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02 - 04 Aug 12

Neste Oil Rally Finland

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Neste Oil Rally Finland Day 3 (all times GMT)

 

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17:02 Andersson wins SWRC!

PG Andersson claims the win, and 25 points, in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship

17:01 Live Tweets #WRC

BILLIOT Jérémie ‏@planetemarcus - #WRC @RallyFinland Loeb wins Hirvo+6.1 JML+35 PSolberg+56.1 Ostberg+2.32.1 Tanak+2.47.6 Rantanen+4.51.7 Ketomaa+6.01.9 Prokop+6.04.3

17:00 Live Tweets #WRC

Becs Williams ‏@Becsywecsy - Sebastien Loebinen! #WRC !! @CitroenRacing

16:57 Live Tweets #WRC

Citroën Racing ‏@CitroenRacing Seb #Loeb and @wrccodriver win the 500th round of the #WRC. 4th one-two in a row for @Citroen, the 5th this season #rallyfinland

16:56 Power Stage top three

Mikko Hirvonen takes three points, Petter Solberg claims two points and Sebastien Loeb gets one point

16:54 Loeb end of rally quote

Sebastien Loeb said: "It's very satisfying to win here in Finland. It's a rally I didn't really expect to win, it's very difficult to beat the Finnish drivers here. We had a great fight with Mikko, and a one-two for Citroen is great. To have won Finland three times feel great! It's an incredible rally, very fast but everything went well this weekend."

16:51 Loeb wins Rally Finland!

Sebastien Loeb takes win number 73 in the WRC and claims his third victory on Finnish soil

16:49 Second place for Hirvonen

Mikko Hirvonen completes Stage 18 with a time of 15min 17.3sec - a new record on Ouninpohja! "We had a fantastic fight, and he was just faster again. Sebastien really is incredible, he is going very fast" said Hirvonen at the finish

16:47 Latvala finishes third on Rally Finland

Jari-Matti Latvala through the rally's closing power stage and claims third place. "Citroen was very, very strong on this rally, I just had no chance. Something broke on the front of the car so I lost a lot of time on the last stage," said Latvala

16:43 Solberg finishes Rally Finland!

Petter Solberg completes closing power stage in 15min 17.9sec. "I made one or two small mistakes, but I don't think I've taken the record as the guys behind me might have been slightly faster," said Solberg at the finish

16:39 Ostberg through Stage 18

"It's been a good experience and I'm pleased with fifth position," said Mads Ostberg at the finish

16:37 Tanak completes Rally Finland

Ott Tanak through the day's closing power stage with a time of 15min 33.9sec, fastest driver through so far

16:34 Ketomaa through closing power stage

Jari Ketomaa said: "I'm happy to finish in the top ten. We managed to keep Martin [Prokop] behind which is good. The rally was very enjoyable but we did struggle a little with set-up."

16:31 Live Tweets #WRC

Adrià Keselowski @aridxon - Matti Rantanen quickest so far, 2.7 faster than Neuville #WRC #RallyFinland

16:30 Rantanen reaches end of Rally Finland

Matti Rantanen completes the rally's closing power stage with a time of 15min 40.1sec

16:25 Neuville completes Rally Finland

Thierry Neuville through SS18 with a time of 15min 42.8sec, fastest driver through so far. "I didn't enjoy today so much. But we have learned a lot, and showed good pace on the first two days," said Neuville

16:23 Lindholm end of rally quote

"I wanted to do this rally one more time. Our target was to reach the end and we are very happy to have made it here," said Sebastian Lindholm

16:19 Atko reaches end of Rally Finland

"I'm really happy with our speed after four years away. We need to focus on the Asia Pacific title at the moment, but I'd really like to get back into a World Rally Car at some point soon," said Chris Atkinson

16:16 Novikov through Stage 18 and completes Rally Finland

Evgeny Novikov completes SS18 in 16min 07.0sec

14:50 Evans wins WRC Academy!

Elfyn Evans has claimed his second consecutive victory in the Pirelli-backed WRC Academy

14:44 Leaderboard after Stage 17

After Stage 17: 1. Loeb 2. Hirvonen +7.2sec 3 Latvala +29sec 4. Solberg +56.6sec 5. Ostberg +2:17.9sec 6. Tanak +2:30sec

14:42 Live Tweets #WRC

Rallysupport.nl ‏@rallysupportNL - SS17: 1.Hirvonen, 2.Loeb +2.2, 3.Latvala +5.8, 4.Solberg +13.4, 5.Østberg +16.3, 6.Rantanen +30.0, 7.Tänak +30.6 #WRC #RallyFinland #Rally

14:41 Live Tweets #WRC

MINImotorsport ‏@MINImotorsport #Hirvonen 2.2 secs quicker than #Loeb on SS17, but Loeb still up 7.2 secs up on Hirv 4 the overall lead. #WRC

14:40 Andersson through SS17

PG Andersson completes Stage 17 in 16min 39.0sec. Andersson moves up to lead SWRC after Craig Breen's incident

14:38 Breen update

Craig Breen has suffered from a high speed roll. It is reported that Breen and co-driver Paul Nagle are both okay

14:36 Ogier through Stage 17

Sebastien Ogier through SS17 in 16min 28.2sec

14:34 Hirvonen quicker than Loeb

Mikko Hirvonen through Stage 17, 2.2sec quicker than Sebastien Loeb

14:31 Breen stopped

Reports that Craig Breen has stopped on Stage 17

14:29 Latvala quickest through Stage 17

Jari-Matti Latvala through SS17 in 15min 32.7sec. Latvala said: "I really enjoyed that stage, everything was working well. We had a couple of small moments but it was good."

14:27 Solberg faster than Ostberg

Petter Solberg through Stage 17 in 15m 40.3sec. "It's very loose in there," said Solberg

14:26 Ostberg quote at end of SS17

"We wanted to take some time out of Ott [Tanak] and we have done that so that is good. Now we are ahead of him again in the standings," said Mads Ostberg. Ostberg completes Stage 17 in 15m 43.2s

14:24 Tanak completes Stage 17

Ott Tanak through Stage 17 with a time of 15min 57.5sec

14:21 Rantanen quickest through so far

Matti Rantanen is the fastest driver through SS17 so far, completes in 15min 56.9sec

14:14 Prokop quicker than Atkinson

Martin Prokop through Stage 17 in 16min 17.5sec, 0.7sec quicker than Chris Atkinson

14:09 Rantanen quickest on Stage 17

Matti Rantanen through SS17 fastest so far, completes in 15m 56.9s

14:07 Neuville quote at end of Stage 17

"That was a very, very difficult stage. My pacenotes were quite bad so I slowed down a lot. It's a very nice stage but really hard," said Neuville

14:05 Live Tweets #WRC

Lauren Kelly ‏@LaurenSamboraxx - Watched Rally Finland WRC this morning, awesome stuff! Workin now :P

14:02 Araujo and Nobre through SS17

Armindo Araujo completes with a time of 16min 55.1sec and Paulo Nobre through SS17 in 18min 31.6sec

14:00 Update on Tahku

Riku Tahku has crashed on the stage, both driver and co-driver are okay. Car was partly blocking the stage which held the cars up at the startling line

13:56 Atkinson through SS17

Chris "Atko" Atkinson completes Stage 17 in 16min 18.2sec. "It was very loose in there, usually there's a lot of grip in that stage," said Atko

13:54 Novikov through SS17

Evgeny Novikov completes in 16min 56.3sec. "It was difficult. We went the wrong way at a junction, small mistake," said Novikov

13:51 Problems for Tahku

Reported problems for Riku Takhu on Stage 17

11:05 Overall leaderboard

After SS16 - Loeb 1:57:23.9, Hirvonen +9.4, Latvala +16.0, Solberg +20.0, Tanak + 1:16.3, Ostberg +2.1. Two stages remaining

11:04 Breen extends leads in SWRC

Difficulties for PG Andersson means that Craig Breen extends his lead in SWRC

10:59 Loeb equal fastest on Stage 16

Sebastien Loeb sets the same time as Jari-Matti Latvala, completes in 10min 20.2sec. Ten seconds separate Loeb and Hirvonen on the top two spots of the leaderboard

10:57 Hirvonen through Stage 16

Mikko Hirvonen through SS6 with a time of 10min 20.3sec

10:56 Latvala quicker than Solberg

Jari-Matti Latvala through SS16 with a time of 10min 20.2sec, quickest driver through so far

10:54 Solberg quickest through Stage 16

Petter Solberg completes SS16 in 10min 20.5sec

10:52 Front wheel drive only for Ostberg

Mads Ostberg through SS16 but lost time and now drops behind Ott Tanak in the overall classifications. "I don't know what it is, I have only front wheel drive," said Ostberg

10:49 Tanak quickest through Stage 16 so far

Ott Tanak through SS16 with a time of 10min 24.4sec, quickest driver through so far

10:47 Ketomaa slower than Rantanen

Jari Ketomaa completes SS16 in 10min 38.4sec, 0.7sec behind Matti Rantanen

10:44 Rantanen up to seventh

Matti Rantanen has moved up to seventh on the overall leaderboard

10:42 Prokop slower than Neuville

Martin Prokop completes SS16 in 10min 40.8sec

10:40 Neuville quote at end of SS16

"I really enjoyed this stage. I got back a little bit of rhythm yesterday. My co-driver has also got his voice back so I can hear his pacenotes again!"

10:38 Lindholm through Stage 16

Sebastian Lindholm through SS16 with a time of 11min 13.2sec

10:35 Tahko happy after Stage 16

Riku Tahko completes SS16 in 10min 58.6sec. "I am super happy with our pace on that stage, I feel like we've finally got a hang of driving this car," said Tahko

10:33 Araujo losing time after an off

Armindo Araujo through SS16 with a time of 12min 22.4sec, but lost time after a small off into a ditch

10:31 Nobre completes SS16

Paulo Nobre through Stage 16 in 12min 01.2sec

10:29 Atkinson fastest than Novikov

Chris Atkinson through S16, 11.6sec faster than Novikov who is suffering from brake problems

10:27 Novikov through Stage 16

Evgeny Novikov through SS16 in 10min 48.7sec

10:07 Live Tweets #WRC

Citroën Racing ‏@CitroenRacing - After SS15: 1 Loeb - 2 Hirvonen +9.3 - 3 Latvala +25.4 - 4 Solberg +45.1 - 5 Ostberg +1'14 #WRC #rallyfinland

10:06 Kruuda completes SS15

Karl Kruuda through Stage 15 in 8min 37.4sec. "I'm not very happy. I'm pushing but the times aren't coming," said Kruuda

10:04 Andersson slower than Breen

PG Andersson completes SS15, only 0.1sec adrift of fellow SWRC competitor Craig Breen. Andersson now leads SWRC by 1.2 seconds to Breen

10:00 Stage win for Loeb

Sebastien Loeb completes SS15 fastest, 1.9sec quicker than Mikko Hirvonen. "It's impossible to relax in Finland, we must continue to push. We have nine seconds lead, but Mikko will be very strong in the next few stages. We must continue to go flat out," said Loeb

09:58 Hirvonen slower than Latvala

Mikko Hirvonen through SS15 with a time of 8min 02.2sec. "I'm going to push like hell," said Hirvonen

09:57 Latvala faster than Solberg

Jari-Matti Latvala through SS15 with a time of 8min 0.8sec, 4.6sec quicker than Petter Solberg

09:54 Solberg fastest through SS15 so far

Petter Solberg through Stage 15 fastest out of driver so far, completes in 8min 05.4sec

09:52 Ostberg slower than Tanak

Mads Ostberg completes SS15, 2.4sec adrift of pace-setter Ott Tanak

09:50 Tanak quickest through SS15

Ott Tanak fastest through Stage 15 so far, completes with a time of 8min 06.1sec

09:48 Front left puncture for Ketomaa

Jari Ketomaa through SS15, but lost 44 seconds to Matti Rantanen as a result of a front left puncture. "We're unhappy, we wanted to try and stay in front of Matti. We've driven about 10km on this puncture," said Ketomaa

09:45 Rantanen quicker than Prokop

Matti Rantanen completes SS15, 2.2sec quicker than Martin Prokop

09:43 Prokop quickest on Stage 15

Martin Prokop is the quickest driver through SS15, completes in 8min 15sec

09:39 Neuville stalls on start line

Thierry Neuville completed SS15 in 8min 21.4sec, 4.6sec behind Novikov. "I had a stall on the start line and lost about 10 seconds," said Neuville

09:35 Tahko slower than Araujo

Riku Taho through Stage 15, 2.4sec adrift of Portugal's Armindo Araujo

09:33 Nobre and Araujo through SS15

Paulo Nobre and Armindo Araujo both through Stage 15. Nobre completes in 9min 08.6sec, and Araujo through in 8min 33.0sec

09:30 Atkinson slower than Novikov

Chris Atkinson completes SS15, 6.6 seconds slower than Evgeny Novikov

09:28 Novikov first to complete Stage 15

Evgeny Novikov through SS15 in 8min 16.8sec

07:44 Live Tweets #WRC

Ford Rally ‏@FordWRC @jarimattiwrc 3rd quickest through SS14, @petter_solberg 5th. Still 3rd & 4th O/A. Service break now, SS15 11:18. #rallyfinland

07:43 Top five after Stage 14

Loeb 1:39:03.4, Hirvonen + 7.4, Latvala +17.5, Solberg+15.1, Ostberg + 26.4, Tanak + 45.3

07:42 Salo on the move

Juho Salo is on the move again

07:41 Live Tweets #WRC

Citroën Racing ‏@CitroenRacing - SS14: 1 Hirvonen - 2 Loeb +1.5 - 3 Latvala +4.9 - 4 Tanak +7.8 - 5 Solberg +7.9 - 6 Ostberg +9.2 #WRC #rallyfinland

07:41 Andersson and Breen through SS14

PG Andersson and Craig Breen both through Stage 14. Andersson completes 2.8sec quicker than Breen and resumes SWRC lead

07:39 Ogier through SS14

Sebastien Ogier is the first Fiesta S2000 to complete Stage 14. Completes in 11min 06.4sec. "Driving in Finland is always fantastic. There is no pressure today and we are just looking forward to next year competing in the Polo World Rally Car," said Ogier

07:38 Loeb slower than Hirvonen

Sebastien Loeb completes SS14, 1.5sec adrift of team-mate Mikko Hirvonen

07:37 Salo stopped

Reports that Juho Salo has stopped on Stage 14

07:36 Hirvonen quicker than Latvala

Mikko Hirvonen completes Stage 14, 4.9sec quicker than Ford's Jari--Matti Latvala

07:35 Latvala quickest through SS14 so far

Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala through Stage 14 in 10min 30.7sec. "I am pushing but there is nowhere I can take any more speed out of Loeb. I really am trying," said Latvala

07:33 Solberg slower than Tanak

Petter Solberg through Stage 14 with a time of 10min 33.7sec, 0.1sec behind pace-setter Ott Tanak

07:32 Live Tweets #WRC

Adrià Keselowski ;D ‏@aridxon - What a time for Tanak! 14.9 faster than Ketomaa! #WRC #RallyFinland

07:31 Live Tweets #WRC

Minna Mäkelä ‏@MinnaMakela - This is the day I've been waiting for 4 years! Legendary #Ouninpohja is back!! #WRC

07:30 Ostberg quote at end of SS14

"Not so bad, we tried to push a bit in there. We had a bit of a moment over a jump so after that we took a bit steadier," said Ostberg

07:29 Live Tweets #WRC

MINImotorsport ‏@MINImotorsport @Armindo_Araujo passes by @rikutahko overall by just 0.7 secs after SS14. #MINI @motorsportita @TOKSPORTTR #WRC #PauloNobre safely thru too.

07:28 Tanak faster than Ketomaa

Ott Tanak through SS14 in 10min 33.6sec, fastest driver so far

07:27 Ketomaa fastest through Stage 14 so far

Jari Ketomaa through SS14 10min 48.5sec

07:22 Prokop completes SS14

Martin Prokop safely through Stage 14 with a time of 10min 56.7sec

07:20 Update on Block

Reports that Ken Block has gone off the road and broken the suspension on his Ford Fiesta RS WRC. It is suspected that he won't continue

07:17 Neuville quickest through Stage 14

Thierry Neuville is the quickest driver through SS14 so far, completes in 10min 49.2sec

07:14 Tahko through SS14

Riku Tahko completes Stage 14 in 11min 17.2sec

07:13 Block stopped on stage

Reports that Ken Block has stopped on Stage 14

07:11 Araujo struggling with set-up

Armindo Araujo through SS14 with a time of 11min 10.1sec, reporting problems with car set-up

07:06 Atko completes Stage 14

"It's hard when you're out of a fight, you just lose a lot of motivation. We want to show a good pace today," said Chris Atkinson at the end of SS14

07:04 Novikov through SS14

Evgeny Novikov completes Stage 14 in 10min 56.1sec. "I took it a bit calm in there because Denis' back is bad," said Novikov

06:45 Live Tweets #WRC

iRally ‏@Official_iRally - SWRC after SS13: Breen leads, Andersson +1.5, Salo +1:15.0, Al Rahji +2:04.2, Lappi +13:38.2

06:42 Live Tweets #WRC

Citroën Racing ‏@CitroenRacing - Overall after SS13: 1 Loeb - 2 Hirvonen +8.9 - 3 Latvala +21 - 4 Solberg +33 - 5 Ostberg +58 - 6 Tanak +1'45 #WRC #rallyfinland

06:41 Live Tweets #WRC

Ford Rally ‏@FordWRC - SS11 completed, @jarimattiwrc with second fastest time. @petter_solberg 6th quickest explaining car was to low and will change set up.

06:40 Andersson quicker than Breen

PG Andersson completes SS13, 2.2 seconds quicker than fellow SWRC competitor Craig Breen

06:38 Ogier through Stage 13

Sebastien Ogier through SS13 in 8min 33.9sec

06:37 Stage win for Loeb

Sebastien Loeb through SS13 with a time of 8min 05.7sec. "Everything is feeling good today"

06:35 Hirvonen slower than Latvala

Mikko Hirvonen completes SS13, 2.7sec slower than Jari-Matti Latvala

06:33 Latvala quickest driver so far

Jari-Matti Latvala through Stage 13 quickest so far, completes in 8min 06.9sec. "I'm feeling good this morning, I'm relaxed and want to try to push the Citroens to make a mistake. That's all I can really do," said Latvala

06:31 Solberg slower than Ostberg and Tanak

Petter Solberg through SS13, 3.2sec behind pace-setter Ott Tanak

06:29 Ostberg slower than Tanak

Mads Ostberg completes Stage 13 two seconds adrift of Ott Tanak

06:27 Tanak completes SS13, fastest driver through so far

Estonia's Ott Tanak through Stage 13 with a time of 8min 14.7sec. "I am trying a bit harder today. Not quite happy with the pacenotes, there were a few more cuts in that stage than I was expecting," said Tanak

06:25 Ketomaa and Rantanen through Stage 13

Matti Rantanen through SS13 in 8min 27.5sec, and Jari Ketomaa completes in 8min 33.8sec

06:21 Prokop faster than Neuville

Martin Prokop through Stage 13 in 8min 27.2sec, fastest driver so far

06:19 Small damage to Block's Fiesta

Ken Block safely through SS13 but incurred some cosmetic damage to his Ford Fiesta RS WRC following an off on the stage

06:17 Neuville quickest through S13

Thierry Neuville quickest through SS13 in 8min 28.4sec

06:16 Missing bumper for Lindholm

Sebastian Lindholm lose bumper on a pole during SS13 but safely though in 8min 46.6sec

06:14 Tahko loses time on missed junction

Riku Tahko through SS13 but lost a small amount of time after missing a junction on the stage's closing section. Completes with a time of 8min 46.6sec

06:12 Araujo slower than Atkinson and Novikov

Armindo Araujo completes SS13 third fastest through so far. Completing in 8min 57.0sec

06:11 Nobre through SS13

Paulo Nobre completes SS13 with a time of 9min 36.8sec

06:10 Weather update: day three

Reports that the final day of Rally Finland is a lot cooler

06:09 Atkinson returns for final day in Finland

Chris Atkinson has returned under Rally 2 and completes SS13 with a time of 8min 45.7sec

06:05 Novikov completes Stage 13

Evgeny Novikov through today's opening stage with a time of 8min 43.0sec


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