2011 Rally Finland

2011 Rally Finland
2011 Neste Oil Rally Finland
Round 8 of the 2011 World Rally Championship season
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Sébastien Ogier, Sébastien Loeb and Jari-Matti Latvala being interviewed at the end of day 1.
Host country Finland
Rally baseJyväskylä, Finland
Dates runJuly 28 – 30 2011
Stages22 (314.39 km; 195.35 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,355.21 km (842.09 miles)[1]
Statistics
Crews125 at start, 66 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Loeb
France Citroën World Rally Team

The 2011 Rally Finland was the eighth round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 28–30 July, and was based in Jyväskylä, with a remote service in Lahti.[1] The rally was also the fifth round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship, the fourth round of the Production World Rally Championship and the third round of the WRC Academy.

Championship leader Sébastien Loeb won for the second time in Finland, taking his 66th career victory in the process, ahead of rivals Jari-Matti Latvala, Sébastien Ogier and Mikko Hirvonen.[2] With an overall tenth place, Juho Hänninen took the honours in SWRC,[3] Hayden Paddon took his third consecutive win in PWRC,[4] and Egon Kaur continued his perfect record in WRC Academy.[5]

  1. ^ a b c "Itinerary" (PDF). Rally Finland. World Rally Championship; International Sportsworld Communicators. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-18. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Loeb wins Rally Finland". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 30 July 2011. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Home win for Hänninen". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 30 July 2011. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Hat trick for Paddon". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 30 July 2011. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Kaur makes it three". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 30 July 2011. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.