2018 Rally Finland
The 2018 Rally Finland (formally known as the Neste Rally Finland 2018) was a motor racing event for rally cars that held over four days between 26 and 29 July 2018. It marked the sixty-eighth running of Rally Finland, and was the eighth round of the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship and its support categories, the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships, and the fourth round of the Junior WRC championship. The event was based in Jyväskylä in Central Finland and consisted of twenty-three special stages totalling 317.26 km (197.14 mi) in competitive kilometres.
| 2018 Rally Finland 68th Neste Rally Finland | |||
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Round 8 of 13 in the 2018 World Rally Championship
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The Toyota Yaris WRC of winners Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja during the event. | |||
| Host country | Finland | ||
| Rally base | Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi | ||
| Dates run | 26 – 29 July 2018 | ||
| Start location | Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi | ||
| Finish location | Ruuhimäki, Toivakka | ||
| Stages | 23 (317.26 km; 197.14 miles) | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 1,110.23 km (689.86 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,427.49 km (887.00 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 72 | ||
| Crews | 67 at start, 51 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner | Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:35:18.1 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner | Eerik Pietarinen Juhana Raitanen TGS Worldwide 2:45:18.4 | ||
| WRC-3 winner | Ken Torn Kuldar Sikk OT Racing 3:03:07.2 | ||
Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm were the defending rally winners. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. The TGS Worldwide crew of Eerik Pietarinen and Juhana Raitanen won the World Rally Championship-2 category in a Škoda Fabia R5, while Estonian crew Ken Torn and Kuldar Sikk won the World Rally Championship-3.