The fifth competition of the Rally Championship series, the Championship Pohjanmaa Rally, which is run in the Seinäjoki region, started on Friday evening with the first three special stages.
On the opening day of the rally, the SM1 class driving its home race had the hardest ride Teemu Asunmaa.
Skoda driver Teemu Asunmaa laid the groundwork for each of the three special stages on the opening day of the rally and entered the night break with a lead of 3.9 seconds.
– Loose gravel and mud had come up on the road and it hurt a bit, but it went well. Sometimes you had to put the car at quite an angle to get it to turn, Asunmaa said in the rally bulletin.
After Asunmaa, Laukaa is the second place to rely on Toyota Roope Korhonen before the one commanding Hyundai Benjamin Korholawho has 6 seconds to get to Asunmaa.
As expected, the SM2 class had a tough ride Henri Hokkalawho theoretically has a chance to secure the Finnish championship of the class already at Seinäjoki.
SM1 situation after 3/9 EC: 1. Teemu Asunmaa 14:09.5
2. Roope Korhonen +3.9
3. Benjamin Korhola +6.0
4. Niclas Grönholm +16.4
5. Anssi Rytkönen +16.6
SM2 1. Henri Hokkala 14:46.8
2. Jesse Kallio +7.1
3. Taylor Gill +7.5
4. Petr Borodin +10.3
5. Mikko Hast +1:06.6
SM3
1. Tuukka Kauppinen 15:24,3