2016 Rally Finland

Rally Finland 2016
66. Neste Rally Finland
Round 8 of the 2016 World Rally Championship season
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Kris Meeke in stage 7
Host countryFinland Finland
Dates runJuly 28 – July 31, 2016
Stages24 (333.99 km; 207.53 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,370.66 km (851.69 miles)

The 2016 Rally Finland (formally known as the 66. Neste Rally Finland) was the eighth round of the 2016 World Rally Championship season, an auto racing event for rally cars. It was held over twenty-four stages based in and around Jyväskylä in central Finland from 28 July to 31 July 2016, with competitors covering 333.99 km (207.53 mi) of competitive kilometres. It was won by Northern Irishman Kris Meeke, his second win of the season.[1][2][3] Meeke established a new record for the fastest FIA WRC round in history - the 126.60 km/h average speed beat the previous record by 1.2 km/h.[4]

  1. ^ "Neste Rally Finland - Route and Facts - Calendar - wrc.com". www.wrc.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  2. ^ "Itinerary". www.nesterallyfinland.fi. Archived from the original on 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  3. ^ "FIA World Rally Championship - Results - wrc.com". www.wrc.com. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  4. ^ "Meeke wins record- breaking Finland".