Stage results Neste Rally Finland 1998

1.	#24	Eriksson Kenneth - Parmander S. Hyundai Coupé Kit Car Evo2	A7	14:57.6		105.1
2.	#25	McRae Alister - Senior David Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car	A7	15:07.8	+10.2 + 10.2	103.9 0.39
3.	#30	Gardemeister Toni - Lukander P. Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2	A7	15:14.6	+17.0 + 6.8	103.1 0.65
4.	#28	Higgins Mark - Mills Phil Nissan Almera Kit Car	A7	15:15.8	+18.2 + 1.2	103.0 0.69
5.	#35	Kruse Jonas - Berglund Bruno Renault Mégane Maxi	A7	15:19.2	+21.6 + 3.4	102.6 0.82
6.	#47	Saarenpää Esa - Lindström Kaj Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car	A7	15:26.7	+29.1 + 7.5	101.8 1.11
7.	#29	Sibera Pavel - Jirátko Karel Škoda Octavia Kit Car	A7	15:31.5	+33.9 + 4.8	101.3 1.29
8.	#31	Bell Wayne - Stewart Iain Hyundai Coupé Kit Car Evo2	A7	15:59.2	+1:01.6 + 27.7	98.3 2.35
9.	#27	Evans Gwyndaf - Davies Howard Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2	A7	16:10.9	+1:13.3 + 11.7	97.1 2.80
10.	#34	Jonasson Jörgen - Svensson Pecka Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2	A7	16:11.9	+1:14.3 + 1.0	97.0 2.84
11.	#74	Salo Juha - Salo Kimmo Volkswagen Golf GTi 16V	A7	16:53.9	+1:56.3 + 42.0	93.0 4.44
12.	#77	Cañellas S. - Lorza X. Seat Ibiza 2.0 GTi 16V	A7	17:21.9	+2:24.3 + 28.0	90.5 5.51
13.	#84	Rudengren Johan - Johansson C. Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car	A7	17:29.9	+2:32.3 + 8.0	89.8 5.81
14.	#67	Muhonen Seppo - Perälä Janne Opel Astra GSi 16V	A7	17:39.3	+2:41.7 + 9.4	89.0 6.17
15.	#83	Font Ferran - Sureda Joan Seat Ibiza GTi 16V Evo2	A7	18:36.5	+3:38.9 + 57.2	84.5 8.35
16.	#75	Sipponen Jari - Sipponen Juha Opel Astra GSi 16V	A7	18:56.7	+3:59.1 + 20.2	83.0 9.13
17.	#82	Bigler Serge - Richard Sébastien Opel Astra GSi 16V	A7	19:50.9	+4:53.3 + 54.2	79.2 11.2
18.	#32	Harkki Olli - Mustalahti Kari Ford Escort Maxi Kit Car	A7	20:00.0	+5:02.4 + 9.1	78.6 11.5
19.	#87	Poli Hervé - Fabregues Thierry Citroën ZX 16V	A7	28:23.2	+13:25.6 + 8:23.2	55.4 30.8

Overall

1. +1	#24	Eriksson Kenneth - Parmander S. Hyundai Coupé Kit Car Evo2	A7	31:45.8		102.8
2. +1	#28	Higgins Mark - Mills Phil Nissan Almera Kit Car	A7	32:20.8	+35.0 +35.0	101.0 0.64
3. +4	#25	McRae Alister - Senior David Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car	A7	32:23.8	+38.0 +3.0	100.8 0.70
4. +1	#30	Gardemeister Toni - Lukander P. Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2	A7	32:25.3	+39.5 +1.5	100.7 0.73
5. −1	#35	Kruse Jonas - Berglund Bruno Renault Mégane Maxi	A7	32:27.2	+41.4 +1.9	100.6 0.76
6. +2	#47	Saarenpää Esa - Lindström Kaj Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car	A7	32:53.9	+1:08.1 +26.7	99.3 1.25
7. −1	#27	Evans Gwyndaf - Davies Howard Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2	A7	33:23.1	+1:37.3 +29.2	97.8 1.79
8. +5	#29	Sibera Pavel - Jirátko Karel Škoda Octavia Kit Car	A7	33:40.8	+1:55.0 +17.7	97.0 2.11
9. +2	#31	Bell Wayne - Stewart Iain Hyundai Coupé Kit Car Evo2	A7	33:42.3	+1:56.5 +1.5	96.9 2.14
10. −1	#34	Jonasson Jörgen - Svensson Pecka Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2	A7	33:45.5	+1:59.7 +3.2	96.7 2.20
11. +3	#74	Salo Juha - Salo Kimmo Volkswagen Golf GTi 16V	A7	35:18.3	+3:32.5 +1:32.8	92.5 3.90
12.	#84	Rudengren Johan - Johansson C. Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car	A7	35:33.8	+3:48.0 +15.5	91.8 4.19
13. +2	#67	Muhonen Seppo - Perälä Janne Opel Astra GSi 16V	A7	36:12.4	+4:26.6 +38.6	90.2 4.90
14. +2	#77	Cañellas S. - Lorza X. Seat Ibiza 2.0 GTi 16V	A7	37:04.3	+5:18.5 +51.9	88.1 5.85
15. −5	#32	Harkki Olli - Mustalahti Kari Ford Escort Maxi Kit Car	A7	37:40.6	+5:54.8 +36.3	86.7 6.52
16. +1	#83	Font Ferran - Sureda Joan Seat Ibiza GTi 16V Evo2	A7	39:19.0	+7:33.2 +1:38.4	83.1 8.33
17. +1	#82	Bigler Serge - Richard Sébastien Opel Astra GSi 16V	A7	41:23.2	+9:37.4 +2:04.2	78.9 10.6
18. +2	#75	Sipponen Jari - Sipponen Juha Opel Astra GSi 16V	A7	45:09.4	+13:23.6 +3:46.2	72.3 14.8
19.	#87	Poli Hervé - Fabregues Thierry Citroën ZX 16V	A7	51:01.8	+19:16.0 +5:52.4	64.0 21.2

Retirement

#22	Puhakka Jouko - Ovaskainen Mika	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo V	Accident
#26	Laukkanen Tapio - Järvi Tapio	Renault Mégane Maxi	Accident
#42	Ahvenlammi Jouni - Leino Teppo	Toyota Celica GT-Four	Accident
#64	Potapkov Sergey - Prutkovskaya E.	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	Mechanical
#72	Washio Shunichi - Sugimura Takuya	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	Accident
#95	Hytönen Kari - Ravolainen Juha	Mercedes-Benz 190E	Electrical

Info

Mäkinen Tommi
- Mannisenmäki R.

It's going OK now, good feeling to drive. Sadly Carlos won us by a second because we lost some time passing Colin, I had to slow down, it happened on the narrow section.

Thiry Bruno
- Prévot Stéphane

Off road

McRae Colin
- Grist Nicky

It's not a particularly tricky place. It was just so slippery that there was nothing to do. Usually we have the needed spare parts but now we didn't have them. We would have had to do drive 70 km before the next service so retirement was the only option. It's a bummer since I was just getting up to pace.

McRae Colin
- Grist Nicky

Hit a tree, broken rear suspension

48. Neste Rally Finland 1998

SS4 Lankamaa - 26.20 km - 21. 8. 16:04

Overall

Retirement

Info

SS4 Lankamaa - 26.20 km
- 21. 8. 16:04