2016 Rally Finland

Rally Finland 2016
66. Neste Rally Finland

Round 8 of the 2016 World Rally Championship season

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Kris Meeke in stage 7
Host country Finland Finland
Dates run July 28 July 31, 2016
Stages 24 (333.99 km; 207.53 mi)
Stage surface Gravel
Overall distance 1,370.66 km (851.69 mi)

The 2016 Rally Finland (formally known as the 66. Neste Rally Finland) was the eighth round of the 2016 World Rally Championship season, an auto racing event for rally cars. It was held over twenty-four stages based in and around Jyväskylä in central Finland from 28 July to 31 July 2016, with competitors covering 333.99 km (207.53 mi) of competitive kilometres. It was won by Northern Irishman Kris Meeke, his second win of the season.[1][2][3] Meeke established a new record for the fastest FIA WRC round in history - the 126.60kph average speed beat the previous record by 1.2kph.[4]

Special stages

Day Stage
number
Stage name Length Stage winner Car
No.
Team Time Rally leader
28 Jul SS1 Finland Harju 1 2.31 km Estonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Raigo Mölder
12 United Kingdom DMACK World Rally Team 1:45.9 Estonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Raigo Mölder / Norway Andreas Mikkelsen
Norway Anders Jaeger
Norway Andreas Mikkelsen
Norway Anders Jaeger
9 GermanyVolkswagen Motorsport II
29 Jul SS2 Finland Mökkiperä 1 13.84 km United Kingdom Kris Meeke
Republic of Ireland Paul Nagle
7 FranceCitroën Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team 6:43.4 United Kingdom Kris Meeke
Republic of Ireland Paul Nagle
SS3 Finland Halinen 7.07 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala
Finland Miikka Anttila
2 GermanyVolkswagen Motorsport 3:25.8
SS4 Finland Jukojärvi 1 21.24 km Estonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Raigo Mölder
12 United Kingdom DMACK World Rally Team 9:59.9
SS5 Finland Surkee 1 14.95 km United Kingdom Kris Meeke
Republic of Ireland Paul Nagle
7 FranceCitroën Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team 7:54.8
SS6 Finland Horkka 1 15.01 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala
Finland Miikka Anttila
2 GermanyVolkswagen Motorsport 7:01.0
SS7 Finland Äänekoski-Valtra 7.39 km Estonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Raigo Mölder
12 United Kingdom DMACK World Rally Team 3:24.5
SS8 Finland Mökkiperä 2 13.84 km United Kingdom Kris Meeke
Republic of Ireland Paul Nagle
7 FranceCitroën Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team 6:38.2
SS9 Finland Jukojärvi 2 21.24 km Estonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Raigo Mölder
12 United Kingdom DMACK World Rally Team 9:47.2
SS10 Finland Surkee 2 14.95 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala
Finland Miikka Anttila
2 GermanyVolkswagen Motorsport 7:47.3
SS11 Finland Horkka 2 15.01 km United Kingdom Kris Meeke
Republic of Ireland Paul Nagle
7 FranceCitroën Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team 6:54.3
SS12 Finland Harju 2 2.31 km Norway Andreas Mikkelsen
Norway Anders Jaeger
9 GermanyVolkswagen Motorsport II 1:44.6
30 Jul SS13 Finland Ouninpohja 1 33.00 km United Kingdom Kris Meeke
Republic of Ireland Paul Nagle
7 FranceCitroën Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team 15:06.3
SS14 Finland Päijälä 1 23.50 km Estonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Raigo Mölder
12 United Kingdom DMACK World Rally Team 10:48.0
SS15 Finland Pihlajakosku 1 14.51 km United Kingdom Kris Meeke
Republic of Ireland Paul Nagle
7 FranceCitroën Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team 6:35.6
SS16 Finland Saalahti 1 4.23 km Norway Mads Østberg
Norway Ola Fløene
5 United Kingdom M-Sport World Rally Team 2:02.8
France Sébastien Ogier
France Julien Ingrassia
1 GermanyVolkswagen Motorsport
SS17 Finland Ouninpohja 2 33.00 km United Kingdom Kris Meeke
Republic of Ireland Paul Nagle
7 FranceCitroën Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team 14:56.5
SS18 Finland Päijälä 2 23.50 km United Kingdom Kris Meeke
Republic of Ireland Paul Nagle
7 FranceCitroën Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team 10:36.5
SS19 Finland Pihlajakoski 2 14.51 km France Sébastien Ogier
France Julien Ingrassia
1 GermanyVolkswagen Motorsport 6:28.0
SS20 Finland Saalahti 2 4.23 km France Sébastien Ogier
France Julien Ingrassia
1 GermanyVolkswagen Motorsport 1:59.3
31 Jul SS21 FinlandLempää 1 6.83 km Estonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Raigo Mölder
12 United Kingdom DMACK World Rally Team 3:13.7
SS22 FinlandOittila 1 10.15 km Belgium Thierry Neuville
Belgium Nicolas Gilsoul
3 GermanyHyundai Motorsport 4:44.7
SS23 Finland Lempää 2 6.83 km Republic of Ireland Craig Breen
United Kingdom Scott Martin
8 FranceCitroën Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team 3:11.2
SS24 Finland Oitila 2 (Power Stage) 10.15 km Belgium Thierry Neuville
Belgium Nicolas Gilsoul
3 GermanyHyundai Motorsport 4:35.8

Power Stage

The "Power stage" was a 10.15 km (6.31 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos Driver Car Time Diff. Pts
1 Belgium Thierry Neuville Hyundai NGi20 WRC 4:35.8 0.0 3
2 New Zealand Hayden Paddon Hyundai NGi20 WRC 4:36.9 +1.1 2
3 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Polo R WRC 4:37.3 +1.5 1

References

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