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2012 Rally Finland

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Host country
  
Finland

Dates run
  
2 – 4 August 2012

Rally base
  
Jyväskylä

Stage surface
  
Gravel

2012 Rally Finland

Stages
  
18 (303.52 km; 188.60 mi)

Overall distance
  
1,625.69 km (1,010.16 mi)

The 62nd Neste Oil Rally Finland was the eighth round of the 2012 World Rally Championship season and was held between 2 and 4 August 2012. In a similar manner to the previous year, the rally was based in Jyväskylä with a super special stage held at Jokimaa, Lahti.

Contents

The rally was also the fifth round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship and the third round of the WRC Academy.

Entry list

The entry list saw a total of 86 entries, 81 of which started.

  • Note: The bolded entrants were eligible to score points for Manufactures' championship.

    • Report

    Sébastien Loeb won the Rally Finland for the third time in his career. He led the rally from start to finish and was fastest in nine stages.

    Event standings

  • Note: ^† – The WRC Academy featured all but the last stage of the rally, and therefore the academy drivers weren't able to finish the rally.

    • Power stage

    The Power stage was a legendary Rally Finland stage, 33.01 km long Ouninpohja. The three fastest crews of this stage were awarded by drivers' championship points.

    Championship standings after Rally Finland

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included in all sets of standings.

    • References

    2012 Rally Finland Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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