The 2024 Rally Finland (also known as the Secto Rally Finland 2024) is a planned motor racing event for rally cars that is scheduled to be held over four days from 1 to 4 August 2024.[2] It would mark the seventy-third running of the Rally Finland, and would be the ninth round of the 2024 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event would also be the fourth round of the 2024 Junior World Rally Championship.[3] The 2024 event would be based in Jyväskylä in Central Finland, and would be contested over twenty special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 305.69 km (189.95 mi).[1]
| 2024 Rally Finland Secto Rally Finland 2024 | |||
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Round 9 of 13 in the 2024 World Rally Championship
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 Rally Finland has the fastest average speed of any event on the calendar. | |||
| Host country |  Finland | ||
| Rally base | Jyväskylä, Central Finland | ||
| Dates run | 1 – 4 August 2024 | ||
| Start location | Jyväskylä, Central Finland | ||
| Finish location | Jyväskylä, Central Finland | ||
| Stages | 20 (305.69 km; 189.95 miles)[1] | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 1,066.87 km (662.92 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,372.56 km (852.87 miles) | ||
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin are the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, are the defending manufacturer's winners.[4] Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen are the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[5] Benjamin Korhola and Pekka Kelander are the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[6]
Background
editItinerary
editAll dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).
| Date | No. | Time span | Stage name | Distance |
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| 31 July | 
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After 19:00 | Opening ceremony, Paviljonki | — |
| 1 August | — | After 10:01 | Ruuhimäki [Shakedown] | 4.12 km |
| SS1 | After 19:05 | Harju 1 | 3.48 km | |
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19:40 – 19:55 | Flexi service A, Paviljonki | — | |
| 2 August | SS2 | After 8:13 | Laukaa 1 | 17.96 km |
| SS3 | After 9:20 | Saarikas 1 | 15.93 km | |
| SS4 | After 10:35 | Myhinpää 1 | 15.51 km | |
| SS5 | After 12:05 | Ruuhimäki 1 | 7.76 km | |
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12:52 – 13:27 | Regroup, Paviljonki | — | |
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13:27 – 14:07 | Service B, Paviljonki | — | |
| SS6 | After 15:10 | Laukaa 2 | 17.96 km | |
| SS7 | After 16:17 | Saarikas 2 | 15.93 km | |
| SS8 | After 17:32 | Myhinpää 2 | 15.51 km | |
| SS9 | After 19:05 | Ruuhimäki 2 | 7.76 km | |
| SS10 | After 20:05 | Harju 2 | 2.01 km | |
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20:40 – 21:25 | Flexi service C, Paviljonki | — | |
| 3 August | SS11 | After 9:05 | Västilä 1 | 18.94 km |
| SS12 | After 10:05 | Päijälä 1 | 20.19 km | |
| SS13 | After 11:05 | Ouninpohja 1 | 23.98 km | |
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12:50 – 13:10 | Regroup, Paviljonki | — | |
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13:10 – 13:50 | Service D, Paviljonki | — | |
| SS14 | After 15:35 | Västilä 2 | 18.94 km | |
| SS15 | After 16:35 | Päijälä 2 | 20.19 km | |
| SS16 | After 17:35 | Ouninpohja 2 | 23.98 km | |
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19:30 – 20:15 | Flexi service E, Jyväskylä Paviljonki | — | |
| 4 August | SS17 | After 8:55 | Sahloinen-Moksi 1 | 14.27 km |
| SS18 | After 10:05 | Laajavuori 1 | 4.35 km | |
| SS19 | After 11:17 | Sahloinen-Moksi 2 | 14.27 km | |
| SS20 | After 13:15 | Laajavuori 2 [Power Stage] | 8.77 km | |
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After 15:00 | Podium ceremony, Paviljonki | — | |
| Source:[1] | ||||
References
edit- ^ a b c "Itinerary Secto Rally Finland 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Revealed: 2024 WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Finland return confirmed for FIA Junior WRC". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Evans romps to victory at Secto Rally Finland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Perfect Pajari storms to Finland WRC2 win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Hotshot Korhola secures WRC3 win at home". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
External links
edit- Official website (in Finnish and English)
- 2024 Rally Finland at eWRC-results.com
- 2024 Rally Finland at rally-maps.com (in English, German, and Polish)