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Rally Finland 2011 counts for:
2011 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2011 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2011 FIA Super 2000 World Rally Championship for Drivers
2011 FIA Production Car World Rally Championship for Drivers
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| 487th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 8 of 13 |
| Official name: | Neste Oil Rally Finland |
| Edition: | 61st |
| Date: | from Thursday 28-Jul-2011 to Saturday 30-Jul-2011 |
| Rally HQ: | Jyvaskyla, Central Finland; Finland |
| Clerk of the Course: | Kai Tarkiainen |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 125 | |
| Starters: | 118 | |
| Finishers: | 66 | (55.9% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 22 | |
| Shortest: | 2.00 | km | (SS10 Jokimaa) |
| Longest: | 29.90 | km | (SS9 Hyvaneula 2) |
| Slowest: | 77.09 | km/h | (SS10 Jokimaa) |
| Fastest: | 129.44 | km/h | (SS19 Urria 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 314.39 | km | (23.2% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 314.39 | km | (23.2% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,040.82 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,355.21 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 66th win and 101st podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 22nd podium for Jari-Matti Latvala. |
| Third place was 12th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 77th win and win and third place were 183rd to 184th podiums for Citroen. |
| | Second place was 289th podium for Ford. |
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Other drivers again employed tactics against Loeb at the end of Day 2 but this time tactics backfired and Loeb fought his way through and won.
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Minis did not quite last the distance but while their run continued, times posted by both drivers were astonishingly competitive, promising good future.
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This year route was expanded towards south with remote service held in Lahti harbour.
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Related links
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Acropolis 2011
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Deutschland 2011
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