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Rally Finland 2009 counts for:
2009 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2009 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2009 FIA Junior World Championship (for drivers)
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| 463rd WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 9 of 12 |
| Official name: | Neste Oil Rally Finland |
| Edition: | 59th |
| Date: | from Thursday 30-Jul-2009 to Sunday 2-Aug-2009 |
| Rally HQ: | Jyvaskyla, Central Finland; Finland |
| Clerk of the Course: | Kai Tarkiainen |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 90 | |
| Starters: | 90 | |
| Finishers: | 60 | (66.7% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 23 | |
| Shortest: | 2.06 | km | (SS1 SSS Killeri 1) |
| Longest: | 29.29 | km | (SS19 Vaarinmaja) |
| Slowest: | 92.35 | km/h | (SS1 SSS Killeri 1) |
| Fastest: | 131.56 | km/h | (SS22 Myhinpaa 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 345.15 | km | (23.8% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 345.15 | km | (23.8% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,104.46 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,449.61 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 10th win and 38th podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| Second place was 79th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Third place was 11th podium for Jari-Matti Latvala. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 72nd win and win and third place were 266th to 267th podiums for Ford. |
| | Second place was 134th podium for Citroen. |
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Loeb led after first spectator stage but from the stage two Hirvonen took over, went ahead and scored his first win at home.
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Three Citroens lost their respective battles with three Fords. Sebastien Ogier was last of these but was very fast, especially bearing in mind that it was only his second start in Finland.
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Both Ford (l: G. Quinn) and Citroen (r: O. Quesnel) announced their commitment to WRC for 2010 and 2011. Teams received shared Spirit of Rally award for that. Hmm?
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Related links
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Rally Poland 2009
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Rally Australia 2009
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