Round 9 of 13 in the 2023 World Rally Championship
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Rally Finland has the fastest average speed of any event on the calendar.
Host country
Finland
Rally base
Jyväskylä, Central Finland
Dates run
3 – 6 August 2023
Start location
Jyväskylä, Central Finland
Finish location
Himos, Jämsä
Stages
22 (320.56 km; 199.19 miles)[1]
Stage surface
Gravel
Transport distance
1,151.07 km (715.24 miles)
Overall distance
1,471.63 km (914.43 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered
68
Crews
65 at start, 49 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner
Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:33:11.3
Power Stage winner
Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 4:54.1
Support category results
WRC-2 winner
Sami Pajari Enni Mälkönen Toksport WRT 2 2:43:15.0
WRC-3 winner
Benjamin Korhola Pekka Kelander Rautio Motorsport 2:54:27.0
The 2023 Rally Finland (also known as the Secto Rally Finland 2023) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held from 3 August to 6 August 2023.[2] 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 320.56 km (199.19 mi).[1]
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in 2022, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[4] Lauri Joona and Tuukka Shemeikka were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[5]
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin won their second rally of the season. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturer's winners.[6] Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen won the World Rally Championship-2 category.[7] Benjamin Korhola and Pekka Kelander won the World Rally Championship-3 category.[8]
^ ab"Itinerary Secto Rally Finland 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^"WRC poewrs into 2023 with exciting new-look calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
^"Determined Tänak prevails in Finland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
^"Breaking: WRC2 winner Suninen disqualified from Secto Rally Finland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^"Relentless Joona storms to WRC3 victory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
^"Evans romps to victory at Secto Rally Finland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^"Perfect Pajari storms to Finland WRC2 win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^"Hotshot Korhola secures WRC3 win at home". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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Elfyn Evans
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
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