2023 Rally Finland Secto Rally Finland 2023 | |||
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Round 9 of 13 in the 2023 World Rally Championship
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Host country | Finland | ||
Rally base | Jyväskylä, Central Finland | ||
Dates run | 3 – 6 August 2023 | ||
Start location | Jyväskylä, Central Finland | ||
Finish location | Himos, Jämsä | ||
Stages | 22 (320.56 km; 199.19 miles)[1] | ||
Stage surface | Gravel | ||
Transport distance | 1,151.07 km (715.24 miles) | ||
Overall distance | 1,471.63 km (914.43 miles) | ||
Statistics | |||
Crews registered | 68 | ||
Crews | 65 at start, 49 at finish | ||
Overall results | |||
Overall winner | Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:33:11.3 | ||
Power Stage winner | Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 4:54.1 | ||
Support category results | |||
WRC-2 winner | Sami Pajari Enni Mälkönen Toksport WRT 2 2:43:15.0 | ||
WRC-3 winner | Benjamin Korhola Pekka Kelander Rautio Motorsport 2:54:27.0 |
The 2023 Rally Finland (also known as the Secto Rally Finland 2023) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held from 3 August to 6 August 2023.[2] It marked the seventy-second running of the Rally Finland, and was the ninth round of the 2023 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was based in Jyväskylä in Central Finland, and was contested over twenty-two special stages covering a total competitive distance of 320.56 km (199.19 mi).[1]
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in 2022, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[4] Lauri Joona and Tuukka Shemeikka were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[5]
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin won their second rally of the season. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturer's winners.[6] Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen won the World Rally Championship-2 category.[7] Benjamin Korhola and Pekka Kelander won the World Rally Championship-3 category.[8]