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Asunmaa has won the Rally Sarma – “Everything went as planned”
12.02.2022  |  2013
Teemu Asunmaa and Ville Mannisenmäki in Rally Sarma. Photo: Mark Aleksejev
Teemu Asunmaa and Ville Mannisenmäki in Rally Sarma. Photo: Mark Aleksejev
Teemu Asunmaa, 34, with his co-driver Ville Mannisenmäki, 26, have won the Rally Sarma driven in Latvia. Asunmaa won the rally, which consisted of almost 90 special stage kilometres, by a margin of 11,54 seconds. Rally Sarma, whilst being a unique challenge, also provides test kilometres for the next round of FRC, driven in Kuopio in three weeks.

The rally consisted of three special stages that were ran twice. On the first stage Asunmaa was the second fastest overall and fastest in class. On the second and third stage Asunmaa was the fastest overall. By the time of the service break Asunmaa was leading the rally by a margin of 14,11 seconds.

-The morning’s leg was good, we were the fastest in class on all three stages. The stages are spectacular, and the grip is really good. We can improve on the second run.

The afternoon’s leg consisted of the three stages of the morning that were driven again. Asunmaa started the second leg with a second fastest time overall scoring another class win. Asunmaa was the fastest overall on SS5 and second fastest overall on SS6, again winning his class. In the end Asunmaa won the rally by a margin of 11,54 seconds and the LRC2- class with one minute and 13,54 seconds.

-It’s been a great day overall; everything went as planned. We didn’t push like crazy, but we couldn’t cruise either, the competition was tough. Conditions were a bit different than in the last two FRC rounds, but we just needed to adapt to them. The roads were amazing and weather nice.

Rally Sarma was in the right spot in Asunmaa’s rally calendar to function as a competitive test for the next FRC round in Kuopio, as well as proving to be a unique test. No plans to compete in other Latvian or Estonian Rally Championship rounds have been drawn however. Asunmaa wants to thank his cooperation partners for the opportunity to compete in Latvia.

-A big thank you to all our cooperation partners as well as Lithuanian Proracing. They took care of our service here. This is a nice way to prepare for the next FRC event in Kuopio.

The next round of FRC is held in Kuopio on 4th to 5th of March.

Overall results of Rally Sarma:
1. Teemu Asunmaa 48:26,46   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo (LRC2) FIN
2. Valeriy Gorban 46:40,00 +11,54 Mini JCW WRC (LRC1) UKR
3. Karl Martin Volver 47:32,03 +13,07 Skoda Fabia Proto (LRC1) EST
4. Vladas Jurkevicius 47:42,00 +13,54 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo (LRC2) LTU
5. Denis Rostilov 47:54,73 +1:26,27 Skoda Fabia R5 (LRC2) RUS
 
Special stage results:
SS1 – Kamalda 1 – 11,83 km
1. Valeriy Gorban 5:40,84   Mini JCW WRC (LRC1) UKR
2. Teemu Asunmaa 5:41,16 +0,32 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo (LRC2) FIN
3. Georg Linnamäe 5:43,81 +2,97 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 (LRC2) EST
4. Karl Martin Volver 5:50,87 +10,03 Skoda Fabia Proto (LRC1) EST
5. Vladas Jurkevicius 5:52,53 +11,69 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo (LRC2) LTU
 
SS2 – Avoti 1 – 14,45 km
1. Teemu Asunmaa 7:56,54   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo (LRC2) FIN
2. Vladas Jurkevicius 8:01,18 +4,64 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo (LRC2) LTU
3. Valeriy Gorban 8:03,00 +6,46 Mini JCW WRC (LRC1) UKR
4. Denis Rostilov 8:09,64 +13,00 Skoda Fabia R5 (LRC2) RUS
5. Karl Martin Volver 8:10,05 +13,51 Skoda Fabia Proto (LRC1) EST
 
SS3 – Grananti-1 1 – 17,94 km
1. Teemu Asunmaa 9:31,12   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo (LRC2) FIN
2. Georg Linnamäe 9:37,55 +6,43 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 (LRC2) EST
3. Valeriy Gorban 9:39,90 +7,97 Mini JCW WRC (LRC1) UKR
4. Vladas Jurkevicius 9:43,05 +11,93 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo (LRC2) LTU
5. Denis Rostilov 9:48,01 +16,89 Skoda Fabia R5 (LRC2) RUS
 
SS4 – Kamalda 2 – 11,83 km
1. Valeriy Gorban 5:37,64   Mini JCW WRC (LRC1) UKR
2. Teemu Asunmaa 5:39,85 +2,21 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo (LRC2) FIN
3. Georg Linnamäe 5:41,39 +3,75 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 (LRC2) EST
4. Karl Martin Volver 5:43,55 +5,91 Skoda Fabia Proto (LRC1) EST
5. Gregor Jeets 5:46,54 +8,90 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo (LRC2) EST
 
SS5 – Avoti 2 – 14,45 km
1. Teemu Asunmaa 8:02,14   Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo (LRC2) FIN
2. Valeriy Gorban 8:03,01 +0,87 Mini JCW WRC (LRC1) UKR
3. Georg Linnamäe 8:03,69 +1,55 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 (LRC2) EST
4. Roland Murakas 8:06,38 +4,24 Ford Fiesta Rally2 EST
5. Karl Martin Volver 8:06,61 +4,47 Skoda Fabia Proto (LRC1) EST
 
SS6 – Grananti-1 2 – 17,94 km
1. Valeriy Gorban 9:36,40   Mini JCW WRC (LRC1) UKR
2. Teemu Asunmaa 9:37,65 +1,25 Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo (LRC2) FIN
3. Georg Linnamäe 9:39,40 +3,00 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 (LRC2) EST
4. Karl Martin Volver 9:48,69 +12,29 Skoda Fabia Proto (LRC1) EST
5. Roland Murakas 9:49,22 +12,82 Ford Fiesta Rally2 EST
 
 
 

Teemu ja Ville

Teemu
Asunmaa

36

Ikä

Alavus

Kotipaikka

Yrittäjä

Ammatti

Ville
Mannisenmäki

28

Ikä

Rauma

Kotipaikka

Kumppanit

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