Stage results Arctic Rally Finland Powered by CapitalBox 2021

1.	#25	Lappi Esapekka - Ferm Janne Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	RC2	9:34.0		124.9
2.	#20	Mikkelsen Andreas - Fløene Ola Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	RC2	9:44.6	+10.6 + 10.6	122.6 0.53
3.	#26	Veiby O. - Andersson J. Hyundai i20 R5	RC2	9:49.9	+15.9 + 5.3	121.5 0.80
4.	#22	Brynildsen E. - Gulbæk Engan V. Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	RC2	9:51.6	+17.6 + 1.7	121.2 0.88
5.	#28	Linnamäe Georg - Korsia V. Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	RC2	10:06.9	+32.9 + 15.3	118.1 1.65
6.	#27	Gryazin Nikolay - Aleksandrov K. Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	RC2	10:08.8	+34.8 + 1.9	117.7 1.75
7.	#29	Prokop Martin - Ernst Michal Ford Fiesta Rally2	RC2	10:19.4	+45.4 + 10.6	115.7 2.28
8.	#23	Johnston Sean - Kihurani A. Citroën C3 Rally2	RC2	10:25.2	+51.2 + 5.8	114.6 2.57
9.	#21	Fourmaux Adrien - Jamoul Renaud Ford Fiesta Rally2 [SR]	RC2	19:34.0 [N]	+10:00.0 + 9:08.8	61.1 30.1

Overall

1.	#25	Lappi Esapekka - Ferm Janne Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	RC2	1:34:35.1		113.2
2.	#20	Mikkelsen Andreas - Fløene Ola Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	RC2	1:35:24.3	+49.2 +49.2	112.2 0.28
3.	#27	Gryazin Nikolay - Aleksandrov K. Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	RC2	1:36:05.9	+1:30.8 +41.6	111.4 0.51
4.	#22	Brynildsen E. - Gulbæk Engan V. Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	RC2	1:36:59.7	+2:24.6 +53.8	110.4 0.81
5.	#26	Veiby O. - Andersson J. Hyundai i20 R5	RC2	1:37:29.9	+2:54.8 +30.2	109.8 0.98
6.	#29	Prokop Martin - Ernst Michal Ford Fiesta Rally2	RC2	1:40:12.5	+5:37.4 +2:42.6	106.9 1.89
7. +1	#23	Johnston Sean - Kihurani A. Citroën C3 Rally2	RC2	1:47:26.9	+12:51.8 +7:14.4	99.7 4.32
8. +1	#28	Linnamäe Georg - Korsia V. Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	RC2	1:55:36.6	+21:01.5 +8:09.7	92.6 7.07
9. −2	#21	Fourmaux Adrien - Jamoul Renaud Ford Fiesta Rally2 [SR]	RC2	1:56:19.9	+21:44.8 +43.3	92.0 7.31

Penalty

#38		Kaur Egon - Simm Silver		Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	0:10 - Late (1 min) at TC

Info

#30

Asunmaa Teemu
- Salminen Marko

“I should have pushed more. I need to have more speed for the last stage. It has been difficult. I had to do a lot of work. I’m surprised how fast the others drove.”

#29

Prokop Martin
- Ernst Michal

“It was a very nice and smooth stage. A lot of gravel on the road, we should improve the time. The stage was nice for us.’’

#27

Gryazin Nikolay
- Aleksandrov K.

“I hit a snowbank and as a result of that we lost power. We lost a lot on this stage.”

#26

Veiby O.
- Andersson J.

“It’s been a difficult day for sure and it is super-tough for the tyres now. But it’s really fast and enjoyable. We struggled a little bit. We’ve been improving a bit on the second loop. Let’s see what we can do on the last stage.”

#25

Lappi Esapekka
- Ferm Janne

“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.”

#22

Brynildsen E.
- Gulbæk Engan V.

“I tried on this one. It’s really difficult when you have to take care of the tyres. Lappi is doing a very, very good job, it is hard to keep up.”

#20

Mikkelsen Andreas
- Fløene Ola

“That was okay for us, a clean stage, we tried to save the tyres for the last stage. We have a good gap now. Esapekka [Lappi] is hard to catch. We are happy where we are.’’

#38

Kaur Egon
- Simm Silver

"Maybe not the best one for us, could have been better. Still one more to go, we need to see about the tyres and see how we can finish the day."

#23

Johnston Sean
- Kihurani A.

"Much better feeling in the afternoon, big steps in commitment. Very fun stage, amazing."

#29

Prokop Martin
- Ernst Michal

"A lot of gravel on the road!"

Tänak Ott
- Järveoja Martin

"I was really worried about the last stage, so I used the worst tyres just so we could get through. The last one will be really important now."

#42

Breen Craig
- Nagle Paul

"I'm trying my best - I really tried to do a good job and manage it."

#69

Rovanperä Kalle
- Halttunen J.

"Maybe the other guys are being clever and saving their tyres! We took a small gamble with the tyres and put them on crossed."

#11

Neuville Thierry
- Wydaeghe M.

"It went okay. I had a very clean and smooth run trying to save my tyres and it was working well. I am feeling comfortable in the car and our communication is working better as well."

#33

Evans Elfyn
- Martin Scott

"Who knows - we'll find out in the next one. For sure, there was some movement near the end but it wasn't quite as hard on the tyres as the previous one."

Suninen Teemu
- Markkula Mikko

"The conditions are really tricky. There's a clean line, but also a lot of messy snow outside of the lines. It's hard to go flat out and look after the tyres. Let's see what we can do when we get the fresh tyres."

#18

Katsuta Takamoto
- Barritt Daniel

"I am really disappointed that I couldn't be at maximum attack but the time is okay. The next one will be even trickier."