The 62nd

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Rally Finland Rally Finland (formerly known as the Neste Rally Finland, Neste Oil Rally Finland, 1000 Lakes Rally and Rally of the Thousand Lakes; fi, Suomen ralli, sv, Finska rallyt) is a rally competition in the Finnish Lakeland in Central Finland. The ra ...

was the eighth round of the

2012 World Rally Championship season The 2012 World Rally Championship was the 40th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of thirteen rallies, beginning with Monte Carlo Rally on 17 January, and ending on 11 November with Rally Catalunya. Sébastien L ...

and was held between 2 and 4 August 2012. In a similar manner to the previous year, the rally was based in

Jyväskylä Jyväskylä () is a city and municipality in Finland in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland. It is located about 150 km north-east from Tampere, the third largest city in Finland; and about 270 km north from Helsinki, the capital of ...

with a super special stage held at Jokimaa,

Lahti Lahti (; sv, Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) and its growing region is one of the main economic hubs of Finland. Lahti is situated on a bay at the southern e ...

. The rally was also the fifth round of the

Super 2000 World Rally Championship The FIA WRC2 (previously also known as World Rally Championship 2 and WRC 2), is a support championship of the World Rally Championship. The calendar consists of the same rallies and stages as the main class and crews usually compete immediately ...

and the third round of the

WRC Academy The FIA Junior WRC, also known as JWRC and previously known as Junior World Rally Championship, is an international rallying competition restricted to drivers under 29 years old. The championship currently consists of five select rallies of th ...

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 Sébastien Loeb (; born 26 February 1974) is a French professional rally, racing and rallycross driver. He is the most successful driver in the World Rally Championship (WRC), having won the world championship a record nine times in a row. He h ...

won the

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

Results

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.

Special Stages

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

;Drivers' championship standings ;Manufacturers' championship standings ;SWRC Drivers' championship standings ;WRC Academy Drivers' championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included in all sets of standings.

References

External links

Rally official website

Rally Finland at WRC.com

Rally Finland at eWRC.com

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Rally Finland