Arctic Rally Finland Powered by CapitalBox 2021
26. 2. – 28. 2. 2021, Rovaniemi • AKK Sports Ltd. • snow - ice 251.08 km • total distance including road sections - 856.05 km • Other years
#25
Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 
Movisport
RC2
Final results
10. overall
1. class RC2
10. WRC
1. WRC2
Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 Sarriojärvi 1 (31.05 km) | 16:40.6 | 12.
1. class RC2 12. WRC 1. WRC2 |
111.7 km/h 1.38 s/km |
16:40.6 | 12.
1. class RC2 12. WRC 1. WRC2 |
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| “It was fine, completely different from the shakedown, super-tricky. A lot of loose snow. I tried to drive quite safely in the grooves.” | ||||||
| SS2 Sarriojärvi 2 (31.05 km) | 16:38.3 | 11.
1. class RC2 11. WRC 1. WRC2 |
112.0 km/h 1.46 s/km |
33:18.9 | 11.
1. class RC2 11. WRC 1. WRC2 |
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| “There are some problems with the car.” | ||||||
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS3 Mustalampi 1 (24.43 km) | 14:29.7 | 13.
1. class RC2 13. WRC 1. WRC2 |
101.1 km/h 1.44 s/km |
47:48.6 | 11.
1. class RC2 11. WRC 1. WRC2 |
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| “It went quite well. It wasn't that clean as I thought and I went to the snowbank as well. I lost four or five seconds due to a mistake. I tried to drive calmly and we will have to see how fast the others will go.” | ||||||
| “It was really slippery. I lost a lot of time in the end. We are missing a lot of grip in the car. I don’t know what to do.” | ||||||
| SS4 Kaihuavaara 1 (19.91 km) | 9:36.2 | 12.
1. class RC2 12. WRC 1. WRC2 |
124.4 km/h 1.49 s/km |
57:24.8 | 11.
1. class RC2 11. WRC 1. WRC2 |
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| "Rallying doesn't really get better than this. We have great conditions, fast roads and big banks! I can't complain." | ||||||
| SS5 Siikakämä 1 (27.68 km) | 13:09.4 | 12.
1. class RC2 12. WRC 1. WRC2 |
126.2 km/h 1.42 s/km |
1:10:34.2 | 11.
1. class RC2 11. WRC 1. WRC2 |
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| "The gaps are not huge - we have a big lead, but we can't make any mistakes. It's been very good so far." | ||||||
| “So far we’ve been better than the others, definitely. The gaps are not huge, well in overall, we have a big lead but still we can’t do any mistake. It’s been very good so far. It was very beautiful [stage], so cool and the conditions are really nice. It’s still icy so you can really trust for the tyres and you don’t need to be scared that the studs will fall down. Very enjoyable.” | ||||||
| SS6 Mustalampi 2 (24.43 km) | 14:26.9 | 11.
1. class RC2 11. WRC 1. WRC2 |
101.5 km/h 1.21 s/km |
1:25:01.1 | 11.
1. class RC2 11. WRC 1. WRC2 |
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| “It was the worst stage so far. I pushed hard. The road is in a good condition but there is gravel in some places. The studs are falling out, but I cannot do anything about it. In the morning the road was a lot better.” | ||||||
| SS7 Kaihuavaara 2 (19.91 km) | 9:34.0 | 11.
1. class RC2 11. WRC 1. WRC2 |
124.9 km/h 1.27 s/km |
1:34:35.1 | 11.
1. class RC2 11. WRC 1. WRC2 |
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| “It’s a very good Saturday. It felt like someone had gone and made it very slippery on purpose. Now was more normal than before. Now it was nice again. Let’s try and focus and keep a good rhythm. I don’t have any other choices.” | ||||||
| SS8 Siikakämä 2 (27.68 km) | 13:45.8 | 14.
4. class RC2 14. WRC 3. WRC2 |
120.7 km/h 2.23 s/km |
1:48:20.9 | 10.
1. class RC2 10. WRC 1. WRC2 |
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| “It is nice, it is just too pretty long for the tyres. After 10 kilometres it became very tricky and challenging. It is the same for everyone. I was too wide on one left turn and stuck for a while. The tyres are pretty done.” | ||||||
| 3. leg | ||||||
| SS9 Aittajärvi 1 (22.47 km) | 10:51.7 | 13.
1. class RC2 13. WRC 1. WRC2 |
124.1 km/h 1.97 s/km |
1:59:12.6 | 10.
1. class RC2 10. WRC 1. WRC2 |
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| "I don't know how to describe it for people who haven't driven a rally car. It feels so great and the conditions are so good on the first pass." | ||||||
| SS10 Aittajärvi 2[Power Stage] (22.47 km) | 10:44.0 | 14.
2. class RC2 14. WRC 2. WRC2 |
125.6 km/h 1.85 s/km |
2:09:56.6 | 10.
1. class RC2 10. WRC 1. WRC2 |
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