Rally Finland, originally known as Jyväskylän suurajot (the Jyväskylä "big drives" or grand prix) is one of the fastest on the world rally circuit. Held in August and traditionally starting from the town of Jyväskylä, the rally is characterised by long, fast gravel roads through the forests and huge jumps.
These photos were taken with a Pentax K5 DSLR on Saturday August 2nd at Special Stage 1, Koukunmaa, south of this year's first staging point of Lahti.- #2 Mikko Hirvonen / Jarmo Lehtinen (FIN) - Citroen DS3 WRC
- #6 Novikov (RUS) / Giraudet (FRA) - Ford Fiesta RS WRC
- #7 Atkinson (NZ) / Prevot (BE) - Citroen DS3 WRC
- #54 Karl Kruuda / Martin Järveoja (EST) - Ford Fiesta S2000
- #59 Shaymiev / Tsvetkov (RUS) - Peugeot 207 S2000
- #57 Kari Hämäläinen / Risto Pietiläinen (FIN) - Ford Fiesta S2000
- #103 Fisher / Barrit (GBR) - Ford Fiesta R2
- #109 Elfyn Evans / Philip Pugh (GBR)- Ford Fiesta R2
- #102 Suarez / Carerra (ESP) - Ford Fiesta R2
- #108 MacCrone / Loudon (GBR) - Ford Fiesta R2
- #106 Reeves / Smyth (AUS) - Ford Fiesta R2
- #107 van der Marel / Berkhof (NL) - Ford Fiesta R2
- #75 Protasov / Nesvit - Citroen DS3 R3T
- #68 Yritys / Siirilä (FIN) - Renault Clio R3
- #76 Nieminen / Haataja (FIN) - Ford Fiesta R2