Jari-Matti Latvala - Juho Hänninen - Secto Rally Finland 2023

72. Secto Rally Finland 2023

WRC #9 • WRC2 #9 • WRC2 Challenger #9 • WRC3 #9 • WRC Masters Cup #9

3. 8. – 6. 8. 2023, Jyväskylä • AKK Sports Ltd. • gravel 320.56 km • total distance including road sections - 1471.63 km • Other years

Stage results

Latvala Jari-Matti

Hänninen Juho

#97

Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid

A-6***

Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT

RC1

Final results

5. overall

5. class RC1

5. WRC

Stage results

1. leg	Time	Pos.	km/h s/km	Overall	Pos. after
SS1 Harju 1 (3.48 km)	2:47.1	9. 9. class RC1 9. WRC	75.0 km/h 2.33 s/km	2:47.1	9. 9. class RC1 9. WRC
"Back in 2003, 20 years ago my very first WRC in Rally Finland I was so nervous I was losing my eye-sight before the stage! But Juho was keeping me calm, I had good fun. Really enjoyed it!"
SS2 Laukaa 1 (11.78 km)	5:44.9	9. 9. class RC1 9. WRC	123.0 km/h 0.75 s/km	8:32.0	9. 9. class RC1 9. WRC
"The time is much better than I thought because I was left foot braking in some places. Very nice to drive, it's fantastic to be in Rally Finland!"
SS3 Lankamaa 1 (14.21 km)	6:11.9	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	137.6 km/h 0.99 s/km	14:43.9	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC
"We had good fun. I knew that in the beginning there is a quite nasty right-hander and Loubet went off there so we took it easy. I know I could go faster but I need to take risks and I am not quite at that level."
SS4 Myhinpää 1 (15.51 km)	7:07.4	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	130.6 km/h 0.75 s/km	21:51.3	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC
"Myhinpaa is a nice, nice stage. I tried to still keep it under control. I'm not using the whole width of the road, not leaning on the car in all the corners but it will come. Step by step."
SS5 Halttula 1 (9.14 km)	4:27.9	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC	122.8 km/h 0.75 s/km	26:19.2	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC
"It was not an easy stage, I have to say. Towards the end the corners were slippy so I had to really feel the grip. When the rain came it made it really quite tricky."
SS6 Laukaa 2 (11.78 km)	5:49.1	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC	121.5 km/h 0.73 s/km	32:08.3	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC
"In one way it was easier but the grip level was changing because of this rain, it has made it muddy in some places. The driving was not so easy and the rhythm wasn't that great at the beginning, but the main thing is we made no major mistakes and we got it through."
SS7 Lankamaa 2 (14.21 km)	6:19.7	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC	134.7 km/h 0.99 s/km	38:28.0	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC
"It was a bit more difficult now the second time because quite a lot of impacts, so we didn't have the same rhythm as this morning."
SS8 Myhinpää 2 (15.51 km)	7:09.1	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	130.1 km/h 0.61 s/km	45:37.1	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"I think Taka is now in the position where he needs to help Elfyn in the championship."
SS9 Halttula 2 (9.14 km)	4:27.3	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	123.1 km/h 0.72 s/km	50:04.4	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"The driver nature is like this, you want to go fast! It's been a good day so far, really enjoyable."
SS10 Harju 2 (3.48 km)	2:53.7	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	72.1 km/h 2.64 s/km	52:58.1	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"Generally it's been a very good day and we can be very pleased with the performance. It's not an easy stage to finish the day, I took it quite carefully so that we could get through and continue with our nice experience here at Rally Finland."
2. leg
SS11 Västilä 1 (18.94 km)	8:50.1	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	128.6 km/h 1.09 s/km	1:01:48.2	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"It's a very nice stage, it's a nice rhythm but I was a bit afraid of the slippy corners. But it wasn't as bad as I thought, the grip was constant."
SS12 Päijälä 1 (20.19 km)	9:54.9	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	122.2 km/h 0.79 s/km	1:11:43.1	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"I was getting this feeling, the old feeling from the past when you are driving over the jumps and flying! But Juho was angry with me as I hit a rock on the second right-hand corner, but I was explaining it was just a little bit."
SS13 Rapsula 1 (20.56 km)	10:11.5	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC	121.0 km/h 0.79 s/km	1:21:54.6	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"Juho was not happy because there were a couple of places it was slippy, and according to him I didn't believe him enough. And I said hey it's not easy! Easy for co-driver to say on that side, but anyway it was a good stage!"
SS14 Vekkula 1 (20.65 km)	10:26.2	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC	118.7 km/h 0.81 s/km	1:32:20.8	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
SS15 Västilä 2 (18.94 km)	8:42.3	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC	130.5 km/h 1.00 s/km	1:41:03.1	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
Hänninen: "From time to time he is doing quite okay. For sure, the rhythm is not always there but he is always quite relaxed, not overdoing anything and not pushing too much. There is plenty of work to try to control him!"
Hybrid issue
SS16 Päijälä 2 (20.19 km)	9:51.1	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC	123.0 km/h 0.95 s/km	1:50:54.2	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"Maybe I am getting a little bit too old, but otherwise a good run!"
SS17 Rapsula 2 (20.56 km)	10:05.8	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC	122.2 km/h 0.82 s/km	2:01:00.0	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"One junction missed, so a little mistake, but I hope people had fun!"
SS18 Vekkula 2 (20.65 km)	10:46.5	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	115.0 km/h 0.66 s/km	2:11:46.5	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"It was horrible, it was not nice! The ruts were full of water and all over the places, but we lifted the car up so thanks to our engineer. We were a bit professional and it helped us in this stage."
3. leg
SS19 Moksi - Sahloinen 1 (16.56 km)	7:44.3	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	128.4 km/h 0.57 s/km	2:19:30.8	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"This is one of the classic stages, one that I have been waiting for. Great feeling to drive, fantastic. I was a little bit slow in the first part of the stage on the narrow road but it was generally good fun, we enjoyed it."
SS20 Himos - Jämsä 1 (9.26 km)	5:09.8	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	107.6 km/h 0.58 s/km	2:24:40.6	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"Really good memories here, back in 2010 we won it. It was a tricky stage, I can tell you that the grip level was not what I expected. We had a bit of a moment on a left-hander and Juho was not happy!"
SS21 Moksi - Sahloinen 2 (16.56 km)	7:37.4	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	130.3 km/h 0.65 s/km	2:32:18.0	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"It was good fun. In one junction I drove a little bit bad but other than that it was great fun. I knew I could go a little bit faster but I had to calm down because I had a little bit of a moment."
SS22 Himos - Jämsä 2[Power Stage] (9.26 km)	5:02.7	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	110.1 km/h 0.93 s/km	2:37:20.7	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"It's been amazing fun. Thank you Toyota for giving me this opportunity. Juho just said 'you surprised me with that last run' so if we can get one point from the powerstage that would be super."