68. Neste Rally Finland 2018
26. 7. – 29. 7. 2018, Jyväskylä • gravel 317.26 km • total distance including road sections - 1426.84 km • Other years
#10
Citroën C3 WRC 
EG-***
EG-***
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
RC1
Final results
2. overall
2. class RC1
2. WRC
Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 Harju 1 (2.31 km) | 1:51.0 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
74.9 km/h 0.78 s/km |
1:51.0 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| "For this I have no clue, because it is not a stage that suits us really well but in shakedown the car was really strong and suits me really well." | ||||||
| SS2 Moksi 1 (20.04 km) | 9:57.4 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
120.8 km/h 0.06 s/km |
11:48.4 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| SS3 Urria 1 (12.28 km) | 6:12.1 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
118.8 km/h 0.19 s/km |
18:00.5 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| "Well there was quite rough sections, cars in front are cutting and I didn't want to risk going over the big rocks like the cars ahead. Wanted to avoid the punctures." | ||||||
| SS4 Ässämäki 1 (12.33 km) | 5:49.1 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
127.1 km/h |
23:49.6 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
|
| "I pushed like anything. I'm very happy with that!" | ||||||
| SS5 Äänekoski 1 (7.71 km) | 3:33.7 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
129.9 km/h 0.21 s/km |
27:23.3 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| "Very slippery, I didn't have an easy stage for sure. I tried to push but I made a few mistakes because I was trying to push a bit too hard." | ||||||
| SS6 Oittila (19.34 km) | 9:45.3 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
119.0 km/h |
37:08.6 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
|
| "Really tricky stage, the dust was incredible. I did take some risk in the dust because I know what Ott is willing to do and I must do the same. I really enjoy the car and I enjoy to work with Citroën, I just enjoy my time for sure." | ||||||
| SS7 Moksi 2 (20.04 km) | 9:49.3 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
122.4 km/h |
46:57.9 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
|
| "I saw I was leading with 0.1 before the stage, so I though here on I'd just play it safe! You can see I'm sweating, you can tell how hard I'm pushing!" | ||||||
| SS8 Urria 2 (12.28 km) | 6:10.1 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
119.4 km/h 0.25 s/km |
53:08.0 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
|
| "I had to back off on the rough sections, if you're driving for nothing you can just take the rocks but I knew Ott wasn't as fast through there and I was backing off on purpose." | ||||||
| SS9 Ässämäki 2 (12.33 km) | 5:49.9 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
126.9 km/h 0.24 s/km |
58:57.9 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| "The risk is quite high, we had some tyre wear and I could not push. I just had to go a decent speed and take no cuts. I'm not happy with my speed, again it's on purpose and I can't do anything else." | ||||||
| SS10 Äänekoski 2 (7.71 km) | 3:32.4 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
130.7 km/h 0.43 s/km |
1:02:30.3 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| "The afternoon has not really been good. The first two stages were very nice but after that the tyre wear was big. I've had to save the tyres since Urria. We are not losing a lot of time which is good because the end it was all about getting through the afternoon for us." | ||||||
| SS11 Harju 2 (2.31 km) | 1:50.4 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
75.3 km/h 0.74 s/km |
1:04:20.7 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| "Very nervous watching my team-mates, I had never experienced that problem before so I don't know what the problem was. I was waiting for 45 minutes so maybe that's how I avoided it?" | ||||||
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS12 Päijälä 1 (23.92 km) | 11:44.9 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
122.2 km/h 0.36 s/km |
1:16:05.6 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| SS13 Pihlajakoski 1 (14.90 km) | 6:55.5 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
129.1 km/h 0.32 s/km |
1:23:01.1 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| "We are just driving slowly this morning to see the speed of the others! We are trying to increase the speed step by step, it feels quite good. We're not willing to do anything stupid, at these speeds you want to stay on the roads." | ||||||
| SS14 Kakaristo 1 (23.66 km) | 11:44.1 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
121.0 km/h 0.16 s/km |
1:34:45.2 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| "We try to give it a go, some mistakes quite early in the stage but the end was quite nice for me." | ||||||
| SS15 Tuohikotanen 1 (8.95 km) | 4:32.5 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
118.2 km/h 0.11 s/km |
1:39:17.7 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| "I had one small mistake in my notes from recce so I missed one second. Seem to have gap to Latvala under control and Ott seems to have things under control as well." | ||||||
| SS16 Tuohikotanen 2 (8.95 km) | 4:29.3 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
119.6 km/h 0.37 s/km |
1:43:47.0 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| SS17 Kakaristo 2 (23.66 km) | 11:34.1 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
122.7 km/h 0.33 s/km |
1:55:21.1 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| "A lot. It makes the car quite difficult to drive, fighting for the stages now rather than just driving. I don't know what to do exactly." | ||||||
| SS18 Päijälä 2 (23.92 km) | 11:40.3 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
123.0 km/h 0.38 s/km |
2:07:01.4 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| "It was okay. To be honest I don't know how Latvala did that with only one spare. I have two spares, I feel the weight all the time. I thought that would have helped me but there are only 15km left." | ||||||
| SS19 Pihlajakoski 2 (14.90 km) | 6:55.8 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
129.0 km/h 0.36 s/km |
2:13:57.2 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| "I was driving slow on this one, to be honest I was surprised with our tyre wear for this weekend. There was nothing left when I started the final stage and I had to go really slow. We do need to work as a team to solve the tyre wear." | ||||||
| 3. leg | ||||||
| SS20 Laukaa 1 (11.74 km) | 5:28.4 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
128.7 km/h |
2:19:25.6 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| "It felt quite good, quite good rhythm so I'm glad to see we have taken some time. Jari-Matti is a great driver but we need to make sure to give our all." | ||||||
| SS21 Ruuhimäki 1 (11.12 km) | 5:34.1 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
119.8 km/h 0.11 s/km |
2:24:59.7 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| "That's all good! It is going to end in my favour! I had some bad pacenotes in this stage, I changed them now. I focused on this stage yesterday evening and made some corrections which were all wrong which annoyed me. They've been changed." | ||||||
| SS22 Laukaa 2 (11.74 km) | 5:24.4 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
130.3 km/h 0.22 s/km |
2:30:24.1 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| SS23 Ruuhimäki 2[Power Stage] (11.12 km) | 5:26.7 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
122.5 km/h 0.04 s/km |
2:35:50.8 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| "I cannot believe that, wow. That means a lot to me. That was a really good stage, I'm just really happy to be fighting again. I'm really happy! I'm really happy." | ||||||
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