2025 Rally Finland
| 2025 Rally Finland Secto Rally Finland 2025 | |||
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Round 9 of 14 in the 2025 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 | 31 July – 3 August 2025 | ||
| Start location | Jyväskylä, Central Finland | ||
| Finish location | Jyväskylä, Central Finland | ||
| Stages | 20 (307.22 km; 190.90 miles)[1] | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 1,093.17 km (679.26 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,400.39 km (870.16 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 66 | ||
The 2025 Rally Finland (also known as the Secto Rally Finland 2025) is a planned motor racing event for rally cars that is scheduled to be held over four days from 31 July to 3 August 2025.[2] It would mark the seventy-fourth running of the Rally Finland, and would be the ninth round of the 2025 World Rally Championship, 2025 WRC2 Championship and 2025 WRC3 Championship. The event would also be fourth round of the 2025 Junior WRC Championship.[3] The 2025 event is set to be based in Jyväskylä in Central Finland and is due to be contested over twenty special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 307.22 km (190.90 mi).[1]
Sébastien Ogier and Vincent Landais are the defending rally winners, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, are the defending manufacturer's winners.[4] Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson are the defending rally winners in the WRC2 category.[5] Jesse Kallio and Ville Pynnönen are the defending rally winners in the WRC3 category.[6] Taylor Gill and Daniel Brkic are the defending rally winners in the junior championship.[7]
Background
[edit]Entry list
[edit]The following crews are set to enter into the rally. The event is set to be opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the WRC2 Championship, the WRC3 Championship and privateer entries that are not registered to score points in any championship. Eleven are set to enter under Rally1 regulations, as are twenty-three Rally2 crews in the WRC2 Championship and nineteen Rally3 crew in the WRC3 Championship. A total of ten crews are set to participate in the Junior World Rally Championship.[8]
| No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Tyre |
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| 23 |  Gus Greensmith
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 Jonas Andersson
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Gus Greensmith
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Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | H |
| 31 |  Nikolay Gryazin
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 Konstantin Aleksandrov
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Nikolay Gryazin
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Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | H |
Itinerary
[edit]All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).
| Date | No. | Time span | Stage name | Distance |
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| 31 July | — | After 9:01 | Kastre [Shakedown] | 4.12 km |
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After 18:45 | Opening ceremony, Jyväskylä Paviljonki | — | |
| SS1 | After 19:05 | Harju 1 | 2.58 km | |
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19:40 – 19:55 | Flexi service A, Jyväskylä Paviljonki | — | |
| 1 August | SS2 | After 8:03 | Laukaa 1 | 17.96 km |
| SS3 | After 9:03 | Saarikas 1 | 15.78 km | |
| SS4 | After 10:23 | Myhinpää 1 | 14.47 km | |
| SS5 | After 11:51 | Ruuhimäki 1 | 7.76 km | |
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12:36 – 13:01 | Regroup, Jyväskylä Paviljonki | — | |
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13:01 – 13:41 | Service B, Jyväskylä Paviljonki | — | |
| SS6 | After 14:44 | Laukaa 2 | 17.96 km | |
| SS7 | After 15:44 | Saarikas 2 | 15.78 km | |
| SS8 | After 17:04 | Myhinpää 2 | 14.47 km | |
| SS9 | After 18:35 | Ruuhimäki 2 | 7.76 km | |
| SS10 | After 19:30 | Harju 2 | 2.58 km | |
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20:05 – 20:50 | Flexi service C, Jyväskylä Paviljonki | — | |
| 2 August | SS11 | After 8:01 | Parkkola 1 | 15.51 km |
| SS12 | After 9:42 | Västilä 1 | 18.94 km | |
| SS13 | After 10:36 | Päijälä 1 | 20.19 km | |
| SS14 | After 12:05 | Leustu 1 | 16.44 km | |
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13:05 – 13:35 | Regroup, Paviljonki | — | |
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13:35 – 14:15 | Service D, Paviljonki | — | |
| SS15 | After 15:01 | Parkkola 2 | 15.51 km | |
| SS16 | After 16:42 | Västilä 2 | 18.94 km | |
| SS17 | After 17:36 | Päijälä 2 | 20.19 km | |
| SS18 | After 19:05 | Leustu 2 | 16.44 km | |
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20:15 – 21:00 | Flexi service E, Paviljonki | — | |
| 3 August | SS19 | After 10:35 | Ouninpohja 1 | 23.98 km |
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11:15 – 12:35 | Regroup, Kakaristo | — | |
| SS20 | After 13:15 | Ouninpohja 2 [Power Stage] | 23.98 km | |
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After 14:15 | Podium ceremony, Kakaristo | — | |
| Source:[1] | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Itinerary Secto Rally Finland 2025". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ "WRC reveals spectacular expanded 2025 calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "2025 FIA Junior WRC: Portugal Returns, Central European Rally Debuts". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ "Ogier claims shock WRC victory in Finland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Solberg strengthens WRC2 bid with Rally Finland win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Kallio claims maiden WRC3 victory in Finland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Gill sets up FIA Junior WRC showdown after repelling Türkkan in Finland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Entry list Secto Rally Finland 2025". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Finnish and English)
- 2025 Rally Finland at eWRC-results.com
- 2025 Rally Finland at rally-maps.com (in English, German, and Polish)
