Stage results Neste Rally Finland 1998

1.	#26	Laukkanen Tapio - Järvi Tapio Renault Mégane Maxi	A7	5:19.5		95.3
2.	#24	Eriksson Kenneth - Parmander S. Hyundai Coupé Kit Car Evo2	A7	5:23.1	+3.6 + 3.6	94.3 0.43
3.	#25	McRae Alister - Senior David Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car	A7	5:25.9	+6.4 + 2.8	93.5 0.76
4.	#28	Higgins Mark - Mills Phil Nissan Almera Kit Car	A7	5:26.0	+6.5 + 0.1	93.4 0.77
5.	#27	Evans Gwyndaf - Davies Howard Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2	A7	5:27.5	+8.0 + 1.5	93.0 0.95
6.	#35	Kruse Jonas - Berglund Bruno Renault Mégane Maxi	A7	5:29.1	+9.6 + 1.6	92.5 1.13
7.	#34	Jonasson Jörgen - Svensson Pecka Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2	A7	5:29.7	+10.2 + 0.6	92.4 1.21
8.	#30	Gardemeister Toni - Lukander P. Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2	A7	5:30.6	+11.1 + 0.9	92.1 1.31
9.	#47	Saarenpää Esa - Lindström Kaj Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car	A7	5:31.5	+12.0 + 0.9	91.9 1.42
10.	#32	Harkki Olli - Mustalahti Kari Ford Escort Maxi Kit Car	A7	5:36.9	+17.4 + 5.4	90.4 2.06
11.	#31	Bell Wayne - Stewart Iain Hyundai Coupé Kit Car Evo2	A7	5:38.4	+18.9 + 1.5	90.0 2.23
12.	#29	Sibera Pavel - Jirátko Karel Škoda Octavia Kit Car	A7	5:43.9	+24.4 + 5.5	88.6 2.88
13.	#84	Rudengren Johan - Johansson C. Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car	A7	5:50.8	+31.3 + 6.9	86.8 3.70
14.	#74	Salo Juha - Salo Kimmo Volkswagen Golf GTi 16V	A7	5:54.4	+34.9 + 3.6	85.9 4.13
15.	#67	Muhonen Seppo - Perälä Janne Opel Astra GSi 16V	A7	5:54.7	+35.2 + 0.3	85.9 4.16
16.	#77	Cañellas S. - Lorza X. Seat Ibiza 2.0 GTi 16V	A7	6:16.6	+57.1 + 21.9	80.9 6.75
17.	#75	Sipponen Jari - Sipponen Juha Opel Astra GSi 16V	A7	6:30.5	+1:11.0 + 13.9	78.0 8.39
18.	#83	Font Ferran - Sureda Joan Seat Ibiza GTi 16V Evo2	A7	6:38.8	+1:19.3 + 8.3	76.4 9.37
19.	#82	Bigler Serge - Richard Sébastien Opel Astra GSi 16V	A7	6:52.7	+1:33.2 + 13.9	73.8 11.0
20.	#87	Poli Hervé - Fabregues Thierry Citroën ZX 16V	A7	7:10.7	+1:51.2 + 18.0	70.7 13.1

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1. +1	#26	Laukkanen Tapio - Järvi Tapio Renault Mégane Maxi	A7	16:46.6		101.0
2. −1	#24	Eriksson Kenneth - Parmander S. Hyundai Coupé Kit Car Evo2	A7	16:48.2	+1.6 +1.6	100.8 0.06
3. +1	#28	Higgins Mark - Mills Phil Nissan Almera Kit Car	A7	17:05.0	+18.4 +16.8	99.1 0.65
4. −1	#35	Kruse Jonas - Berglund Bruno Renault Mégane Maxi	A7	17:08.0	+21.4 +3.0	98.9 0.76
5.	#30	Gardemeister Toni - Lukander P. Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2	A7	17:10.7	+24.1 +2.7	98.6 0.85
6.	#27	Evans Gwyndaf - Davies Howard Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2	A7	17:12.2	+25.6 +1.5	98.5 0.91
7.	#25	McRae Alister - Senior David Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car	A7	17:16.0	+29.4 +3.8	98.1 1.04
8.	#47	Saarenpää Esa - Lindström Kaj Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car	A7	17:27.2	+40.6 +11.2	97.0 1.44
9. +1	#34	Jonasson Jörgen - Svensson Pecka Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2	A7	17:33.6	+47.0 +6.4	96.5 1.66
10. −1	#32	Harkki Olli - Mustalahti Kari Ford Escort Maxi Kit Car	A7	17:40.6	+54.0 +7.0	95.8 1.91
11.	#31	Bell Wayne - Stewart Iain Hyundai Coupé Kit Car Evo2	A7	17:43.1	+56.5 +2.5	95.6 2.00
12. +1	#84	Rudengren Johan - Johansson C. Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car	A7	18:03.9	+1:17.3 +20.8	93.8 2.74
13. +1	#29	Sibera Pavel - Jirátko Karel Škoda Octavia Kit Car	A7	18:09.3	+1:22.7 +5.4	93.3 2.93
14. +1	#74	Salo Juha - Salo Kimmo Volkswagen Golf GTi 16V	A7	18:24.4	+1:37.8 +15.1	92.0 3.46
15. +1	#67	Muhonen Seppo - Perälä Janne Opel Astra GSi 16V	A7	18:33.1	+1:46.5 +8.7	91.3 3.77
16. +2	#77	Cañellas S. - Lorza X. Seat Ibiza 2.0 GTi 16V	A7	19:42.4	+2:55.8 +1:09.3	86.0 6.23
17. +2	#83	Font Ferran - Sureda Joan Seat Ibiza GTi 16V Evo2	A7	20:42.5	+3:55.9 +1:00.1	81.8 8.36
18. +2	#82	Bigler Serge - Richard Sébastien Opel Astra GSi 16V	A7	21:32.3	+4:45.7 +49.8	78.6 10.1
19. +3	#87	Poli Hervé - Fabregues Thierry Citroën ZX 16V	A7	22:38.6	+5:52.0 +1:06.3	74.8 12.5
20. +3	#75	Sipponen Jari - Sipponen Juha Opel Astra GSi 16V	A7	26:12.7	+9:26.1 +3:34.1	64.6 20.1

Retirement

#48	Pirttinen Jani - Aho Jukka	Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car	Mechanical
#65	Rämänen Marko - Lehtinen Jarmo	Honda Civic SiR	Mechanical
#70	Böhmer Manfred - Wenzel Michael	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	Mechanical
#85	Pollet Patrick - Capelli J.	Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9	Mechanical
#88	Kuusela Toni - Santala Petra	Peugeot 306 S16	Mechanical
#97	Lindroos Minna - Hietala Aki	Opel Astra GSi 16V	Suspension

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Mäkinen Tommi
- Mannisenmäki R.

I would have changed different tyres after the first stage but we're not allowed to change them. Now we're going for a different type of tyre because it seems it's still raining and I hope it works.

Mäkinen Tommi
- Mannisenmäki R.

We tested here in 1997 so Risto can leave out a couple of pace notes

48. Neste Rally Finland 1998

SS3 Valkola - 8.46 km - 21. 8. 14:52

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Retirement

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SS3 Valkola - 8.46 km
- 21. 8. 14:52