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Neste Rally Finland 1997 counts for:
1997 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
1997 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
1997 FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup for Manufacturers
1997 FIA Cup for Drivers of Production Cars
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| 288th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 10 of 14 |
| Official name: | Neste Rally Finland |
| Edition: | 47th |
| Date: | from Friday 29-Aug-1997 to Sunday 31-Aug-1997 |
| Rally HQ: | Jyvaskyla, Central Finland; Finland |
| Clerk of the Course: | Simo Lampinen |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 105 | |
| Starters: | 103 | |
| Finishers: | 50 | (48.5% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 22 | |
| Shortest: | 1.69 | km | (SS4 Hippos) |
| Longest: | 33.43 | km | (SS1 Parkkola) |
| Slowest: | 64.04 | km/h | (SS4 Hippos) |
| Fastest: | 127.45 | km/h | (SS2 Keuruu) |
| Planned stage distance: | 381.55 | km | (32.6% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 381.55 | km | (32.6% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 790.24 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,171.79 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 10th win and 15th podium for Tommi Makinen. |
| Second place was 58th podium for Juha Kankkunen. |
| Third place was 2nd podium for Jarmo Kytolehto. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 19th win and 45th podium for Mitsubishi. |
| | Second and third places were 113th to 114th podiums for Ford. |
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