Second place in Kitee’s final race made Roope Korhonen the champion of Finnish rally car racing.
17:38•Updated 17:42
Roope Korhonen has won the Finnish rally car championship. Korhonen’s championship was sealed with second place in the Kitee competition that ended the season of the SM series.
The winner of the Kitee rally Lauri Joona was 31.6 seconds faster than Korho. Joona set the minimum times for all special tests.
Four-time Finnish champion Teemu Asunmaa finished third and thus reached the SM silver. Asunmaa was 40 seconds behind Joona, who drove to victory. Asunmaa did not participate in all of this year’s SM rallies.
Roope Korhonen has driven four WC rallies in the WRC2 class this season (the second level of the WC series). Last year, Korhonen celebrated the WRC3 class championship in the World Championship.
Henri Hokkala drove to the SM2 class champion, Tuukka Kauppinen won the SM3 class championship, Ville Vatanen took SM4 class and Arttu Lähdeniemi won the SM5 class championship.
1. Lauri Joona, Skoda 49.08,5
2. Roope Korhonen, Toyota + 31.6
3. Teemu Asunmaa, Skoda + 40.0
4. Jooa Iivari, Skoda + 1.32.5
5. Anssi Rytkönen, Skoda + 2.02,9
6. Ville Vatanen, Renault + 2.28,1
SM1 / End points
1. Roope Korhonen 138
2. Teemu Asunmaa 113
3. Benjamin Korhola 79