2023 Rally Finland


The 2023 Rally Finland was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held from 3 August to 6 August 2023. It marked the seventy-second running of the Rally Finland, and was the ninth round of the 2023 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was based in Jyväskylä in Central Finland, and was contested over twenty-two special stages covering a total competitive distance of.
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category. Lauri Joona and Tuukka Shemeikka were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin won their second rally of the season. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturer's winners. Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen won the World Rally Championship-2 category. Benjamin Korhola and Pekka Kelander won the World Rally Championship-3 category.

Background

Entry list

The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Nine entered under Rally1 regulations, as were twenty-eight Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and thirteen Rally3 crews in the World Rally Championship-3.
No.DriverCo-DriverEntrantCarChampionship eligibilityTyre
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Itinerary

All dates and times are EEST.

Report

WRC-2 Rally2

Special stages

StageWinnersCarTimeClass leaders
SDMarczyk / GospodarczykŠkoda Fabia RS Rally22:06.4
SS1Huttunen / HaapalaŠkoda Fabia RS Rally22:47.3Huttunen / Haapala
SS2Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally25:56.9Pajari / Mälkonen
SS3Huttunen / HaapalaŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:28.5Pajari / Mälkonen
SS4Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally27:24.0Pajari / Mälkonen
SS5Mikkelsen / EriksenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally24:41.7Pajari / Mälkonen
SS6Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally25:56.7Pajari / Mälkonen
SS7Huttunen / HaapalaŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:27.1Pajari / Mälkonen
SS8Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally27:23.1Pajari / Mälkonen
SS9Heikkilä / VaaleriŠkoda Fabia RS Rally24:38.8Huttunen / Haapala
SS10Fourmaux / CoriaFord Fiesta Rally22:53.9Huttunen / Haapala
SS11Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally29:00.3Huttunen / Haapala
SS12Huttunen / HaapalaŠkoda Fabia RS Rally210:14.0Huttunen / Haapala
SS13Greensmith / Andersson
Pajari / Mälkonen
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2
10:33.4Huttunen / Haapala
SS14Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally210:46.0Huttunen / Haapala
SS15Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally28:52.8Pajari / Mälkonen
SS16Mikkelsen / EriksenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally210:07.9Pajari / Mälkonen
SS17Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally210:24.1Pajari / Mälkonen
SS18Fourmaux / CoriaFord Fiesta Rally211:15.6Pajari / Mälkonen
SS19Lindholm / HämäläinenHyundai i20 N Rally28:02.8Pajari / Mälkonen
SS20Gryazin / AleksandrovŠkoda Fabia RS Rally25:19.3Pajari / Mälkonen
SS21Lindholm / HämäläinenHyundai i20 N Rally27:51.8Pajari / Mälkonen
SS22Lindholm / HämäläinenHyundai i20 N Rally25:13.1Pajari / Mälkonen

StageWinnersCarTimeClass leaders
SDMarczyk / GospodarczykŠkoda Fabia RS Rally22:06.4
SS1Gryazin / AleksandrovŠkoda Fabia RS Rally22:48.4Gryazin / Aleksandrov
SS2Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally25:56.9Pajari / Mälkonen
SS3Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:29.5Pajari / Mälkonen
SS4Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally27:24.0Pajari / Mälkonen
SS5Linnamäe / MorganHyundai i20 N Rally24:42.2Pajari / Mälkonen
SS6Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally25:56.7Pajari / Mälkonen
SS7Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:28.0Pajari / Mälkonen
SS8Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally27:23.1Pajari / Mälkonen
SS9Heikkilä / VaaleriŠkoda Fabia RS Rally24:38.8Pajari / Mälkonen
SS10Gryazin / AleksandrovŠkoda Fabia RS Rally22:55.4Pajari / Mälkonen
SS11Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally29:00.3Pajari / Mälkonen
SS12Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally210:17.1Pajari / Mälkonen
SS13Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally210:33.4Pajari / Mälkonen
SS14Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally210:46.0Pajari / Mälkonen
SS15Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally28:52.8Pajari / Mälkonen
SS16Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally210:12.0Pajari / Mälkonen
SS17Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally210:24.1Pajari / Mälkonen
SS18Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally211:17.4Pajari / Mälkonen
SS19Korhonen / ViinikkaVolkswagen Polo GTI R58:03.1Pajari / Mälkonen
SS20Gryazin / AleksandrovŠkoda Fabia RS Rally25:19.3Pajari / Mälkonen
SS21Gryazin / AleksandrovŠkoda Fabia RS Rally27:53.8Pajari / Mälkonen
SS22Gryazin / AleksandrovŠkoda Fabia RS Rally25:14.2Pajari / Mälkonen