Neste Oil Rally
Finland on
wrc.com

The waiting is almost over. Three weeks after Rally Bulgaria, the eighth round of the 2010 world championship is almost upon us, with cars and drivers gearing up to take on one of the giants of the WRC - Neste Oil Rally Finland.

The rally kicks off on Thursday evening, with a single stage ahead of two 14-hour-plus days on Friday and Saturday. It’s a new format which will test endurance to the limit. And to test nerves and skill, Finland delivers some of the best and fastest gravel stages in the world. So fast, in fact, that Finland boasts five of the six fastest rallies in WRC history - with the 2005 event topping the lot at 122.86kph.

Want to find out how the WRC stars get on this week? Then follow all the action LIVE here on wrc.com.

We'll be updating wrc.com throughout the event from our base in the heart of the Service Park. Via live stage and split times, news stories, video clips and our live rally radio, we’ll stream as much of Neste Oil Rally Finland to your computer as we possibly can - and all completely FREE of charge.

Here’s what we have for you this week:

EXCLUSIVE video clips from Finland
Head to the WRC TV section for a taste of what's coming up this week. Over the three days of the rally we’ll be filling the Finland section with dozens of fresh clips. Whether you want on-board footage, daily news summaries, driver interviews or the best stage action, you’ll find it here.

Our video archive facility means you can flick back through clips from previous rallies. This link will take you our selection of 37 videos from the 2009 edition of Rally de Portugal, including a handy summary of the whole rally .

Rally information and itinerary
For general information on Neste Oil Rally Finland the Rallies section is where you should head. The Finland page includes links to the official website and the rally itinerary. Once the rally is 'live' (on Thursday afternoon) you'll be able to access stage times, entry lists and other live data from here.

You’ll find extra rally information and links in our countdown, Super 2000 World Rally Championship, Production Car World Rally Championship and entry list stories.

Stage times and maps
Follow the progress of EVERY competitor in Finland using our live stage and split times service - accessed via the button on the left-hand side of the home page. The entry list, start list, itinerary and maps will be uploaded when the event’s timing system goes ‘live’ on Thursday. From then on, these pages are fed with data beamed direct from the stage ends and split points. With this service you’ll know stage times within seconds of the drivers themselves.

World Rally Radio
The World Rally Radio team will be broadcasting from host town Jyvaskyla for the duration of the rally, bringing live reports and interviews from the stage ends and Service Park.

'On air' times - all local to Finland (GMT +3hr) - are as follows:

Thursday 29 July: 1900hrs
Friday 30 July: 0715hrs
Saturday 31 July: 0700hrs

Find out more about the forthcoming shows in presenter Becs Williams' preview.

To contact the World Rally Radio Team send an e-mail to radio@wrc.com

And don’t forget, if you miss any of the coverage you can listen again via the World Rally Radio podcasts.

News bulletins
During the rally we’ll post stories from the stages and Service Park direct to the home page and News section. The search box on the home page can help you find stories by key words. You can sort stories rally-by-rally in the latest news section, or by date order in the news archive.

Own an iPhone?
Then keep up to date when you’re on the move with the World Rally Championship's official app. An upgrade of the official WRC iPhone app is now available featuring new-look timing screens and compatibility with the new OS4 operating system. It’s free and can be found on the home page of wrc.com, by searching 'Official WRC app' in iTunes or by following this link .

Or are you more of an Android fan?
If Android phones are your thing, then help yourself to the free app we've developed just for you. The Official WRC Android App features the same comprehensive results information found on wrc.com and, like the iPhone app, is fed by live timing data beamed directly from the cars and time controls. The app can be downloaded from the Android Marketplace.

WRC Facebook community.
The 180,000-strong WRC Facebook group is the place to head if you want to chat to other fans, debate the big issues of the day, share photos and watch more exclusive videos. Find the group and get involved by following this link.

Twitter
If you’re a Twitterer, then sign up to http://twitter.com/OfficialWRC to receive regular tweets of WRC news straight to your account.

YouTube
Full-length highlights from every rally from the 2001 to 2008 seasons are available to view free of charge on our new YouTube Show. The World Rally Championship Show, contains all of the three, 25-minute end-of-day highlight programmes made for each rally during the period. That's 75-minutes of coverage per event.

If that's not enough, follow this link to browse the Official WRC Channel for hundreds more clips - many of which are exclusive to YouTube.

Hello Hulu!
WRC fans in the USA can now view the complete full length 2008 and 2009 WRC TV program archive on Hulu. Follow this link to see the selection: www.hulu.com/wrc.

WRC on TV
Television coverage of the World Rally Championship is shown around the globe with over 5,000 hours of programming aired per year. Follow this link for a list of the broadcasters showing the WRC this year.

Enjoy!