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2011 Rally Finland

2011 Rally Finland
2011 Neste Oil Rally Finland
Round 8 of the 2011 World Rally Championship season
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WRC Finland 2011 Day 1 end-of-day interview.jpg
Sébastien Ogier, Sébastien Loeb and Jari-Matti Latvala being interviewed at the end of day 1.
Host country  Finland
Rally base Jyväskylä, Finland
Dates run July 28 – 30 2011
Stages 22 (314.39 km; 195.35 mi)
Stage surface Gravel
Overall distance 1,355.21 km (842.09 mi)
Results
Overall winner France Sébastien Loeb
France Citroën World Rally Team
Crews 125 at start, 66 at finish

The 2011 Rally Finland was the eighth round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 28–30 July, and was based in Jyväskylä, with a remote service in Lahti. The rally was also the fifth round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship, the fourth round of the Production World Rally Championship and the third round of the WRC Academy.

Championship leader Sébastien Loeb won for the second time in Finland, taking his 66th career victory in the process, ahead of rivals Jari-Matti Latvala, Sébastien Ogier and Mikko Hirvonen. With an overall tenth place, Juho Hänninen took the honours in SWRC,Hayden Paddon took his third consecutive win in PWRC, and Egon Kaur continued his perfect record in WRC Academy.

The "Power stage" was a live, televised 4.19 km (2.60 mi) stage at the end of the rally, held in Laajavuori.



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