Thread: Rally Finland 2008 (WRC)

Based in the countryside amid the lakes and forests near the host town of Jyvaskyla, the event's stages are made of smooth, hard-packed gravel and are renowned for their roller-coaster mix of cambered, sweeping corners and stomach-churning crests and jumps. The flowing nature of the roads also makes them terrifyingly fast.

WRC is back after 6 weeks break. Finland's rally is the favourite one for many drivers, even though the rally has been won by non-finn only 6 times in it's 57 year history. I'd bet my money on Latvala this year. Here is a nice clip of one of the most famous super stages in the world, Ouninpohja.

Latvala hits a rock on stage 3 and retires

Some footage from first stages

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After very tight battle, Loeb won the rally with 9 seconds gap to Hirvonen. These guys were in their own league, Chris Atkinson was third with his Subaru, losing already 3.17 minutes to Loeb. This was Loeb's first win in Finland and it made him really happy. Now he has won total of 42 times in 18 differenet rallys, both being WRC records.

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 1. Sebastien Loeb    Citroen  2.54.05,5  
 2. Mikko Hirvonen    Ford          +9,0 
 3. Chris Atkinson    Subaru     +3.17,0 
 4. Daniel Sordo      Citroen    +3.30,9 
 5. Henning Solberg   Ford       +3.57,7 
 6. Petter Solberg    Subaru     +4.04,1 
 7. Matti Rantanen    Ford       +6.11,1 
 8. Toni Gardemeister Suzuki     +8.18,7