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Rally Finland 2023 counts for:
2023 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2023 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2023 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2023 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
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| 637th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 9 of 13 |
| Official name: | Secto Rally Finland |
| Edition: | 72nd |
| Date: | from Thursday 3-Aug-2023 to Sunday 6-Aug-2023 |
| Rally HQ: | Jyvaskyla, Central Finland; Finland |
| Clerk of the Course: | Kai Tarkiainen |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 68 | |
| Starters: | 66 | |
| Finishers: | 49 | (74.2% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 22 | |
| Shortest: | 3.48 | km | (SS1 Harju 1) |
| Longest: | 20.65 | km | (SS18 Vekkula 2) |
| Slowest: | 76.16 | km/h | (SS10 Harju 2) |
| Fastest: | 142.97 | km/h | (SS3 Lankamaa 1) |
| Planned stage distance: | 320.56 | km | (21.8% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 320.56 | km | (21.8% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,151.07 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,471.63 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 7th win and 27th podium for Elfyn Evans. |
| Second place was 61st podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| Third place was 4th podium for Takamoto Katsuta. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 83rd win and win and third place were 235th to 236th podiums for Toyota. |
| | Second place was 112th podium for Hyundai. |
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Team- and championship leader Rovanpera started well and took early lead but wrecked the car in a surprise roll on Friday. After that, Evans (pictured) inherited the lead and kept Neuville at bay to score his second win in Finland. Katsuta took third and team boss Latvala fifth in guest apperance with older spec Yaris.
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Hyundai also lost their Finnish driver as Lappi careened into trees on SS5. By this point, Neuville (pictured) was already ahead of him and when Kalle went off, Thierry tried everything he knew to catch leading Evans but in vain as deep ruts and nervous rear hampered him. Suninen fought with Katsuta but eventually lost that battle by few seconds.
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Third top driver to retire on first day was Tanak whose engine gave up after big hit on compression on SS3. On same stage, Loubet (pictured) hit a rock and completely destroyed left rear suspension. He re-started but with so much penalty that he eventually finished 45th (out of 49 finishers).
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