[WRC] Rally Finland 2023

[mknight]

Well done Suninen. A very good job again given his lack of Rally1 car experience compared to the others.

He was supposed to be going for the win according to some people and at least for podium according to himself. Had Estonia and a test rally in Rally1, won here in Rally2 last two years.

Ended as last professional WRC. On the rally that according to himself is his best in the calendar and surviving two big moments on pure luck.

That can be called all sorts of things, very good job is not one of them.

[mknight]

My congratulations to Solberg. Not so much for the "win" or stagetimes. But more to the approach. Specially on Friday. When he was a little bit slower than Pajari and Huttunen he didn't go crazy speed and crash on next stage. Just keeping decent pace and being in the mix.

[skarderud]

Congratulations to Pajari on the WRC2 win. Great job by Formaux.. no spectacular times but super consistent means he doesn't finish far off.

Looks like Gryazin and Mikkelsen went the wrong way on setup yesterday because they were pretty quick today.

Yes, they had a new setup for this rally that didn't worked, they go back to older setup on saturday morning, with adjustments to todays stages. I don't know why they/toksport did this mistake?

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[mknight]

Yes, they had a new setup for this rally that didn't worked, they go back to older setup on saturday morning, with adjustments to todays stages. I don't know why they/toksport did this mistake?

Greensmith complained about the same.

But this happens, specially with relatively new car. Solberg had setup issues whole Croatia for example.

[rp]

Solberg and Pajari were also Toksport drivers. It´s not team´s mistake if Mikkelsen, Greensmith and Gryazin took wrong settings. Andreas is always blaming something if he is not able to win.

[mknight]

Solberg and Pajari were also Toksport drivers. It´s not team´s mistake if Mikkelsen, Greensmith and Gryazin took wrong settings. Andreas is always blaming something if he is not able to win.

Mikkelsen said live at the end of the stage it was his own mistake to pick the setup.

[Eli]

Huge congrats to Evans & Scott, well deserved, yes Rovanperä was faster but as the saying goes, to finish first, first you must finish. Overall a nice rally, shame we didn't get a fight like 2022, also I have to admit, I missed not having Breen do the rally, he might've crashed or challenged Evans for the win and in any case it would've been nice seeing him in his favourite rally (especially after his performance in Sweden).

[Fast Eddie WRC]

He was supposed to be going for the win according to some people and at least for podium according to himself. Had Estonia and a test rally in Rally1, won here in Rally2 last two years.

Ended as last professional WRC. On the rally that according to himself is his best in the calendar and surviving two big moments on pure luck.

That can be called all sorts of things, very good job is not one of them.

Salty. Let's see what Hyundai bosses say.

[Eli]

Salty. Let's see what Hyundai bosses say.

Cyril didn't seem to impressed at the end, 7 wins to 1 in the manu. title doesn't bode well for them.

[TWRC]

What a strange rally after Estonia, almost the polar opposite. Kudos to Evans, he was clearly growing in confidence as the rally went on. Neuville tried, but still did well to finish 2nd after so many problems in Finland. Well done also to Taka, good performance and solid drive.
I loved Latvala and Hänninen the most, I think they both had a blast. Juho is so underrated, not only a great driver, but also a great co-driver and coach! Such versatility is very rare IMO.