Ninth meeting of 2025 in WRC, the fifth consecutive on Earth, the Rally of Finland is competing this weekend on fast forest paths. In Estonia, during the previous round, the amazing Oliver Solberg largely dominated the debates to win his first victory in the Reine category, before Ott Tänak. Precisely, the Estonian, a new leader in the championship, will try to keep his chair and widen the gap on Elfyn Evans. But, the Hyundai pilot will undoubtedly have a little pressure, knowing that he abandoned the last two editions, and that he will open the road this Friday. Back, Sébastien Ogier intends to lead him his life hard, just like the local Kalle Rovanperä, in difficulty on earth for the moment. Thus, beautiful battles are announced in this first day to follow in full on Autohebdo.fr!
Friday August 1 (114.52 km)
7h03 – ES2 : Apanana 1 – 17,96 km: 🇫🇮 Sami Pajari
8h03 – ES3: Sandic 1 – 15.78 km: 🇫🇮 Kalle Rovanperä
9h23 – ES4: Myhinpää 1 – 14.47 km: 🇫🇮 Kalle Rovanperä
10h51 – Es5: Ruuhimäki 1 – 7.76 km:
13h44 – ES6 : 1 – 17,.6 km
14h44 – ES7: Sandic 2 – 15.78 km
4:04 p.m. – ES8 : Myhinpää 2 – 14.47 km
5:35 p.m. – ES9: Ruuhimäki 2 – 7.76 km
18h30 – ES10 : Harju 2 – 2.58 km
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WRC – Finland rally
Follow the first live day commented
10h38 – In WRC2, Jari-Matti Latvala signed his second scratch of the day in ES4! The Finn was ahead of Emil Lindholm (+0 ″ 6) and Oliver Solberg (1 ″ 5). To general, the boss of the TGR-WRT keeps his head in front of his compatriot (+2 ″ 6) and the Swedish (7 ″ 2). For his part, 12th in the special at 9 ″ 2, Yohan Rossel is 12th in the provisional classification at 25 ″ 9 from the leader. French, in lack of rhythm, cannot hope better for the moment
10h12 – 🔴⚠️ We meet now around 10:45 am To follow ES5 together, which will end this first morning in Finnish land
10h07 – 🔍 The rankings at the end of this fourth special in Finland:
10H02 – 🏁 End of this ES4! Kalle Rovanperä signs his second consecutive scratch and widens the gap at the head of the general ahead of Adrien Fourmaux and Thierry Neuville
9h57 – 💬 “I missed a little commitment to this one. It was so fast. To be honest, I should have changed the settings a little for it. So much faster than last year, with certain turns of ridges … a demanding special ”said Fourmaux
9h54 – Martins Sesks, is the last to start
9h52 – Josh Mcerlean is racing in turn
9h51 – Pajari concedes 1 ″ 9 on the Finnish
9h50 – Ravanperä will sign, unless a huge surprise, his second consecutive scratch
9h49 – Grégoire Munster started
9h48 – Katsuta loose 2 ″ on his teammate on arrival
9h46 – 🇨🇵 1 ″ 1 granted by Fourmaux on arrival
9h45 – Let’s go for Sami Pajari
9h43 – 💬 “It was clearly more trashy. Very fast and hard road, I am not very comfortable with this kind of thing this year. I don’t like feeling, but we try all the time ”simply declares Rovanperä
9h42 – Neuville loose 1 ″ 8 on the Toyota driver on arrival
9h42 – Takamoto Katsuta is also in the race
9:40 am – 🇨🇵 Let’s go for Adrien Fourmaux
9h40 – 💬 “Some errors in slippery baffles. We try! It’s not easy when it’s all the way, but we can try “says hot ogier
9:39 am – 0 ″ 6 better for Rovanperä who takes the provisional head
9h37 – 💬 “It’s a special mega. Everything is fine. Of course, as always, it’s frustrating when you can do better. It is always at high speed and overall correct ”declares Evans à Hot
9:36 am – Ogier concedes 1 ″ 1 on the Welsh on arrival!
9h35 – 🇧🇪 Thierry Neuville has just left
9h34 – Ogier is in the times of his teammate in mid-term
9:33 am – 2 ″ 4 better for Evans, who takes the lead!
9h32 – Leader du Rallye, Kalle Rovanperä est en cours
9:30 am – 🇪🇪 6: 34.4 for Tänak on arrival
9h29 – 🇨🇵 Seb Ogier has lost a lot of time in ES3, will he catch up in it?
9h28 – Balayage seems less important in this special
9h26 – Elfyn Evans set off
9:23 am – 🟢 Let’s go for this third special! Ott Tänak opens the road again
9:15 am – In WRC2, in ES3, it was a Finnish triplet! Thus, Emil Lindholm has signed the best time equally with Jari-Matti Latvala! The two men have ahead of Mikko Heikkilä (+1 ″ 1). To general, the boss of the TGR-WRT keeps the head in front of Lindholm (+2 ″) and Oliver Solberg (5 ″ 7). For his part, 12th in the 7 ″ 6 special, the French Yohan Rossel is also 12th in the 16 ″ 7 provisional classification from the leader
8:52 am – ⚠️ We meet around 9:20 am To follow the ES4 disputed around myhinpää together!
8h48 – 🔍 The rankings at the end of this third special in Finland:
8h43 – 🏁 End of this ES3! Impressive, Kalle Rovanperä signs his first scratch of the weekend and takes the head of the general ahead of Adrien Fourmaux and Thierry Neuville!
8h40 – 7th place on arrival for Sesks, 4 ″ 3 from the Finn!
8h38 – Mcerlean a little faster than wearing but dropped 6 ″ 2 on Rovanperä
8h37 – 💬“It is a brand new special so it is a challenge to be thoroughly with the notes and the speed taken during recognitions. I had a good special, I’m happy “said Fourmaux
8:35 am – Munster concedes… 22 seconds on arrival!
8h33 – Martins Sesks has just started
8h32 – Pajari concedes 2 ″ 8 on his compatriot on arrival
8h31 – Josh Mcerlean is also in the race
8h30 – Grégoire Munster left
8h29 – Katsuta finished 3 ″ 8 from his teammate
8h27 – 💬“A few seconds(lost)? So it’s not a good special. Very thoroughly, so I don’t know. Difficult to differentiate normally, but it looks like it was not enough. I had a good feeling, but you just have to be more committed ”, admits ogier hot, relegated to 6 ″ 4 from the Toyota driver
8h26 – 🇨🇵 Fourmaux 2nd provisional 1 ″ 6 from Finnish
8h25 – Takamoto Katsuta and Sami Pajari set off
8h23 – Let’s go back to rally1: Neuville takes 2nd provisional place at 3 ″ 1 from Ravanperä
8:22 am – Still in WRC2, only 12th in the 2nd special at 9 ″ 6 from Latvala, the Frenchman Yohan Rossel also found himself 12th in the provisional classification, at 9 ″ 1 from the leader
8:21 am-In WRC2, in ES2, note that it is a certain Jari-Matti Latvala who signed the scratch! The boss of TGR-WRT has ahead of Emil Lindholm (+0 ″ 5) and Oliver Solberg (+2 ″ 5)! To general, the Finnish thus takes the lead in front of his compatriot (+2 ″) and the Estonian Robert Virves (+2 ″)!
8:20 am – 🔥 Rovanperä greatly improves Evans time! 4 ″ 2 better on arrival!
8h19 – 🇨🇵 Adrien Fourmaux left
8h18 – Ravanperä is clearly improving the first intermediaries
8h17 – Ogier concedes 2 ″ 2 on Evans on arrival!
8h16 – 🇧🇪 Thierry Neuville has just started
8:14 am – Evans Best Provisional Time! 1 ″ 2 better than the Estonian
8h13 – Let’s go for Kalle Rovanperä
8h11 – Thanks EN TERMINE EN 7: 24.8
8:10 am – Note that this ES3 around Saarikas is disputed in the opposite direction compared to last year
8h09 —to 🇨🇵 Seb Ogier is racing in turn
8h06 – Elfyn Evans has just left
8:03 am – 🟢 Let’s go for this third special! Ott Tänak started
7h54 – ⚠️ We meet in less than 10 minutes for ES3
7:49 am – 🔍 rankings at the end of this second special in Finland:
7:44 am – 🏁 End of this ES2! Sami Pajari signs his first weekend scratch, the 2nd of his career one after! Takamoto Katsuta takes the lead of the provisional general
7h41 – Sesks finish! He concedes 5 ″ 5 on Pajari and will rank 9th in this special
7:39 am – Munster and Mcerlean already drop 7 ″ and 10 ″ seconds on the favorites from this ES2
7h37 – 💬 “Really good sensations, much more grip than I expected so there was room to go faster. Everything is fine so far. Now everything takes place according to the plan, ”says Pajari
7h34 – Martins Sesks is in race in turn
7:33 am – 🔥 Big chrono by Sami Pajari !! He takes the provisional head of the special !!
7h32 – Josh Mcerlean has just left
7:30 am – Oh the best time for Katsuta !! 8: 27.7, or 0 ″ 3 better than Ravanperä!
7h29 – Grégoire Munster started
7h27 – 🇨🇵 1 ″ 1 late on arrival for Fourmaux on the Toyota driver! Same time as with 8: 29.1!
7h25 – Sami Pajari est parti
7:24 am – 🇧🇪 And well, the Belgian is finally behind the premises for 0 ″ 5!
7h23 – Neuville and Fourmaux seem to be off to beat the Chrono du Finnish
7h22 – Takamoto Katsuta est en course
7:21 am – Rovanperä improves! 1 ″ 1 better than French!
7h19 – 🇨🇵 His compatriot Adrien Fourmaux is in the race
7:18 am – 🇨🇵 1 ″ 2 better to Ogier! He takes the lead!
7h16 – 🇧🇪 Thierry Neuville has just started
7h15 – Ogier is ahead of his teammate’s times
7:14 am – Evans takes the provisional head in 8; 30.3!
7h13 – Meanwhile, Kalle Rovanperä left
7H12 – 🇪🇪 Tänak A term an 8: 32.8
7h11 – Evans is slightly ahead of Tänak at the first intermediaries
7:09 am – 🇨🇵 Seb Ogier is in turn
7h09 – As in previous rounds, the 3 M-Sport drivers will close today
7h07 – The Welshman is rather comfortable in Finnish land, he won there in 2021 and 2023
7h06 – Elfyn Evans, now 2nd in the championship, has just left
7:03 am – 🟢 Let’s go for this second special! Ott Tänak started
6h59 – 🔴 The departure of this ES2, the longest of this first day (17.96 km), will be given in less than 5 minutes
6h56 – This Thursday evening, Ott Tänak made the best time of the first special (2.58 km) ahead of Thierry Neuville and Sébastien Ogier
Finland – ES1: First scratch for Ott Tänak, Sébastien Ogier 3rd
6h53 – If you want to know the full program of the day, it’s here:
Rally of Finland 2025 – The full Friday program
6h48 – Now head of the championship, and as the regulations stipulate it, Ott Tänak will open the road this Friday, ahead of Elfyn Evans and Sébastien Ogier
6h45 – 🔍 Small reminder of the points in the pilot championship before this Rally of Finland:
1) Ott Tänak (Hyundai) – 162 Points
2) Elfyn Evans (Toyota) – 161 Points
3) Sébastien Ogier (Toyota) – 141 points
4) Kalle Rovanperä (Toyota) – 138 Points
5) Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) – 114 points
6) Adrien Fourmaux (Hyundai) – 71 points
7) Takamoto Katsuta (Toyota) – 63 points
8) Oliver Solberg (Toyota) – 52 points
9) Sami Pajari (Toyota) – 38 Points
10) Grégoire Munster (M-Sport Ford)-19 points
11) Josh McErlean (M-Sport Ford) – 14 points
12) Martin Sesks (M-Sport Ford)-12 Points
6:40 am – 👋 Hello everyone! Welcome to our commented direct to follow the Finland rally together, starting with this first long day of nine specials. The start of the first will be given from 7:03 am French time.
