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Asunmaa third in WRC3 after day 1 in Jyväskylä
01.10.2021  |  1953
Teemu Asunmaa and Marko Salminen in WRC Rally Finland. Photo: Honza Fronek/Rally-Mania.cz.
Teemu Asunmaa and Marko Salminen in WRC Rally Finland. Photo: Honza Fronek/Rally-Mania.cz.
Teemu Asunmaa, 34, along with his co-driver Marko Salminen, 42, are third in WRC3 category after the first day of WRC Secto Automotive Rally Finland. Gap to the leader of the class is 29,5 seconds. The first day of the tenth round of WRC Championship consisted of six stages and 89,42 special stage kilometres.

Friday began with the super special stage Harju held in the City of Jyväskylä, on which Asunmaa was third fastest. On the next two stages Asunmaa was fifth and third fastest. After the first set of stages Asunmaa was third in WRC3.

-It was an okay run. We didn’t start too well on Ässämäki 1, we were mainly just focusing on the conditions of the stages. The third stage went better. I caught flu for today and it’s been a bit tough now, but we’ll push through the two stages that are driven for the second time an Oittila with a good flow.

The second leg of the day consisted of Ässämäki 2 and Sahloinen-Moksi 2 that were driven for the second time, as well as Oittila run in the darkness of Finnish autumn night. Asunmaa was fourth fastest on all three stages. By the time of night’s service Asunmaa was running third in WRC3.

-The last two stages didn’t go as well as I was hoping for. On Oittila I was too precise, I should have been more aggressive. The roads were in a good shape and the Pirelli tires were working nicely. When comparing to the past WRC Finland events the roads were in great condition on the second time through.

WRC Secto Automotive Rally Finland still has two days and 13 special stages left to run. On Saturday a total of 151,95 special stage kilometres are driven, which is almost twice the amount of special stage kilometres included in a normal Finnish Rally Championship round. Asunmaa starts from third in class to day two.

-We’ll need to watch the stages again from our in-car video in order to see where we could improve here. Tomorrow is a new and long day and and nothing is lost yet. I’m not feeling the best currently and despite the shorter day my back is quite wet, but it could always be worse.
 
WRC Secto Automotive Rally Finland continues on Saturday 2nd of October with nine special stages and a tolta of 151,95 special stage kilometres. The rally ends on Sunday 3rd of October at 14:15.
 
Overall standings in WRC3 after 6/19 special stages
1. Emil Lindholm 47:01,5   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
2. Mikko Heikkilä 47:18,6 +17,1 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
3. Teemu Asunmaa 47:31,0 +29,5 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
4. Eerik Pietarinen 47:36,7 +35,2 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 FIN
5. Pepe Lopez 48:59,2 +1:57,7 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo ESP
 
WRC3 special stage results of Friday 1st of October:
SS1 – Harju 1 – 2,31 km
1. Emil Lindholm 1:54,3   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
2. Pepe Lopez 1:55,9 +1,6 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo ESP
3. Teemu Asunmaa 1:55,9 +1,6 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
4. Eerik Pietarinen 1:56,7 +2,4 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 FIN
5. Mikko Heikkilä 1:58,5 +4,2 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
 
SS2 – Ässämäki 1 – 12,31 km
1. Emil Lindholm 6:10,3   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
2. Egon Kaur 6:12,7 +2,4 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 EST
3. Mikko Heikkilä 6:14,3 +4,0 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
4. Eerik Pietarinen 6:14,4 +4,1 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 FIN
5. Teemu Asunmaa 6:15,5 +5,2 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
 
SS3 – Sahloinen-Moksi 1 – 21,37 km
1. Mikko Heikkilä 10:57,4   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
2. Emil Lindholm 10:58,6 +1,2 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
3. Teemu Asunmaa 10:59,2 +1,8 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
4. Egon Kaur 11:01,4 +4,0 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 EST
5. Eerik Pietarinen 11:03,0 +5,6 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 FIN
 
SS4 – Ässämäki 2 – 12,31 km
1. Emil Lindholm 6:04,3   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
2. Egon Kaur 6:04,7 +0,4 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 EST
3. Eerik Pietarinen 6:07,4 +3,1 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 FIN
4. Teemu Asunmaa 6:08,8 +4,5 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
5. Mikko Heikkilä 6:09,6 +5,3 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
 
SS5 – Sahloinen-Moksi 2 – 21,37 km
1. Egon Kaur 10:46,2   Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 EST
2. Emil Lindholm 10:46,3 +0,1 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
3. Mikko Heikkilä 10:47,5 +1,3 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
4. Teemu Asunmaa 10:54,0 +7,8 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
5. Eerik Pietarinen 10:59,1 +12,9 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 FIN
 
SS6 – Oittila – 19,75 km
1. Emil Lindholm 11:07,7   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
2. Mikko Heikkilä 11:11,3 +3,6 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
3. Eerik Pietarinen 11:16,1 +8,4 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 FIN
4. Teemu Asunmaa 11:17,6 +9,9 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo FIN
5. Pepe Lopez 11:43,3 +35,6 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo ESP
 
 

Teemu ja Ville

Teemu
Asunmaa

36

Ikä

Alavus

Kotipaikka

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Ammatti

Ville
Mannisenmäki

28

Ikä

Rauma

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