2009 Rally Finland

Motor rally competition 2009 Rally Finland 59th Neste Oil Rally Finland 2009 World Rally Championship 9 2009 Rally Poland 2009 Rally Australia Finland Finland Conrad Rautenbach - Rally Finland 2009.JPG Conrad Rautenbach driving a Citroën C4 WRC Jyväskylä 30 July 2 August 2009 23 345.15 Gravel Finland Mikko Hirvonen GBR BP Ford Abu Dhabi WRT 90 61 The 2009 Neste Oil Rally Finland was the 59th running of the Rally Finland and the ninth round of the 2009 World Rally Championship season. The rally consisted of 23 special stages and was won by Ford's Mikko Hirvonen. This marked his third victory in a row and his first in his home event. Last year's winner Sébastien Loeb of Citroën finished second and took his first podium since the Rally Argentina back in April. Jari-Matti Latvala beat Dani Sordo to the final podium spot. Entries The final entry list included 90 crews – the highest number in any event this season. 18 drivers contested the event in the top category World Rally Car and ten were registered for the Junior World Rally Championship.Finland sets standard with 90 on entry list Crash.net http://www.crash.net/World+Rally/news/149260/1/finland_sets_standard_with_90_on_entry_list.html 3 July 2009 18 July 2009 In addition to usual names, Matti Rantanen, who finished seventh in last year's event in a private Ford Focus RS WRC 06, partnered Federico Villagra in the Munchi's Ford World Rally Team and drove the 2008-spec Focus WRC.David Evans Munchi's adds Rantanen for Finland Autosport http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76550 26 June 2009 18 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090629045542/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76550 29 June 2009 live Ferrari's 2007 Formula One world champion Kimi Räikkönen made his WRC debut at the event. This was also his first rally on gravel, after competing in two snow rallies in Finland and in a tarmac rally in Italy. As previously, he drove the Super 2000 class Fiat Grande Punto Abarth prepared by Tommi Mäkinen Racing.David Evans Raikkonen to contest Rally Finland Autosport http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76623 29 June 2009 18 July 2009 Räikkönen faced competition from other S2000 entrants such as Juho Hänninen, Anton Alén and Janne Tuohino and from Group N drivers such as Patrik Flodin. Former Stobart M-Sport Ford driver Urmo Aava entered the event in a Honda Civic Type-R R3. Entry list No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Gr. Cl. 1 FRA Sébastien Loeb MCO Daniel Elena FRA Citroën Total World Rally Team Citroën C4 WRC A 8 2 ESP Daniel Sordo ESP Marc Martí FRA Citroën Total World Rally Team Citroën C4 WRC A 8 3 FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen GBR BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 09 A 8 4 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila GBR BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 09 A 8 5 GBR Matthew Wilson GBR Scott Martin GBR Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 A 8 6 NOR Henning Solberg NOR Cato Menkerud GBR Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 A 8 7 RUS Evgeny Novikov AUS Dale Moscatt FRA Citroën Junior Team Citroën C4 WRC A 8 8 ZWE Conrad Rautenbach GBR Daniel Barritt FRA Citroën Junior Team Citroën C4 WRC A 8 9 ARG Federico Villagra ARG Jorge Perez Companc ARG Munchi's Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 A 8 10 FIN Matti Rantanen FIN Mikko Lukka ARG Munchi's Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 A 8 11 NOR Petter Solberg GBR Phil Mills NOR Petter Solberg MSN Citroën Xsara WRC A 8 12 FRA Sébastien Ogier FRA Julien Ingrassia FRA Citroën Junior Team Citroën C4 WRC A 8 14 NOR Mads Østberg SWE Jonas Andersson NOR Adapta AS Subaru Impreza WRC 2008 A 8 15 ARE Khalid Al-Qassimi GBR Michael Orr GBR BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 A 8 16 FIN Jari Ketomaa FIN Mika Stenberg FIN Ketomaa WRT Subaru Impreza WRC 2007 A 8 17 FIN Jukka Ketomäki FIN Kai Risberg FIN Kai Risberg Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 A 8 31 GER Aaron Burkart GER Michael Kölbach GER Aaron Burkart Suzuki Swift S1600 A 6 32 POL Michał Kościuszko POL Maciej Szczepaniak POL Michał Kościuszko Suzuki Swift S1600 A 6 33 ITA Simone Bertolotti ITA Luca Celestini ITA Simone Bertolotti Suzuki Swift S1600 A 6 34 ITA Luca Griotti ITA Corrado Bonato ITA Luca Griotti Renault Clio R3 A 7 35 FRA Yoann Bonato FRA Benjamin Boulloud FRA Yoann Bonato Suzuki Swift S1600 A 6 36 NLD Hans Weijs BEL Björn Degandt NLD KNAF Talent First Team Holland Citroën C2 S1600 A 6 37 NLD Kevin Abbring NLD Erwin Mombaerts NLD KNAF Talent First Team Holland Renault Clio R3 A 7 38 CZE Martin Prokop CZE Jan Tománek CZE Czech National Team Citroën C2 S1600 A 6 39 GER Mark Wallenwein GER Stefan Kopczyk ITA TRT Srl. Renault Clio R3 A 7 59 FIN Kalle Pinomäki FIN Matti Kaskinen FIN Kalle Pinomäki Renault Clio R3 A 7 61 CYP Nicos Thomas CYP Angelos Loizides ITA Pirelli Star Driver Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X N 4 62 RSA Jon Williams GBR George Gwynn ITA Pirelli Star Driver Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X N 4 63 FIN Jarkko Nikara FIN Jarkko Kalliolepo ITA Pirelli Star Driver Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X N 4 64 CZE Martin Semerád CZE Bohuslav Ceplecha ITA Pirelli Star Driver Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X N 4 65 NZL Mark Tapper NZL Jeff Judd ITA Pirelli Star Driver Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X N 4 66 FIN Juho Hänninen FIN Mikko Markkula FIN Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 N 4 67 FIN Anton Alén FIN Timo Alanne FIN Anton Alén Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 N 4 68 SWE Patrik Flodin SWE Göran Bergsten RUS Uspenskiy Rally Tecnica Subaru Impreza WRX STi N 4 69 FIN Janne Tuohino FIN Markku Tuohino FIN Janne Tuohino Peugeot 207 S2000 N 4 70 FIN Kimi Räikkönen FIN Kaj Lindström FIN Kimi Räikkönen Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 N 4 71 FIN Jouni Arolainen FIN Risto Pietiläinen FIN Jouni Arolainen Ford Focus RS WRC 04 A 8 72 FIN Mattias Therman FIN Janne Perälä ARG Munchi's Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 A 8 73 NOR Sveinung Bieltvedt NOR Roger Eilertsen NOR Sveinung Bieltvedt Subaru Impreza WRX STi N 4 74 EST Ott Tänak EST Kristo Kraag EST Ott Tänak Subaru Impreza WRX STi N 4 75 EST Urmo Aava EST Kuldar Sikk EST Urmo Aava Honda Civic Type-R R3 A 7 76 FIN Ari Laivola FIN Kari Mustalahti FIN Ari Laivola Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX N 4 77 FIN Jukka Metsälä FIN Sari Ohra-aho FIN Jukka Metsälä Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X N 4 78 RUS Radik Shaymiev RUS Timur Kafarov RUS Radik Shaymiev Peugeot 207 S2000 N 4 79 FIN Reijo Muhonen FIN Timo Mäenpää FIN Reijo Muhonen Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX N 4 80 FIN Petri Lehtovirta FIN Juha Kanerva FIN Petri Lehtovirta Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX N 4 81 FIN Pekka Savela FIN Ville Mäkelä FIN Pekka Savela Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX N 4 82 FIN Jukka Hara FIN Petteri Luostarinen FIN Jukka Hara Subaru Impreza WRX STi N 4 83 FIN Ville Silvasti FIN Jani Rauhala FIN Jani Rauhala Subaru Impreza WRX STi N 4 84 FIN Timo Pulkkinen FIN Lasse Miettinen FIN Timo Pulkkinen Subaru Impreza WRX STi A 8 85 FIN Pekka Vihma FIN Kim Niemelä FIN Pekka Vihma Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX N 4 86 FIN Jarmo Komsi FIN Pasi Karppinen FIN Jarmo Komsi Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX N 4 87 FIN Kai Ahola FIN Peter Flythström FIN Kai Ahola Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII A 8 88 ITA Fabio Frisiero ESP Jordi Barrabés Costa ITA Fabio Frisiero Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX N 4 89 EST Georg Gross EST Raigo Mõlder EST Georg Gross Subaru Impreza WRX STi N 4 90 FIN Tomi Weurlander FIN Veijo Vyörykkä FIN Tomi Weurlander Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII N 4 91 FIN Jukka Kihlman FIN Harri Kihlman FIN Jukka Kihlman Subaru Impreza WRX STi N 4 92 FIN Jouni Virtanen FIN Jussi Martiskin FIN Jouni Virtanen Subaru Impreza WRX STi N 4 93 FIN Tony Ahti FIN Mika Joensuu FIN Tony Ahti Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX N 4 94 FIN Asko Mäkinen FIN Veli-Matti Haljala FIN Asko Mäkinen Subaru Impreza WRX STi N 4 95 FIN Axel Lindholm FIN Timo Hantunen FIN Axel Lindholm Honda Civic Type-R N 3 96 ITA Silvano Pintarelli ITA Mauro Marchioni ITA Silvano Pintarelli Renault Clio R3 A 7 97 IRL Craig Breen GBR Gareth Roberts IRL Craig Breen Ford Fiesta ST N 3 98 GER Patrick Anglade GER Björn Röhm GER Patrick Anglade Ford Fiesta ST N 3 99 FIN Jussi Kumpumäki FIN Mikael Korhonen FIN Jussi Kumpumäki Ford Fiesta ST N 3 100 TUR Emre Yurdakul TUR Burak Erdener TUR Castrol Ford Team Turkiye Ford Fiesta ST N 3 101 TUR Burcu Cetinkaya TUR Cicek Guney TUR Castrol Ford Team Turkiye Ford Fiesta ST N 3 102 ARE Bader Al-Jabri GBR Stephen McAuley ARE Team Abu Dhabi Ford Fiesta ST N 3 103 ARE Majed Al-Shamsi GBR Allan Harryman ARE Team Abu Dhabi Ford Fiesta ST N 3 104 RUS Denis Grodetskiy RUS Safoniy Lotko EST Cueks Racing Ford Fiesta ST N 3 105 ARE Ahmed Al-Mansoori IRL Killian Duffy ARE Team Abu Dhabi Ford Fiesta ST N 3 106 FIN Timo Pitkäniemi FIN Ossi Lehtonen FIN Timo Pitkäniemi Renault Clio RS N 3 107 ITA Fabrizio de Sanctis ITA Sergio Biancolli ITA Fabrizio de Sanctis Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI A 8 108 FRA Daniel Cambon FRA Valerie Antherieu FRA Daniel Cambon Renault Clio RS N 3 109 FIN Jari Laakso FIN Jari Tarvainen FIN Jari Laakso Volkswagen Polo 1.4 16V A 5 110 FIN Ville Ruokanen FIN Timo Pallari FIN Ville Ruokanen Volkswagen Polo 1.4 16V A 5 111 FIN Kari Hytönen FIN Ismo Pietiläinen FIN Kari Hytönen Suzuki Swift Sport N 2 112 FIN Ilkka Kariste FIN Toni Valovaara FIN Ilkka Kariste Volkswagen Polo 1.4 16V A 5 113 FIN Mikael Wikstedt FIN Hannu Rokkanen FIN Mikael Wikstedt Škoda Fabia 1.4 16V A 5 114 FIN Jouko Pulkkinen FIN Petri Hänninen FIN Jouko Pulkkinen Volkswagen Polo GTi N 2 115 FIN Toni Harsia FIN Timo Kekkonen FIN Toni Harsia Volkswagen Polo 1.4 16V A 5 116 FIN Teemu Horkama FIN Sami Sarjula FIN Teemu Horkama Škoda Felicia 1.3 A 5 117 SWE Patrik Ottosson SWE Stefan Ottosson SWE Patrik Ottosson Volkswagen Polo 1.4 16V A 5 118 FIN Raimo Kaisanlahti FIN Tapani Pulkkinen FIN Raimo Kaisanlahti Volkswagen Polo 1.4 16V A 5 119 FIN Tomi Vilenius FIN Sami Ryynänen FIN Tomi Vilenius Ford Puma Kit Car A 5 120 FIN Matti Tuominen FIN Pekka Leppälä FIN Matti Tuominen Volkswagen Polo 1.4 16V A 5 121 FIN Pasi Laaksomaa FIN Susanna Söyrilä FIN Pasi Laaksomaa Volkswagen Polo 1.4 16V A 5 122 GBR Nick West GBR Chris Melling GBR Nick West Volkswagen Polo 1.4 16V A 5 123 BRB Adrian Linton BRB Jonathan Linton BRB Jonathan Linton Opel Astra OPC N 3 124 FIN Juhani Länsikorpi FIN Pasi Haataja FIN Juhani Länsikorpi Toyota Yaris A 5 Summary thumb|left|Petter Solberg on the Killeri super special stage As in the previous year's event, the battle for the win was between the title contenders Mikko Hirvonen of Ford and Sébastien Loeb of Citroën. Although Loeb proved faster on the opening super special stage, Hirvonen took the lead when the rally really got underway on Friday, and began building up a lead by about a second per stage. Loeb backed off and settled for second after damaging a tyre and losing 13 seconds on SS15. Hirvonen's win was his first in his home event, after finishing runner-up to Marcus Grönholm in 2007 and to Loeb in 2008. Jari-Matti Latvala, who suffered from food poisoning on day two, passed Dani Sordo to take his first podium in his home event. Petter Solberg also looked set to challenge for a podium place, but suffered a puncture and then went wide and got stuck in a ditch right at the end of the fourth stage.Finland SS4 – Loeb fastest as Petter hits trouble Rally-Live.com http://www.rally-live.com/en/wrc/headlines/news/detail/090731085157.shtml 31 July 2009 3 August 2009 thumb|Red Bull Rally Team's Juho Hänninen won the Group N class in a Škoda Fabia S2000. Munchi's Ford driver Matti Rantanen took a career-best fifth place in only his second rally in a World Rally Car. After Stobart's Henning Solberg, Rantanen's main challenger for the position, retired with a broken suspension, Rantanen was chased down by Citroën Junior Team's Sébastien Ogier. Ogier closed to within 0.6 seconds before the final stage but a time only 0.3 seconds faster than Rantanen's kept him in sixth place.Matt Beer Hirvonen secures Finland win Autosport http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77513 2 August 2009 3 August 2009 Ogier's teammates Evgeny Novikov and Conrad Rautenbach both crashed out. Novikov crashed on both Friday and Saturday mornings while Rautenbach held ninth place until his accident on the penultimate stage. Jari Ketomaa made his World Rally Car debut in a private Subaru Impreza WRC2007 and was another driver to challenge for fifth, the "best of the rest" position. He incurred a puncture and struggled with steering damage on Friday, losing over a minute, but recovered to overtake Stobart's Matthew Wilson for eighth and then began closing in on Mads Østberg in a year newer Impreza WRC. As the Norwegian crashed out on SS19, Ketomaa took the seventh place and his first-ever WRC points, and Wilson eighth and his first-ever point in the Rally Finland. Khalid al-Qassimi finished ninth and production class winner Juho Hänninen beat Munchi's Federico Villagra for tenth place. Martin Prokop won the Junior World Rally Championship category and secured the junior world title.Prokop wins J-WRC title with Finnish victory Rally-Live.com http://www.rally-live.com/en/wrc/headlines/news/detail/090802194632.shtml 2 August 2009 3 August 2009 Crowd favourite Kimi Räikkönen impressed in his WRC debut. Despite engine trouble, he held third place in the production class until rolling out at exactly the same place as Østberg. Räikkönen's performance drew praise from the top rally drivers.Top rally drivers praise Raikkonen WRC debut Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=339515&FS=F1 3 August 2009 3 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090805153456/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=339515&FS=F1 5 August 2009 dead Results Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints WRC 1 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 2:50:40.9 0.0 10 2 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 2:51:06.0 +25.1 8 3 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Finland Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 09 2:51:30.8 +49.9 6 4 Spain Dani Sordo Spain Marc Martí Citroën C4 WRC 2:51:47.0 +1:06.1 5 5 Finland Matti Rantanen Finland Mikko Lukka Ford Focus RS WRC 08 2:54:59.1 +4:18.2 4 6 France Sébastien Ogier France Julien Ingrassia Citroën C4 WRC 2:54:59.4 +4:18.5 3 7 Finland Jari Ketomaa Finland Mika Stenberg Subaru Impreza WRC 2007 2:55:48.4 +5:07.5 2 8 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson UK Scott Martin Ford Focus RS WRC 08 2:57:14.5 +6:33.6 1 JWRC 1 CZE Martin Prokop CZE Jan Tománek Citroën C2 S1600 3:17:03.1 0.0 10 2 FIN Kalle Pinomäki FIN Matti Kaskinen Renault Clio R3 3:17:58.6 +55.5 8 3 POL Michał Kościuszko POL Maciek Szczepaniak Suzuki Swift S1600 3:20:24.0 +3:20.9 6 4 DEU Aaron Nikolai Burkart DEU Michael Kölbach Suzuki Swift S1600 3:20:53.5 +3:50.4 5 5 DEU Mark Wallenwein DEU Stefan Kopczyk Renault Clio R3 3:30:28.6 +13:25.5 4 6 ITA Simone Bertolotti ITA Luca Celestini Suzuki Swift S1600 3:34:19.0 +17:15.9 3 7 NED Hans Weijs, Jr. BEL Bjorn Degandt Citroën C2 S1600 3:51:17.8 +34:14.7 2 Special stages DayStageTime (EEST)NameLengthWinnerTimeRally leader1 (30-31 Jul) SS1 19:00Killeri 1 2.06 km France Sébastien Loeb 1:20.3 France Sébastien Loeb SS2 7:38Jukojärvi 1 22.29 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 10:36.2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen SS3 8:11Kruununperä 1 13.51 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 6:29.9 SS4 8:59Mökkiperä 1 13.64 km France Sébastien Loeb 6:42.2 SS5 9:46Palsankylä 1 13.92 km France Sébastien Loeb 7:06.7 SS6 13:02Jukojärvi 2 22.29 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 10:25.2 SS7 13:35Kruununperä 2 13.51 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 6:22.3 SS8 14:23Mökkiperä 2 13.64 km France Sébastien Loeb 6:37.0 SS9 15:10Palsankylä 2 13.92 km France Sébastien Loeb 7:01.6 SS10 20:00Killeri 2 2.06 km France Sébastien Loeb 1:20.22 (1 Aug) SS11 7:13Leustu 1 21.35 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 10:04.8 SS12 8:02Himos 1 20.94 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 10:31.7 SS13 9:25Surkee 1 14.95 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 8:01.2 SS14 11:37Leustu 2 21.35 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 10:03.4 SS15 12:26Himos 2 20.94 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 10:35.4 SS16 13:49Surkee 2 14.95 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 7:59.7 SS17 16:11Urria 12.75 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 5:55.5 SS18 17:19Kavala 10.35 km Finland Jari-Matti LatvalaFrance Sébastien Ogier 5:10.1 SS19 17:52Väärinmaja 29.29 kmFinland Jari-Matti Latvala 14:56.33 (2 Aug) SS20 8:17Hannula 10.82 kmFinland Jari-Matti Latvala 5:41.1 SS21 8:58Myhinpää 1 15.06 kmFrance Sébastien Loeb 6:59.1 SS22 10:51Myhinpää 2 15.06 kmFinland Jari-Matti Latvala 6:52.1 SS23 12:18Ruuhimäki 6.5 kmFinland Jari-Matti Latvala 3:12.4 Championship standings after the event Drivers' championship Pos Driver IRLIreland NORNorway CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece POLPoland FINFinland AUSAustralia ESPSpain GBRUnited Kingdom  Pts  1 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 3 2 2 2 Ret 2 1 1 168 2 France Sébastien Loeb 1 1 1 1 1 4 Ret 7 265 3 Spain Dani Sordo 2 5 4 3 2 23 12 2 444 4 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 14 3 12 Ret 6 1 3 Ret 331 5 Norway Henning Solberg 4 4 18 5 3 8 15 3 30 27 6 NOR Petter Solberg 6 3 4 Ret 3 Ret 4 Ret 25 7 GBR Matthew Wilson 7 7 5 Ret 5 6 14 5 8 20 8 France Sébastien Ogier 6 10 Ret 17 7 Ret 2 Ret 616 9 Argentina Federico Villagra 7 7 4 Ret 4 1114 10 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach 18 Ret 6 Ret Ret 9 5 8 Ret8 11 NOR Mads Østberg 9 6 7 7 Ret Ret 7 12 UAE Khalid al-Qassimi 8 8 8 16 6 9 6 13 RUS Evgeny Novikov 12 Ret Ret 5 16 9 Ret4 Australia Chris Atkinson 54 Finland Matti Rantanen 54 16 Poland Krzysztof Hołowczyc 6 3 17 Finland Jari Ketomaa 7 2 18 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah 11 16 8 10 9 1 EST Urmo Aava 10 8 29 1 Greece Lambros Athanassoulas 8 1 Pos Driver IRLIreland NORNorway CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece POLPoland FINFinland AUSAustralia ESPSpain GBRUnited Kingdom Pts Manufacturers' championship Pos Team Event Totalpoints IRLIreland NORNorway CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece POLPoland FINFinland AUSAustralia ESPSpain GBRUnited Kingdom 1 France Citroën Total World Rally Team 18 14 16 16 18 8 4 12 13 119 2 USA BP Ford World Rally Team 8 14 10 8 3 18 18 10 16 105 3 United Kingdom Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 8 8 6 5 10 7 5 11 4 64 4 France Citroën Junior Team 5 2 4 0 2 5 6 5 4 33 5 ARG Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 3 4 5 0 6 0 2 20 References External links Official website Event at WRC.com Finland Rally Finland Category:Rally Finland