Finnish rallying championship news

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 :-)

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.

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.

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?

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?

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Originally Posted by 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?

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

Thanks for the info.

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

Kruuda is using car owned by Kari Hämäläinen

and

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

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.