Monday 1 August 2016

2016 WRC Round 8 recap - Rally Finland

Recap of the last round of WRC from last weekends Round Eight of Rally Finland.

Last weekends was the eighth round of the World Rally Championship at the Rally Finland (29th-31st July) was won by Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team driver Kris Meeke in his Citroën DS3 WRC.



While, Jari-Matti Latvala finished second in the works Volkswagen Polo R WRC, Latvala was twenty-nine seconds behind Meeke at the end. Meanwhile, Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team driver Craig Breen finished third in his Citroën DS3 WRC, Breen was one hundred seconds behind Meeke at the end.



Meanwhile in WRC-2 class (Group R5, R4, Super 2000 and Group N4 spec cars), that was won by Škoda Motorsport driver Esapekka Lappi in his Škoda Fabia R5. Esapekka Lappi finished in eighth place overall, he was five minutes behind Meeke at the end of the rally.

While in WRC-3 class (Group R1, R2 and R3 cars) that was won by Printsport rakky driver Ole Christian Veiby in his Citroën DS3 R3T. Ole Christian Veiby finished in nineteenth place overall, he was seventeen minutes behind Meeke at the end of the rally.

Highlights of the rally bellow, enjoy.



Next stop, Round Nine of the 2016 WRC season for Rallye Deutschland in three weeks time.

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