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Rally Finland 2022 counts for:
2022 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2022 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2022 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2022 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
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| 623rd WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 8 of 13 |
| Official name: | Secto Rally Finland |
| Edition: | 71st |
| Date: | from Thursday 4-Aug-2022 to Sunday 7-Aug-2022 |
| Rally HQ: | Jyvaskyla, Central Finland; Finland |
| Clerk of the Course: | Kai Tarkiainen |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 45 | |
| Starters: | 43 | |
| Finishers: | 34 | (79.1% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 22 | |
| Shortest: | 2.01 | km | (SS6 Harju 2) |
| Longest: | 21.69 | km | (SS5 Lankamaa 2) |
| Slowest: | 77.39 | km/h | (SS6 Harju 2) |
| Fastest: | 132.71 | km/h | (SS10 Sahloinen - Moksi 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 322.61 | km | (22.9% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 300.92 | km | (21.4% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,104.86 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,405.78 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 16th win and 38th podium for Ott Tanak. |
| Second place was 11th podium for Kalle Rovanpera. |
| Third place was 9th podium for Esapekka Lappi. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 22nd win and 92nd podium for Hyundai. |
| | Second and third places were 215th to 216th podiums for Toyota. |
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Before rally started, Hyundai played down their chances, claiming that car was under-developed. While it was obvious that Tanak had to dig deep and take big risks, he shot into lead after SS2 and successfully defended it from Toyota's pressure, claiming his third win in Rally Finland.
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Championship leader Rovanpera suffered from his road position and ended first day in 4th place. During Saturday he slowly reeled in first Evans and then Lappi, ending the day in 2nd place just 8,4s behind Tanak. In view of championship, Kalle opted to finish safely rather than pressure Tanak.
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Breen started the event as clear favourite amongst M-Sport Ford drivers but as his luck goes these days, he hit rock in mid-air after a jump and retired for the day. Eventually the best placed Ford was Greensmith (pictured) who only managed to catch non-nominated Loubet after SS17.
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