The 2022 Rally Finland (also known as the Secto Rally Finland 2022) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 4 and 7 August 2022. It marked the seventy-first running of the Rally Finland. The event was the eighth round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in Jyväskylä in Central Finland and was contested over twenty-two special stages covering a total competitive distance of .
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category. Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the overall winners, securing their second win of the season. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, claimed their first ever Rally Finland victory. Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen won the World Rally Championship-2 category after Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula were disqualified due to the front bumper of their Hyundai was found underweight. Lauri Joona and Tuukka Shemeikka won the World Rally Championship-3 category.
Background Entry list The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3, and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Twelve entered under Rally1 regulations, as were seventeen Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and five Rally3 crews in the World Rally Championship-3.
+ No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre 2 Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer 4 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer 7 Pierre-Louis Loubet Vincent Landais M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver 8 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer 11 Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer 16 Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer 18 Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer/Team 33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer 42 Craig Breen Paul Nagle M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer 44 Gus Greensmith Jonas Andersson M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer 68 Jari Huttunen Mikko Lukka M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver 69 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer
+ No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre 20 Emil Lindholm Reeta Hämäläinen Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Junior Driver, Co-driver, Team 21 Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Driver, Co-driver, Team 22 Egon Kaur Silver Simm Egon Kaur Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Driver, Co-driver 23 Teemu Asunmaa Ville Mannisenmäki Teemu Asunmaa Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Driver, Co-driver 24 Mikko Heikkilä Samu Vaaleri Mikko Heikkilä Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Junior Driver, Junior Co-driver 25 Hayden Paddon John Kennard Hayden Paddon Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Driver, Co-driver 26 Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Junior Driver, Co-driver, Team 27 Sami Pajari Enni Mälkönen Sami Pajari Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Junior Driver, Co-driver 28 Eerik Pietarinen Antti Linnaketo Eerik Pietarinen Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Junior Driver, Co-driver 29 Mikołaj Marczyk Szymon Gospodarczyk Mikołaj Marczyk Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Junior Driver, Co-driver 30 Georg Linnamäe James Morgan ALM Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Junior Driver, Co-driver 31 Martin Prokop Michal Ernst Martin Prokop Ford Fiesta Rally2 Driver, Co-driver 32 Gaurav Gill Gabriel Morales Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia R5 Driver, Co-driver 34 Fabrizio Zaldivar Marcelo Der Ohannesian Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Junior Driver, Co-driver, Team 35 Josh McErlean James Fulton Josh McErlean Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Junior Driver, Co-driver 36 Riku Tahko Sami Ryynänen Riku Tahko Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Driver, Co-driver 37 Freddy Loix Pieter Tsjoen Freddy Loix Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Masters Driver, Co-driver
+ No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre 38 Lauri Joona Tuukka Shemeikka Lauri Joona Ford Fiesta Rally3 Open 39 Jan Černý Jan Tománek Jan Černý Ford Fiesta Rally3 Open 40 Toni Herranen Sebastian Virtanen Toni Herranen Ford Fiesta Rally3 Open 41 Tommi Heino Patric Öhman Tommi Heino Ford Fiesta Rally3 Open 43 Henri Timonen Jussi Kärpijoki Henri Timonen Ford Fiesta Rally3 Open
Itinerary All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3). Date Time No. Stage name Distance 4 August 9:01 — Rannankylä [Shakedown] 4.48 km 19:08 SS1 Harju 1 3.48 km 5 August 8:00 SS2 Laukaa 1 11.75 km 8:55 SS3 Lankamaa 1 21.69 km 12:15 SS4 Laukaa 2 11.75 km 13:10 SS5 Lankamaa 2 21.69 km 14:30 SS6 Harju 2 2.01 km 17:00 SS7 Ässämäki 1 12.31 km 17:53 SS8 Sahloinen-Moksi 1 15.70 km 19:13 SS9 Ässämäki 2 12.31 km 20:06 SS10 Sahloinen-Moksi 2 15.70 km 6 August 8:08 SS11 Päijälä 1 20.19 km 9:08 SS12 Rapsula 1 20.56 km 10:08 SS13 Patajoki 1 13.75 km 11:08 SS14 Vekkula 1 20.65 km 15:38 SS15 Päijälä 2 20.19 km 16:38 SS16 Rapsula 2 20.56 km 17:38 SS17 Patajoki 2 13.75 km 18:38 SS18 Vekkula 2 20.65 km 7 August 8:23 SS19 Oittila 1 10.84 km 9:38 SS20 Ruuhimäki 1 11.12 km 11:01 SS21 Oittila 2 10.84 km 13:18 SS22 Ruuhimäki 2 [Power Stage] 11.12 km Source:
Report WRC Rally1 Classification Position Driver Entrant Car Time Points Event Class Event Stage 1 1 8 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 2:24:04.6 0.0 25 2 2 2 69 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 2:24:11.4 +6.8 18 5 3 3 4 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 2:25:25.3 +1:20.7 15 0 4 4 33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 2:25:42.2 +1:37.6 12 3 5 5 11 Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 2:26:22.6 +2:18.0 10 1 6 6 18 Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 2:27:13.6 +3:09.0 8 0 7 7 44 Gus Greensmith Jonas Andersson M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 2:28:01.6 +3:57.0 6 0 9 8 68 Jari Huttunen Mikko Lukka M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 2:34:36.2 +10:31.6 2 0 18 9 16 Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 2:47:02.5 +22:57.9 0 0 32 10 42 Craig Breen Paul Nagle M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 3:35:00.5 +1:10:55.9 0 4 Retired SS22 7 Pierre-Louis Loubet Vincent Landais M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Electrical 0 0 Retired SS2 2 Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Rolled 0 0
Special stages Stage Winners Car Time Class leaders SD Rovanperä / Halttunen Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 1:56.1 SS1 Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 N Rally1 2:41.7 Neuville / Wydaeghe SS2 Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 N Rally1 5:24.6 Tänak / Järveoja SS3 Lappi / Ferm Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:59.0 SS4 Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 N Rally1 5:19.9 SS5 Stage cancelled SS6 Katsuta / Johnston Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 1:33.5 Tänak / Järveoja SS7 Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 N Rally1 5:42.5 SS8 Lappi / Ferm Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 7:10.4 SS9 Lappi / Ferm Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 5:37.6 SS10 Lappi / Ferm Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 7:05.9 SS11 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:38.1 SS12 Rovanperä / Halttunen Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:57.6 SS13 Rovanperä / Halttunen Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 6:34.2 SS14 Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 N Rally1 10:12.6 SS15 Rovanperä / Halttunen Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:27.9 SS16 Rovanperä / Halttunen Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:35.8 SS17 Tänak / JärveojaRovanperä / Halttunen Hyundai i20 N Rally1Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 6:25.2 SS18 Rovanperä / Halttunen Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:56.8 SS19 Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 N Rally1 5:19.5 SS20 Tänak / JärveojaRovanperä / Halttunen Hyundai i20 N Rally1Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 5:22.9 SS21 Rovanperä / Halttunen Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 5:17.6 SS22 Rovanperä / Halttunen Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 5:17.1
Championship standings Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championshipsMoveDriverPointsMoveCo-driverPointsMoveManufacturerPoints 1 Kalle Rovanperä 198 Jonne Halttunen 198 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 339 2 2 Ott Tänak 104 2 Martin Järveoja 104 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 251 3 1 Thierry Neuville 103 1 Martijn Wydaeghe 103 M-Sport Ford WRT 174 4 1 Elfyn Evans 94 1 Scott Martin 94 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG 89 5 Takamoto Katsuta 81 Aaron Johnston 81
WRC-2 Rally2 Classification Position Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Points Event Class Class Stage Event 8 1 20 Emil Lindholm Reeta Hämäläinen Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo 2:33:43.6 0.0 25 2 4 10 2 22 Egon Kaur Silver Simm Egon Kaur Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 2:35:36.7 +1:53.1 18 0 1 11 3 25 Hayden Paddon John Kennard Hayden Paddon Hyundai i20 N Rally2 2:35:47.3 +2:03.7 15 0 0 12 4 23 Teemu Asunmaa Ville Mannisenmäki Teemu Asunmaa Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo 2:38:11.8 +4:28.2 12 0 0 13 5 28 Eerik Pietarinen Antti Linnaketo Eerik Pietarinen Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 2:38:39.6 +4:56.0 10 1 0 14 6 29 Mikołaj Marczyk Szymon Gospodarczyk Mikołaj Marczyk Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo 2:39:21.5 +5:37.9 8 0 0 15 7 34 Fabrizio Zaldivar Marcelo Der Ohannesian Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 2:39:54.4 +6:10.8 6 0 0 17 8 31 Martin Prokop Michal Ernst Martin Prokop Ford Fiesta Rally2 2:43:41.2 +9:57.6 4 0 0 20 9 37 Freddy Loix Pieter Tsjoen Freddy Loix Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo 2:50:41.8 +16:58.2 2 0 0 21 10 27 Sami Pajari Enni Mälkönen Sami Pajari Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo 2:54:20.0 +20:36.4 1 3 0 31 11 32 Gaurav Gill Gabriel Morales Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia R5 3:25:23.7 +51:40.1 0 0 0 33 12 24 Mikko Heikkilä Samu Vaaleri Mikko Heikkilä Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo 3:46:06.3 +1:12:22.7 0 0 0 34 13 35 Josh McErlean James Fulton Josh McErlean Hyundai i20 N Rally2 4:20:29.5 +1:46:45.9 0 0 0 Disqualified 21 Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Front bumper underweight 0 0 0 Retired SS15 36 Riku Tahko Sami Ryynänen Riku Tahko Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Mechanical 0 0 0 Did not start 26 Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Crash 0 0 0 Did not start 30 Georg Linnamäe James Morgan ALM Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Withdrawn 0 0 0
Special stages