65. Neste Oil Rally Finland 2015
30. 7. – 2. 8. 2015, Jyväskylä • gravel 320.00 km • total distance including road sections - 1270.83 km • Other years
Info
SS19
"I can tell you that it’s really amazing and really special to win here for the 3rd time and twice in a raw! Just so happy!"
"Amazing battle and amazing weekend! The show that we delivered was fantastic. Once again I really loved this rally!"
"Beginning was horrible! Then we made mistakes, i'm happy to finish."
"Impressive SS, we have a lot of respect for it. Nothing to try now for the victory, I try to focus on validating the notes for the 2nd lap"
"What a rollercoaster! It is impressive, places I didn't expect to jump... We need a clear run."
"I took it very carefully. I tried to check my pacenotes for the second run."
"With this time, we should have gone faster, but a really nice stage."
"Very tricky stage to start with, I was very careful, checking that everything was correct."
"Really tricky stage, a lot of very difficult places, so I have nothing to improve, I just drive."
"I enjoyed a lot, but I was very slow. Just trying to finish now."
"Pretty tricky really, quite slippery in quite a few places, not 100% committed though."
SS18
"We are disappointed for the mistake we made, now we have to get to the end."
"It's been okay. Nothing too spectacular after yesterday, but we got the mileage and we got the notes so good experience."
"After the finish line the problem started again but should not be a problem to get to service."
"We tried what we could, no regrets even if I finish 2nd. It would be a great result for the championship. Jari did a fantastic job..."
"I just have to enjoy now. We need to continue this way: enjoy and no risks!"
SS17
"It wasn't comfortable because of stones on the road"
"We worked quite a lot on the car - it was fine on this stage. The team gave us some good advice!"
"Really good stage for us! I like this SS. Try to concentrate in driving, that’s the best medicine!"
SS16
"Okay, not a great stage but it was reasonable."
"Everybody's complaining about the conditions, it is really tricky, there's a lot of mud too."
"We are fighting for nothing, so we aren't taking any risks."
"We have a problem with the windscreen heater, so you can imagine how challenging it is!"
"It's smells like fuel, but I don't know what's wrong. It's getting worse and worse."
"Time is good but I was not sure how it would be. Very difficult conditions, slippy brakings but we manage to do it quite well."
"Beginning of the stage, I was really on the edge of the road. There was a rock in the grass."
"Difficult stage. I drove in safe mode with the rain."
"It's raining on the other side much more. Quite difficult as we have hard tyres."
SS15
"At the beginning of the stage we lost the car and went into a ditch - we were stuck there for a long time."
"It was good, but we almost stopped where Dani Sordo went off."
""Good run no problems. Lot of stones."
"I'm not in the fight, but it's nice to see what our DS 3 WRC is capable of!"
"Time was okay, but the car, running on 3 cylinders sometimes."
"It was a good stage for us, not perfect, but a good stage."
"Bit rougher, working harder, i'm still enjoying and have found a good rhythm now."
"I couldn't go faster, nothing more to say. Jari's getting faster and faster."
"There is a lot of loose gravel, so there was quite a lot of cleaning, but all good for us."
SS14
"Guys on the top are going really really fast."
"This could be the best run for me since the start of the rally"
"Really good, tried to go a different method, much cleaner than before. Losing time braking."
"Lost a bit in the beginning but I tried to make it better in the rest of the stage. Quite narrow towards the end."
"This stage was quite terrible, the corners are far too slow. But it's okay, everything is fine."
"Frustrating when you see the others, the lines i'm trying to follow, but it's not possible. Seems the drivers in front have more traction."
"Nothing wrong, we just have to do better. When I try to attack i'm going too much sideways."
"It's almost annoying when you come to a big jump and you slow down so much...There was so much camera people. I got nervous and didn't jump -- Sorry for that."
"I think that now, we know a bit more about which direction to go, but the conditions change."
SS13
" A bit more cautious this time. Slippery, so trying to stay in the lines and not make any mistakes."
"Very nice, but little bit slippery. Speed is just slightly slower than yesterday. Enjoyable! "
"I tried to slow down and find the correct lines. Clean stage for me, no moments like before."
"I'm a lot slower, so it's not good. We need to try and do a bit better."
"Happy with my time. Keep improving and keep to the notes. I'm quite happy."
"I'm enjoying my rhythm, I feel good, I feel comfortable! It's nice to get experience today."
"A good stage, but the guys' cuts in front.. they are going so fast it's unbelievable!"
"Absolutely flat out. I lose a little bit of rhythm in one place, but otherwise it was fine."
"It's quite tricky in the very narrow section. The other part is an autobahn. There is water at the end."
"Big watersplash in the last corner! Beginning was good, lots of loose on the narrow sections."
"We went off in one corner, so we had to check, but a good start."
SS12
"A crash for Gorban in SS12 and we had to stop. Thankfully he and his co-driver are okay - that is the most important thing!"
"We know he doesn't push 100%"
"All undercontrol. I'm trying to keep this kind of rhythm.The car is perfect to drive. Still long rally to go!"
"We spun on the straight without touching anything."
"It was tricky. It's so much faster than during the recce, the pacenotes can't be perfect."
"We were really wide. I thought it was all over."
"It's my first time on these stages in a WRC car and the speed is surprising, we are making some note changes but its good fun."
"Good grip but I missed a bit of speed everywhere. We try to do better on the next one."
"There was a new section in that one so we took it quite steady to ensure that the notes were right."
"The wipers got stuck 5km into the stage. The car felt good in this one, I enjoyed and pushed more."
"I felt that road was getting a bit slippy & was not having the best feeling here. I know I didn’t do the best performance."
"I had some wrong information about the stage. Not a good set up"
"Conditions are OK, bit different than previous stage."
SS11
"Luckily I didn't stall the engine"
"I'm really happy. The car is beautiful this morning."
"Could have gone faster for sure, but a good solid start that we can look to build on throughout the morning."
"It was a good & clean run, tried to avoid mistakes - I'm not in a position to fight."
"It was a good stage, I like this one. I know Sebastien will push hard so I needed to push harder but I was not sure how it was going."
"Was quite ok. Had a big moment in the first corner. Was a bit of a shock, but had a good drive after"
"It's gonna be difficult today."
SS10
"We were better and better during the day."
"Not a perfect day. We had the same feeling than last year. I did everything I could to get close."
"It has been an enjoyable day. We'll try to continue tomorrow and see what will happen."
SS8
"It's not so much about driving, it's looking after the car"
A clean run, but I'm suffering on the lines in the road from the national rally cars."
"There's still feeling something is not right"
"Never done this stage as fast as now! Was myself scared sometimes. Happy!"
SS7
"No big problems. Sometimes rainy, sometimes not."
"It's still all the same (damper problem)."
"I think the exhaust is broken."
"We have to try and get the car to the end of the day."
"I really had to focus and concentrate because I lost time on the first run."
"Little bit of rain, but it's made the grip better in fact! Struggled at the beginning."
SS6
"I went off again, and had a choice of hitting a tree or a road sign. I hit the sign."
"Not feeling better yet! When I saw Hayden's car, I knew this was not the stage to push on."
"I think I can push much, much more. I'm trying to not hit the stones, I can do a little more."
"We're trying everything we can to make it through all of the remaining stages. We're going to lose time, but we need to try."
"Not bad, but not perfect. We just need to continue like this."
"Conditions are better so the car is working better, but I could still go faster."
"Very good run, the driving was like the playstation game! All going according to plan."
"A good run through the stage, much better than the first stage of the day. I'm enjoying!"
SS5
"We had to slow down because of Mikkelsens off. Lost time"
"Ouninpohja made the rear of the car move a lot, now it's better, we're trying to keep it up."
"Still have a few things that we need to work on, but it feels a little bit better."
"Something in the transmission, it's not correct, but it's not the driveshaft..."
"Andreas was on the road. The car looked quite bad, but they're both okay luckily."
"I took it carefully when I saw him. Lost half a second in there, but it's important to be safe."
"My stage was okay, short but sometimes those are the most difficult."
SS4
puncture
stopped - 7 min
Missing its front bumper and sporting damage on all corners. "We went wide into a ditch. After than we had a slow puncture. There is still a long way to go."
"We have a problem with the alternator. Very difficult."
"I went into a ditch on the first 3 or 4kms, not easy but we will take it gradually."
"We haven't got a lot of grip. I think we made the wrong decision to use harder tyres."
"Broken damper, hard to drive this stage without trying to jump..."
"Right from the start of the stage, every corner I could feel the time loss. Small changes now."
"It was fine for a while but we went wide and hit a rock, broke our suspension."
"Brake cap is gone. Something is certainly not right. Think it's a driveshaft."
"This stage felt better for me, but i'm not fully committed, it's difficult to be fast."
"I have never done so well on Ouninpohja, this was my best time so far. I'm happy."
"A really fast stage! I always enjoy it a lot although it's very difficult to be at the limit all the time in this kind of SS"
"I'm trying to have a good rhythm, struggled a bit in the beginning, the car is amazing."
SS3
"A bit cautious on SS3, didn't go flat out at all."
!It was quite a good stage, we went wide in a slow corner and we finished onto the grass, we lost about 15 seconds. "
" Enjoyable stage, no problem, one too big jump. Happy! "
"I have no handbrake."
"We remember this stage, it's horrible, I was scared of the jump. Not so bad."
"I didn't drive last year, the others have more experience than me here. It was difficult!"
"Front left damper broken, we went too fast, I messed up."
"Struggled a bit in there, grip not where I wanted it to be. Tried to push though."
"It's been alright, I wasn't quite as happy in there as I was on the first one. Run was okay."
"Trying to find back my pace today, this one was a bit better. Have to find the feeling!"
"We had a bit of a moment in the beginning of the stage. Surprisingly slippy here and not a good feeling as in the 1st SS "
"Quite a good stage but I struggled a bit with my confidence on the really fast stuff."
"Conditions are difficult, I don't yet have the confidence on this kind of stage."
"When you're first on the road without any lines, it's not easy. A little bit cautious in there."
SS2
" Nice stage, struggle a bit but I am very satisfied. We can drive much faster. "
"It's so fast, I have to build my confidence."
"We had big problems with transmisions."
"Last year I rolled on this stage."
"Grip is surprisingly low."
"We were a little too cautious in places but overall it was a clean run and I'm happy with that start."
"Good start, very confortable. I have to keep the momentum. The day will be very long."
"My notes are a bit slow also the cars in front are cutting a lot so I missed a bit the line and lost time."
"I was way too careful."
"Quite good rhythm. It's a tricky stage as the roads are very slippery. Now, we'll focus to the next one."
"Could have taken a bit more risks but happy with the SS. It's such a compact ground that there's no loose gravel at all. We'll do our best"
SS1
"We feeling OK, Shakedown was OK too. -- Looking forward for tomorrow".
"It was slippery. I also messed with gears. -- not the easiest start for me"
"We had a couple of moments, it's a bit slippy!"
"I made a mistake on a last corner here, it was very slippery"