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Asunmaa increases his championship lead after Jyväskylä
05.03.2023  |  125
Teemu Asunmaa and Ville Mannisenmäki in SM Jyväskylän Talviralli. Photo: Merita Mäkinen/Meritapix.
Teemu Asunmaa and Ville Mannisenmäki in SM Jyväskylän Talviralli. Photo: Merita Mäkinen/Meritapix.
Teemu Asunmaa, 35, along with his co-driver Ville Mannisenmäki, 27, have finished second in the winter season finale rally of SM Jyväskylän Talviralli. Asunma gained an early lead after SS1, but ultimately had to settle for second place by a 6,2 second margin.

The rally began on Friday with the short Killeri super special stage. Asunmaa won the opening stage by 0,4 seconds, and thus started Saturday in the lead.

Saturday started with a clear weather. Asunmaa continued where he left on Friday increasing his lead on SS2 to 1,7 seconds. Winning SS3 meant Asunmaa was leading by 2,1 seconds by the time of the day’s first service.

-There were some minor problems on SS2, but SS3 was a clean run. The stages are spectacular.

Second leg of the rally was met with slight snowing. Asunmaa was first on the stages, and was fourth fastest on both of the stages. Going into the rally-ending final leg, Asunmaa was second, 4,8 seconds behind the leader.

-The last two stages had considerably more loose snow on the roads. The situation is not ideal, but we’ll see what we can do on the last two stages.

On the final leg of the rally Asunmaa started strong with a time only 0,3 seconds slower than the fastest time. On the rally-ending Parkkola stage Asunmaa was again second fastest, and finished the rally second with 6,2 seconds behind the winner.

-The conditions were difficult, and did not provide us with the best possible performance. The new car is now tried and tested and acknowledged to be fast.

Asunmaa increased his championship lead with a second place finish. The winter season has been a good one overall, and Asunmaa wishes to extend his thanks to his cooperation partners.

-A big thank you to our cooperation partners and service crew. We increased our points lead in the championship nevertheless, so from that point we’re in a good position to head into the summer season.

Finnish Rally Championship continues on the 19th to 20th of May with SM Pohjanmaa Ralli.

Overall results of SM Jyväskylän Talviralli:
1. Jari Huttunen 46:23,6   Skoda Fabia R5
2. Teemu Asunmaa 46:29,8 +6,2 Skoda Fabia RS Rally2
3. Lauri Joona 46:38,6 +15,0 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
4. Juha Salo 46:50,7 +27,1 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
5. Juuso Metsälä 47:34,9 +1:11,3 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
 
Special Stage results:
SS1 – Killeri – 2,90 km
1. Teemu Asunmaa 2:17,5   Skoda Fabia RS Rally2
2. Jari Huttunen 2:17,9 +0,4 Skoda Fabia R5
3. Lauri Joona 2:19,1 +1,6 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
4. Juha Salo 2:20,1 +2,6 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
5. Riku Tahko 2:20,4 +2,9 Hyundai i20 N Rally2
 
SS2 – Kelloperä 14,25 km
1. Juha Salo 6:51,8   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
2. Teemu Asunmaa 6:52,7 +0,9 Skoda Fabia RS Rally2
3. Lauri Joona 6:53,0 +1,2 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
4. Jari Huttunen 6:55,6 +3,8 Skoda Fabia R5
5. Roope Korhonen 6:55,8 +4,0 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
 
SS3 – Palsankylä – 14,8 km
1. Teemu Asunmaa 7:33,2   Skoda Fabia RS Rally2
2. Lauri Joona 7:33,4 +0,2 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
3. Jari Huttunen 7:33,9 +0,7 Skoda Fabia R5
4. Roope Korhonen 7:35,4 +2,2 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
5. Juha Salo 7:38,2 +5,0 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
 
SS4 – Ilomäki – 12,09 km
1. Jari Huttunen 6:12,5   Skoda Fabia R5
2. Roope Korhonen 6:16,5 +4,0 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
3. Lauri Joona 6:17,8 +5,3 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
4. Teemu Asunmaa 6:17,9 +5,4 Skoda Fabia RS Rally2
5. Juha Salo 6:19,3 +6,8 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
 
SS5 – Kuohu – 14,99 km
1. Jari Huttunen 7:21,7   Skoda Fabia R5
2. Juha Salo 7:24,3 +2,6 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
3. Lauri Joona 7:24,5 +2,8 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
4. Teemu Asunmaa 7:25,1 +3,4 Skoda Fabia RS Rally2
5. Juuso Metsälä 7:30,8 +9,1 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
 
SS6 – Moksi – 14,99 km
1. Jari Huttunen 7:40,6   Skoda Fabia R5
2. Teemu Asunmaa 7:40,9 +0,3 Skoda Fabia RS Rally2
3. Lauri Joona 7:44,6 +4,0 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
4. Juha Salo 7:48,9 +8,3 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
5. Niclas Grönholm 7:52,8 +12,2 Citroen C3 Rally2
 
SS7 – Parkkola – 14,90 km
1. Jari Huttunen 8:21,4   Skoda Fabia R5
2. Teemu Asunmaa 8:22,5 +1,1 Skoda Fabia RS Rally2
3. Lauri Joona 8:26,2 +4,8 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
4. Juha Salo 8:28,1 +6,7 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
5. Juuso Metsälä 8:35,0 +13,6 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
 
FRC points standings after 3/7 events
1. Teemu Asunmaa 67
2. Juha Salo 55
3. Jari Huttunen 50
4. Lauri Joona 47
 
 

Teemu ja Ville

Teemu
Asunmaa

35

Ikä

Alavus

Kotipaikka

Yrittäjä

Ammatti

Ville
Mannisenmäki

27

Ikä

Rauma

Kotipaikka

Kumppanit

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