll be in Rovaniemi in the time of Artic Lapland Rally and therefore I´ll be mad to not visit the event at least for one leg. And as I was browsing events website, I was unable to find out some basic info I´d like to know before visiting and I´m kindly asking here whether someone would give me some more info. To today, I´ve only visited WRC Rally Finalnds and thus I don´t know how its goind on national events. Is there some rally pass to buy or paying at stages visited? How is managed parking? I´m picturing that Lapland will be full of snow, thus I´m wondering what to do with car. Also, if someone have some tips for nice place to spectate, I´d be glad. Kiitos :)

[Jeppe]

You´re right it would be madness not to visit Arctic Rally if you are in place. This should in the bucket list of every rally fan..

From the rally website you can find all the basic info for the rally: itinerary, route, tickets etc. There is also some good tips for the rally spectators how to deal with parking and moving around the area - it will be a nice winter (driving) experience for spectators also.

https://arcticrally.fi/en/home/

[kure91]

Thank you. Maybe I´m asking too much, but after looking through web site of the event, I was unable to find such info as parking, tickets, moving around. Not even in Suomi version of the site. I suppose that more info is yet to come? Basicly I was so far before the event wondering whether parking is something like at Rally Finland, that there´ll be designated places with parking fee, whether there´ll be maps of each special stage, etc.

[Tom206wrc]

Wow!!!! Marc Amourette, Julien France and Hervé Knapick(all from France)on entrylist Arctic Lapland Rally 2024 !!!! :eek: :eek:

http://www.ewrc-results.com/entries/84758-arctic-lapland-rally-2024/

[samzon100]

SM-Auto Sorsa Riihimäki Ralli 13.01.2024
SS1 ja SS5
https://samzon.kuvat.fi/…/SM-Auto+Sorsa+Riihim%C3%A4ki…/

[Mise]

Links to Arctic Rally including youtube live

https://www.rallism.fi/content/en/1/10005/Home.html

[fiscorpun]

Interesting. Kalle leading Elfyn (uhhhhhhhhh)... then two Yaris Rally2 in P2 and P3, Niclas Gronholm is P8, Gryazin P6, Latvala is racing on a Celica!, ... jeez theres 115 entries! Thats WILD!

[fiscorpun]

104k views on Youtube in 14 hours!!
I mean... I know its a 10h long video and thats not 104k people WATCHING the whole event
But jeeeez, sometimes I dont believe rallying is this big
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBLdqj0xphI

[Jarek Z]

Wow!!!! Marc Amourette, Julien France and Hervé Knapick(all from France)on entrylist Arctic Lapland Rally 2024 !!!! :eek: :eek:

http://www.ewrc-results.com/entries/84758-arctic-lapland-rally-2024/

It's sad to see Marc Amourette so slow. I remember him as one of the top drivers in the French championship. But it was many years ago.

[Jarek Z]

Heikkila moves to the 3rd position overall and first in Rally2 category. Not bad for his first rally with the new Toyota!
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results/84758-arctic-lapland-rally-2024/

[Lead]

Nice to see Toyotas Rally2 doing much better on snow than week before in Monte.

[Jarek Z]

So 6 Toyotas in top 10. Almost like Skoda ;)

[rp]

Roope Korhonen Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 dominated the 3rd Round. Tuuri Ralli was located in Alavus, the home place for reigning Finnish Champion Teemu Asunmaa and he knew every seven stages very well. Korhonen was driving there for the first time and was clearly faster than Asunmaa, who was 2nd 23,0s behind, but was excluded (made an appeal, but it will be decided later)
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results/84759-sm-tuuri-ralli-2024/

[samzon100]

Pictures SM-Tuuri Ralli 08-09.03.2024
SS1, SS3 ja SS6

https://samzon.kuvat.fi/kuvat/SM-Tuuri+Ralli+03.24/

[samzon100]

Pictures SM-Future Ralli Lahti 23-24.08.2024
SS4 and SS8

https://samzon.kuvat.fi/kuvat/SM-Future+Ralli+Lahti+08.24/

[Cosford]

National rally from rally country Finland🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Zwh51d16o

[Cosford]

Video Kitee Sm ralli. Finnish championship.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFPms5YcpB0

[Tom206wrc]

I cant' believe the number of Clio Rally3 on the first round of the 2025 championship next week :eek:

And no C3 Rally2(since Niclas Grönholm two years ago) and just one 208 Rally4, when these cars are available since several years... :(

[Jarek Z]

They say that Esapekka Lappi is going to contest the Finnish national championship in 2025, pairing up with Enni Mälkönen in a Škoda Fabia, but is it true?

[PLuto]

They say that Esapekka Lappi is going to contest the Finnish national championship in 2025, pairing up with Enni Mälkönen in a Škoda Fabia, but is it true?

https://www.facebook.com/EsapekkaLappiOfficial/

[HarriK]

Also Kalle Rovanperä will do Arctic rally, which is second FRC round race.
List of entries:
https://akk.autourheilu.fi/Public/Kiti/Competition/CompetitionEnrollListPlain.aspx?id=17536

[Jarek Z]

https://www.facebook.com/EsapekkaLappiOfficial/

Good news for the Finnish championship!

[saco0o]

niclas gronholm also doing the championship on a skoda

[tbazsi95]

60. Arctic Lapland Rally - Shakedown mini-live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxN_uMi27v0

[tbazsi95]

Rovanpera big moment
https://www.facebook.com/yohann.grgn.1/videos/1128925242053684/

[Jarek Z]

18-year old kid won Arctic Lapland Rally! Congratulations! :)
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results/89550-arctic-lapland-rally-2025/

[samzon100]

Pictures SM-Arctic Lapland Rally 2025
Shakedown, SS2, SS6 and SS9

https://samzon.kuvat.fi/kuvat/SM-Arctic+Lapland+Rally+02.25/

[tbazsi95]

Arctic Rally 2025 Saturday Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fweeyL30yNI

[Jarek Z]

Interesting... Kalle Rovanpera lost the lead on the last stage of Arctic Rally:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results/89550-arctic-lapland-rally-2025/
https://rallyjournal.com/kalle-rovanpera-remains-tight-lipped-on-big-question-i-wont-comment-on-that-any-further/