The 2002 Rally Finland (formally the 52nd Neste Rally Finland) was the ninth round of the 2002 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 8 August and 11 August 2002 and was won by Peugeot's Marcus Grönholm, his 10th win in the World Rally Championship.
Background Entry list No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant CarTyre World Rally Championship manufacturer entries 1 Richard Burns Robert Reid Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 2 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3 Harri Rovanperä Voitto Silander Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 5 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 6 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 7 François Delecour Daniel Grataloup Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 8 Alister McRae David Senior Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 9 Jani Paasonen Arto Kapanen Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 10 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 11 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 14 Kenneth Eriksson Tina Thörner Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 15 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 17 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 18 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 19 Juha Kankkunen Juha Repo Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 World Rally Championship entries 20 Thomas Rådström Denis Giraudet Automobiles Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC 21 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Automobiles Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC 24 François Duval Jean-Marc Fortin Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 25 Sebastian Lindholm Timo Hantunen Peugeot Sport Finland Peugeot 206 WRC 26 Armin Kremer Dieter Schneppenheim Armin Kremer Ford Focus RS WRC '01 27 Juuso Pykälistö Esko Mertsalmi Juuso Pykälistö Peugeot 206 WRC 28 Janne Tuohino Petri Vihavainen LPM Racing Ford Focus RS WRC '01 30 Jussi Välimäki Tero Gardemeister Jussi Välimäki Toyota Corolla WRC 31 Henning Solberg Cato Menkerud Henning Solberg Toyota Corolla WRC 32 Kaj Kuistila Kari Jokinen Kaj Kuistila Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5 33 Timo Salonen Launo Heinonen Timo Salonen Peugeot 206 WRC 34 Tomasz Kuchar Maciej Szczepaniak Tomasz Kuchar Toyota Corolla WRC 35 Jari Viita Riku Rousku Jari Viita Ford Focus RS WRC '01 36 Urmo Aava Toomas Kitsing Urmo Aava Ford Focus RS WRC '99 131 Fabrizio De Sanctis Iacopo Innocenti Fabrizio De Sanctis Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI PWRC entries 52 Marcos Ligato Rubén García Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 53 Alessandro Fiorio Vittorio Brambilla Ralliart Italia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 54 Ramón Ferreyros Diego Vallejo Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 65 Beppo Harrach Peter Müller Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 66 Dimitar Iliev Petar Sivov Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 67 Marko Ipatti Kari Kajula RallyRent Europe Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI 69 Bernt Kollevold Ola Fløene Kollevold Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 70 Giovanni Manfrinato Claudio Condotta Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 72 Joakim Roman Ingrid Mitakidou Milbrooks World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 73 Martin Rowe Chris Wood David Sutton Cars Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 74 Karamjit Singh Allen Oh Petronas EON Racing Team Proton Pert 75 Kristian Sohlberg Jakke Honkanen Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 76 Pavel Valoušek Pierangelo Scalvini Jolly Club Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 77 Alfredo De Dominicis Rudy Pollet Ralliart Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Source:
Itinerary All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3). Date Time No. Stage name Distance Leg 1 — 130.67 km 8 August 19:00 SS1 SSS Killeri 1 2.06 km 9 August 09:06 SS2 Valkola 8.42 km 09:49 SS3 Lankamaa 1 23.44 km 10:37 SS4 Laukaa 1 11.80 km 12:34 SS5 Mökkiperä 13.38 km 13:12 SS6 Palsankylä 25.48 km 15:49 SS7 Ruuhimäki 8.79 km 16:37 SS8 Laukaa 2 11.80 km 17:29 SS9 Lankamaa 2 23.44 km 20:11 SS10 SSS Killeri 2 2.06 km Leg 2 — 176.65 km 10 August 08:16 SS11 Talviainen 25.74 km 08:56 SS12 Ouninpohja 1 34.13 km 12:24 SS13 Moksi — Leustu 40.84 km 13:31 SS14 Ehikki 14.89 km 17:28 SS15 Ouninpohja 2 25.22 km 18:16 SS16 Vaheri — Himos 35.83 km Leg 3 — 94.36 km 11 August 08:46 SS17 Keuruu 1 11.80 km 09:14 SS18 Jukojärvi 1 22.71 km 09:57 SS19 Kruununperä 1 12.67 km 12:45 SS20 Keuruu 2 11.80 km 13:13 SS21 Jukojärvi 2 22.71 km 14:06 SS22 Kruununperä 2 12.67 km Source:
Results Overall Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Points 1 2 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:17:52.5 10 2 1 Richard Burns Robert Reid Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:19:19.8 +1:27.36 3 11 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 3:20:42.1 +2:49.64 4 4 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 3:20:46.3 +2:53.83 5 6 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 3:21:02.5 +3:10.02 6 10 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 3:22:26.6 +4:34.11 Source:
World Rally Cars Classification Position Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Points Event Class 1 1 2 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:17:52.5 10 2 2 1 Richard Burns Robert Reid Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:19:19.8 +1:27.36 3 3 11 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 3:20:42.1 +2:49.64 4 4 4 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 3:20:46.3 +2:53.83 5 5 6 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 3:21:02.5 +3:10.02 6 6 10 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 3:22:26.6 +4:34.11 8 7 9 Jani Paasonen Arto Kapanen Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 3:23:47.8 +5:55.30 9 8 18 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 3:24:00.3 +6:07.80 12 9 15 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 3:25:04.5 +7:12.00 13 10 17 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 3:26:00.7 +8:08.20 Retired SS21 5 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 Fire 0 Retired SS18 8 Alister McRae David Senior Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC Suspension 0 Retired SS13 3 Harri Rovanperä Voitto Silander Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC Lost wheel 0 Retired SS11 19 Juha Kankkunen Juha Repo Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Accident 0 Retired SS9 7 François Delecour Daniel Grataloup Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC Suspension 0 Retired SS6 14 Kenneth Eriksson Tina Thörner Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 No fuel 0 Source:
Special stages Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Leg 1 (8 Aug) SS1 SSS Killeri 1 2.06 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 1:16.7 Richard Burns Leg 1 (9 Aug) SS2 Valkola 8.42 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 4:27.9 Marcus Grönholm SS3 Lankamaa 1 23.44 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 11:28.7 SS4 Laukaa 1 11.80 km Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 5:47.0 Richard Burns SS5 Mökkiperä 13.38 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 6:22.6 SS6 Palsankylä 25.48 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 13:33.0 SS7 Ruuhimäki 8.79 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 4:44.6 SS8 Laukaa 2 11.80 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 5:42.9 SS9 Lankamaa 2 23.44 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 11:21.5 SS10 SSS Killeri 2 2.06 km Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '02 1:17.2 Leg 2 (10 Aug) SS11 Talviainen 25.74 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 12:47.3 SS12 Ouninpohja 1 34.13 km Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 15:58.6 Harri Rovanperä SS13 Moksi — Leustu 40.84 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 20:31.9 Marcus Grönholm SS14 Ehikki 14.89 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 6:57.8 SS15 Ouninpohja 2 25.22 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 11:26.0 SS16 Vaheri — Himos 35.83 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 17:58.0 Leg 3 (11 Aug) SS17 Keuruu 1 11.80 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 5:28.2 SS18 Jukojärvi 1 22.71 km Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC '02 11:11.2 SS19 Kruununperä 1 12.67 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 6:06.4 SS20 Keuruu 2 11.80 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '02 5:20.9 SS21 Jukojärvi 2 22.71 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '02 11:02.4 SS22 Kruununperä 2 12.67 km Richard Burns Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRCPeugeot 206 WRC 6:02.2
Championship standings Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championshipsMoveDriverPointsMoveCo-driverPointsMoveManufacturerPoints 1 Marcus Grönholm 47 Timo Rautiainen 47 Peugeot Total 99 2 Colin McRae 30 Nicky Grist 30 Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 74 3 Carlos Sainz 26 Luis Moya 26 555 Subaru World Rally Team 40 4 1 Richard Burns 25 1 Robert Reid 25 Škoda Motorsport 8 5 1 Gilles Panizzi 21 1 Hervé Panizzi 21 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart 7
Production World Rally Championship Classification Position Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Points Event Class 18 1 53 Alessandro Fiorio Vittorio Brambilla Ralliart Italia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 3:42:41.8 10 20 2 75 Kristian Sohlberg Jakke Honkanen Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 3:45:50.9 +3:09.16 22 3 74 Karamjit Singh Allen Oh Petronas EON Racing Team Proton Pert 3:47:11.4 +4:29.64 24 4 77 Alfredo De Dominicis Rudy Pollet Ralliart Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 3:51:41.2 +8:59.43 26 5 69 Bernt Kollevold Ola Fløene Kollevold Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 3:58:10.5 +15:28.72 Retired SS14 66 Dimitar Iliev Petar Sivov Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Mechanical 0 Retired SS13 52 Marcos Ligato Rubén García Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Engine 0 Retired SS12 54 Ramón Ferreyros Diego Vallejo Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Engine 0 Retired SS12 65 Beppo Harrach Peter Müller Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Accident 0 Retired SS6 73 Martin Rowe Chris Wood David Sutton Cars Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Mechanical 0 Retired SS5 72 Joakim Roman Ingrid Mitakidou Milbrooks World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V Accident 0 Retired SS4 67 Marko Ipatti Kari Kajula RallyRent Europe Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI Mechanical 0 Retired SS3 76 Pavel Valoušek Pierangelo Scalvini Jolly Club Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Accident 0 Retired SS2 70 Giovanni Manfrinato Claudio Condotta Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Mechanical 0 Source:
Special stages