Finnish Rally Championship

Jukka Ketomäki at the 2005 Peurunkaralli

The Finnish Rally Championship is the national rally championship in Finland. The series currently has four classes; Super4 (including R5, S2000 and old WRC cars), Production4 (including Group N cars), R2 (including R2 and R1 cars) and Super2 (including other 2WD cars apart from R2 and R1).[1]

History

The series began in 1959 and featured four events; Hankiralli, 500-ralli, Syysralli and the 1000 Lakes Rally. Esko Keinänen and his co-driver Kai Nuortila took the title with a Peugeot 403. In 1970, Group 2 was introduced with Timo Mäkinen taking the first title. Group 4 championship was contested from 1976 to 1978. In the 1980s, Group A cars were allowed in Group 1, eventually replacing the older homologation entirely. Group 2 was replaced by Group N in 1987 and a new championship was created for Group B cars from 1983 to 1988. Group 4 entrants were allowed to participate in the Group B championship in 1983 and 1984. In the late 1980s, groups A and N were divided into over and under 2000 cc classes, creating the new groups "a" and "n". In addition to the usual classes, the Finnish Rally Championship for Ladies has been contested from 1971 to 1978 and from 1986 to 2000.[2]

Champions

Year Group
Group 1
1959 Finland Esko Keinänen
1960 Finland Carl-Otto Bremer
1961 Finland Rauno Aaltonen
1962 Finland Pauli Toivonen
1963 Finland Simo Lampinen
1964 Finland Simo Lampinen
1965 Finland Rauno Aaltonen
1966 Finland Timo Mäkinen
1967 Finland Simo Lampinen
1968 Finland Hannu Mikkola
1969 Finland Jorma Lusenius
Year Group 2 Group 1
1970 Finland Timo Mäkinen Finland Eero Nuuttila
1971 Finland Tapio Rainio Finland Eero Nuuttila
1972 Finland Tapio Rainio Finland Esa Nuuttila
1973 Finland Timo Mäkinen Finland Kyösti Hämäläinen
1974 Finland Hannu Mikkola Finland Pentti Airikkala
1975 Finland Simo Lampinen Finland Kyösti Hämäläinen
Year Group 4 Group 2 Group 1
1976 Finland Tapio Rainio Finland Heikki Vilkman Finland Kyösti Hämäläinen
1977 Finland Ulf Grönholm Finland Hannu Valtaharju Finland Kyösti Hämäläinen
1978 Finland Markku Alén Finland Ulf Grönholm Finland Kyösti Hämäläinen
Year Group 2 Group 1
1979 Finland Kyösti Hämäläinen Finland Veli Hirvonen
1980 Finland Kyösti Hämäläinen Finland Mikael Sundström
1981 Finland Kyösti Hämäläinen Finland Antero Laine
1982 Finland Kyösti Hämäläinen Finland Harri Väänänen
Year Group B Group A Group 2
1983 Finland Lasse Lampi Finland Mikael Sundström Finland Kyösti Hämäläinen
1984 Finland Antero Laine Finland Mika Arpiainen Finland Kyösti Hämäläinen
1985 Finland Antero Laine Finland Mika Arpiainen Finland Kyösti Hämäläinen
1986 Finland Timo Heinonen Finland Risto Buri Finland Kyösti Hämäläinen
Year Group B Group A Group N
1987 Finland Petteri Lindström Finland Mikael Sundström Finland Sakari Vierimaa
Year Group B Group A +2000cc Group A -2000cc Group N
1988 Finland Petteri Lindström Finland Mikael Sundström Finland Sampsa Junnila Finland Tommi Mäkinen
Year Group A +2000cc Group A -2000cc Group N +2000cc Group N -2000cc
1989 Finland Mikael Sundström Finland Teemu Tahko Finland Timo Kuivinen Finland Petri Kaura
1990 Finland Sebastian Lindholm Finland Jarmo Kytölehto Finland Arto Kumpumäki Finland Jouni Ahvenlammi
1991 Finland Lasse Lampi Finland Jarmo Kytölehto Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Ari Saxberg
1992 Finland Esa Saarenpää Finland Mika Kelkkanen Finland Jarmo Kytölehto Finland Jukka Mäenpää
1993 Finland Sebastian Lindholm Finland Timo Niinimäki Finland Juha Hellman Finland Jorma Laakso
1994 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Heikki Westerlund Finland Jari Latvala Finland Jorma Laakso
1995 Finland Sebastian Lindholm Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Mika Korhonen Finland Jorma Laakso
1996 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Tapio Laukkanen Finland Jouko Puhakka Finland Harri Rämänen
1997 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Toni Gardemeister Finland Jouko Puhakka Finland Jani Pirttinen
1998 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Esa Saarenpää Finland Jouko Puhakka Finland Hannu Jokinen
1999 Finland Pasi Hagström Finland Kari Kivenne Finland Janne Tuohino Finland Tomi Tukiainen
2000 Finland Sebastian Lindholm Finland Jani Pirttinen Finland Jani Paasonen Finland Eero Räikkönen
2001 Finland Janne Tuohino Finland Tomi Tukiainen Finland Jouko Puhakka Finland Kosti Katajamäki
2002 Finland Sebastian Lindholm Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Juha Salo Finland Eero Räikkönen
2003 Finland Sebastian Lindholm Finland Janne Vähämiko Finland Hannu Hotanen Finland Timo Mäenpää
2004 Finland Sebastian Lindholm Finland Janne Vähämiko Finland Juha Salo Finland Juho Hänninen
Year Group A Group N +2000cc Group N -2000cc
2005 Finland Kosti Katajamäki Finland Juha Salo Finland Marko Mänty
2006 Finland Sebastian Lindholm Finland Jari Ketomaa Finland Matti Rantanen
2007 Finland Jussi Välimäki Finland Jari Ketomaa Finland Joonas Lindroos
2008 Finland Ari Vihavainen Finland Juha Salo Finland Joonas Lindroos
Sources:[3][4]
Year Class
SM1 - 4WD SM2 - 2WD
2009 Finland Jari Ketomaa Finland Joonas Lindroos
2010 Finland Juha Salo Finland Kalle Pinomäki
2011 Finland Juha Salo Finland Kalle Pinomäki
Year SM1 - 4WD SM2 SM3
2012 Finland Esapekka Lappi Finland Ville Hautamäki Finland Andreas Amberg
2013 Finland Juha Salo Finland Jussi Vainionpää Finland Joonas Lindroos
Year SM1 - Super 4WD SM2 - Production 4WD SM3 - R2 SM4 - Super 2WD
2014 Estonia Karl Kruuda Estonia Kaspar Koitla Finland Samuli Vuorisalo Finland Ville Hautamäki
2015 Finland Juha Salo Finland Teemu Asunmaa Finland Jari Huttunen Finland Ville Hautamäki
2016 Finland Juha Salo Finland Teemu Asunmaa Finland Anssi Rytkönen Finland Jesse Turunen
2017 Finland Teemu Asunmaa Finland Eerik Pietarinen Finland Miika Hokkanen Finland Joonas Lindroos
2018 Finland Eerik Pietarinen Finland Henrik Pietarinen Finland Jaro Kinnunen Finland Erno Kinnunen
2019 Finland Teemu Asunmaa Finland Esa Ruotsalainen Finland Sami Pajari Finland Jesse Turunen
Year SM1 - Super 4WD SM2 - Production 4WD SM3 - R2 SM4 - V1600
2020 Finland Teemu Asunmaa Finland Ville Hautamäki Finland Lauri Joona Finland Sami Korvola
2021 Finland Emil Lindholm Finland Ville Hautamäki Finland Lauri Joona Finland Oskari Heikkinen
Year SM1 - Rally2 SM2 - Production 4WD SM3 - Rally3 SM4 - Rally4 SM5 - V1600
2022 Finland Mikko Heikkilä Finland Ville Hautamäki Finland Roope Korhonen Finland Henri Hokkala Finland Jere Pensas
Year SM1 - Rally2 SM2 - Rally3 SM3 - Rally4 SM4 - V1600 SM5 - National 4WD
2023 Finland Teemu Asunmaa Finland Benjamin Korhola Finland Justus Räikkönen Finland Tuukka Kauppinen Finland Ville Hautamäki
2024 Finland Roope Korhonen Finland Henri Hokkala Finland Tuukka Kauppinen Finland Ville Vatanen Finland Arttu Lähdeniemi
2025 Finland Esapekka Lappi Estonia Patrick Enok Finland Jarkko Nikara Finland Lauri Halonen Finland Jarno Pentinpuro
Sources:[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Finnish Rally Championship". Ralli SM. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  2. ^ "Finnish Rally Championship for Drivers – Champions". RallyBase. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  3. ^ a b "SM-Ralli - Voittajat kautta aikojen". rallism.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  4. ^ a b "SM-Ralli - Pisteet". rallism.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 October 2025.
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