The “”land of a thousand lakes” really picturesque. The black forests stretching to the horizon and the numerous lakes stretching across the wooded terrain are a sight to behold. It can even be a sight to behold, like this weekend, FIA World Racing Championship continues its 50th season through cFinnish entral.
This weekend’s rally can be predicted as the fastest rally ever held in the history of the championship. WRC will bring the catalog’s new Rally1 hybrid cars out first. The Rally1 cars will take full advantage of the 134 hp provided by an electric motor to create moments of absurd acceleration on a single thing more ideal than the Finnish landscape – that is distribution road.
The The typical gravel roads in The Finnish races have been described by WRC drivers as ideal and the best in the championship for generations. They are wider road compared to other rings, and gravel Packed pretty well. Not to mention, most of the corners are fairly gradual and sweeping. This allowed the team to maintain a rare pace for the rest of the season.
Those high speeds show this rally called Gravel Grand Prix. How fast is the Finnish Rally? Nine of the ten fastest WRC rallies ever were the Finnish Rally’s version.
Fastest WRC rallies by winner’s average speed
- Finnish Grand Prix 2016 – 78.68 mph
- Finland Race 2017 – 78.39 mph
- 2015 Finnish Rally – 77.94 mph
- 2020 Swedish Rally* – 77.22 mph
- 2021 Finnish Rally – 76.88 mph
- 2012 Finnish Rally – 76.36 mph
- 2010 Finnish Rally – 76.30 mph
- Finland Race 2018 – 76.16 mph
- 2005 Finnish Rally – 76.11 mph
- Finnish Grand Prix 2019 – 76.11 mph
I must note that the only reason the Swedish Rally has entered the exclusive Finnish speed field is due to the gap of the 2020 race. shortened by almost half due to lack of snow.
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With this demand for both precision and familiarity, Finland has proven to be a bastion for Nordic racers. Starting with Spain’s two-time World Rally champion Carlos Sainz in 1990, non-Nordic drivers have won the Finnish Rally only nine times. Understandably, this weekend’s favorite car is Toyota’s Kalle Rovanperä. He is not only Finn but also only one from Jyväskylä, the host city of the protest base. Rovanperä has been nearly unstoppable this season. He has won five of the seven rallies that have run so far.
