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Rally Finland 2021 counts for:
2021 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2021 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2021 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2021 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
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| 613th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 13 of 16 |
| Official name: | Secto Rally Finland |
| Edition: | 70th |
| Date: | from Friday 1-Oct-2021 to Sunday 3-Oct-2021 |
| Rally HQ: | Jyvaskyla, Central Finland; Finland |
| Clerk of the Course: | Kai Tarkiainen |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 43 | |
| Starters: | 43 | |
| Finishers: | 37 | (86.0% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 19 | |
| Shortest: | 2.31 | km | (SS1 Harju 1) |
| Longest: | 22.61 | km | (SS12 Paijala 2) |
| Slowest: | 75.81 | km/h | (SS1 Harju 1) |
| Fastest: | 133.02 | km/h | (SS18 Laukaa 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 287.11 | km | (27.1% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 287.11 | km | (27.1% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 772.53 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,059.64 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 5th win and 17th podium for Elfyn Evans. |
| Second place was 34th podium for Ott Tanak. |
| Third place was 6th podium for Craig Breen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 68th win and 200th podium for Toyota. |
| | Second and third places were 80th to 81st podiums for Hyundai. |
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Toyota was thought to be strong at their home event but eventually their only solace was Evans' (pictured) determined and daring drive which netted him a win. Rovanpera suffered from incorrect setup and crashed on day 2 while Ogier seemed to be just focused on finishing to help with his title
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Hyundai was way stronger here than previously and held 1-2 lead when second day dawned. However, as Evans found his feet both Tanak (pictured) and Breen were gradually but steadily left behind. Tanak kept his cool and while he couldn't challenge Evans, he bested Breen and finished second.
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M-Sport again did not have pre-event test and fielded an under-developed car. Fourmaux had new co-driver and just one previous start so it was no wonder that Greensmith (pictured) was faster of the two but long way behind others.
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Related links
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Acropolis 2021
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Rally Catalunya 2021
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