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A Spin dropped Asunmaa out of the battle for the win
16.01.2022  |  1797
Teemu Asunmaa and Ville Mannisenmäki in Arctic Lapland Rally. Photo: Hannu Rainamo
Teemu Asunmaa and Ville Mannisenmäki in Arctic Lapland Rally. Photo: Hannu Rainamo
Teemu Asunmaa, 34, along with his co-driver Ville Mannisenmäki, 26, have placed 11th in the top tier SM1-class in the Arctic Lapland Rally. The traditional Arctic Lapland Rally was driven on the 14th to 15th of January and was the first round of the Finnish Rally Championship. Asunmaa was fighting for the lead for the entire duration of the rally, but a spin sent Asunmaa into the snowbanks on the last stage.

The two-day event started on Friday with five special stages and 87,64 special stage kilometres. On the first stage Asunmaa was third fastest. After the short stage of Mäntyvaara 1 Asunmaa was second coming to the day service.

-The first stage didn’t go as we were planning. We didn’t have a proper setup for the stage. Otherwise, the stages were in good condition and we’re feeling good about our driving.

The second leg of Friday consisted of three stages driven in the darkness. On the two forest stages of Kaihuavaara and Siikakämä Asunmaa was second fastest and finished the day with the third fastest time on the super special stage Mäntyvaara 2. After the first competitive day Asunmaa was second, 10,8 seconds off the lead.

-The conditions had changed after the recce and the incomplete ploughing had left loose snow on the stages. My own performance wasn’t up to my own standards either. It’s a bit disappointing, but we’re not too far from the lead.

The second competitive day of the rally included five stages and 135,16 special stage kilometres. The morning was kicked off with the longest stage of the rally, 44,56 kilometres long Ahmavaara. Asunmaa was the second fastest and followed up with a fourth fastest time on the shortest stage of the rally, the super special stage of Ounasvaara.

-Still struggling a bit with the setup, but we cannot alter them in the service. We’ll keep the pace up and see where we’ll end up.

On the last leg of the rally Asunmaa started his attack with his Pirelli tires. The fastest stage times by 17,9 and 4,4 second for the next two stages gained Asunmaa the lead of the rally by a .1 of a second. Unfortunately, on the last stage of the rally, Ristilampi, Asunmaa’s car hit a snowbank on the inside of the corner and the subsequent spin costed him almost 12 minutes.

-We hit a snowbank slighty on the inside at the beginning part of the stage. Then we had a 360-degree spin. We were so close not to get going straight after, but the nose of the car buried inside the snowbanks. These things happen.

The three-time Arctic Lapland winner Asunmaa is already looking to the next round of the FRC, the Auto-Sorsa Rally in Riihimäki in 4th to 5th of February.

-A big thank you for the service team and for all our cooperation partners. The organisers also deserve a thank you for the well organised rally. You can’t win all the time; we’ll have another crack at Riihimäki.

Results in SM1-category:
1. Emil Lindholm 1:53:30,8   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
2. Egon Kaur 1:54:54,5 +1:23,7 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
3. Mikko Heikkilä 1:55:20,8 +1:50,0 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
4. Aleksi Röyhkiö 1:57:37,5 +4:06,7 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
5. Juha Salo 1:58:35,3 +5:04,5 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
11. Teemu Asunmaa 2:05:18,8 +11:48,0 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
 
Special stage results Friday:
SS1 – Aittajärvi – 22,69 km
1. Emil Lindholm 10:48,8   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
2. Juha Salo 10:59,9 +11,1 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
3. Teemu Asunmaa 11:02,8 +14,0 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
4. Eerik Pietarinen 11:05,1 +16,3 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
5. Mikko Heikkilä 11:12,6 +23,8 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
 
SS2 – Mäntyvaara 1 – 3,50 km
1. Eerik Pietarinen 2:48,8   Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
2. Teemu Asunmaa 2:49,4 +0,6 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
3. Emil Lindholm 2:50,3 +1,5 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
4. Mikko Heikkilä 2:50,5 +1,7 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
5. Aleksi Röyhkiö Aleksi Röyhkiö +4,9 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
 
SS3 – Kaihuavaara – 27,93 km
1. Emil Lindholm 14:33,8   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
2. Teemu Asunmaa 14:38,4 +4,6 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
3. Egon Kaur 14:44,7 +10,9 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
4. Eerik Pietarinen 14:49,9 +16,1 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
5. Juha Salo 14:56,1 +22,3 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
 
SS4 – Siikakämä – 30,02 km
1. Emil Lindholm 14:00,5   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
2. Teemu Asunmaa 14:07,6 +7,1 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
3. Mikko Heikkilä 14:11,6 +11,1 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
4. Egon Kaur 14:18,3 +17,8 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
5. Riku Tahko 14:32,5 +32,0 Hyundai i20 R5
 
SS5 – Mäntyvaara 2 – 3,50 km
1. Juha Salo 2:52,9   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
2. Aleksi Röyhkiö 2:54,2 +1,3 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
3. Teemu Asunmaa 2:54,9 +2,0 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
3. Mikko Heikkilä 2:54,9 +2,0 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
5. Roland Murakas 2:56,4 +3,5 Ford Fiesta Rally2
 
Special stage results Saturday:
SS6 – Ahmavaara – 44,56 km
1. Emil Lindholm 20:19,9   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
2. Teemu Asunmaa 20:37,0 +17,1 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
3. Egon Kaur 20:40,2 +20,3 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
4. Mikko Heikkilä 20:44,8 +24,9 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
5. Aleksi Röyhkiö 20:49,1 +29,2 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
 
SS7 – Ounasvaara – 1,65 km
1. Egon Kaur 1:44,3   Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
2. Mikko Heikkilä 1:44,6 +0,3 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
3. Emil Lindholm 1:46,3 +2,0 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
4. Teemu Asunmaa 1:46,6 +2,3 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
5. Eerik Pietarinen 1:47,5 +3,2 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
 
SS8 – Heinunkierto – 24,96 km
1. Teemu Asunmaa 13:06,3   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
2. Juha Salo 13:24,2 +17,9 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
3. Egon Kaur 13:24,5 +18,2 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
4. Emil Lindholm 13:28,0 +21,7 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
5. Eerik Pietarinen 13:29,6 +23,3 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
 
SS9 – Sarriojärvi – 32,48 km
1. Teemu Asunmaa 17:32,6   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
2. Egon Kaur 17:37,0 +4,4 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
3. Emil Lindholm 17:39,2 +6,6 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
4. Mikko Heikkilä 17:52,5 +19,9 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
5. Eerik Pietarinen 17:54,4 +21,8 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
 
SS10 – Ristilampi – 31,51 km
1. Emil Lindholm 14:55,1   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
2. Egon Kaur 15:14,6 +19,5 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
3. Mikko Heikkilä 15:17,5 +22,4 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
4. Juha Salo 15:21,6 +26,5 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
5. Eerik Pietarinen 15:27,7 +32,6 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
20. Teemu Asunmaa 26:43,2 +11:48,1 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
 
 
 

 

Teemu ja Ville

Teemu
Asunmaa

36

Ikä

Alavus

Kotipaikka

Yrittäjä

Ammatti

Ville
Mannisenmäki

28

Ikä

Rauma

Kotipaikka

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