Power Stage win for Ogier – rally win for Latvala

The final stage of Rally Finland 2015 is the re-run of the 14.4km Myhinpää test that we saw this morning – only now being driven as the Power Stage, with up to three bonus points available for the fastest times.

It was Sebastien Ogier that took the full trio of points from this stage – Jari-Matti Latvala pushed hard but missed out by four tenths. However, it is of course enough for Latvala to take the rally win in his home event for the third time.

‘An amazing battle with Jari-Matti and this weekend has been fantastic. I loved it. Jari-Matti was so strong – well done to him. I have no problem to be beaten by Jari-Matti at home this weekend.’ commented the championship leader, Ogier.

Latvala meanwhile, was of course thrilled. ‘A fantastic victory!’ he commented. ‘I had a great drive all weekend. The greatest drive of my life.’ His time means that he missed out on those three points, but still gets two for the second fastest time.

Third quickest was Kris Meeke – 2.8 seconds down on Ogier but 1.3 seconds up on the rest of the field. ‘I always knew the pace was there, I need an extra half a percent to keep it together. When that happens it’ll be good.’ commented Meeke, looking back over a disappointing weekend due to an incident yesterday.

Ott Tanak, Mads Ostberg and Elfyn Evans complete the top six through the stage, with the crews now looking ahead to Rallye Deutschland. Our full rally summary will be live shortly.

Ogier wins the fastest power stage of all time. His stage winning average of 135.25 kph beats the previous record, 129.55 kph, from the 2012 Rally Finland

Jari-Matti Latvala wins the fastest WRC rally in history. His 125.44 kph overall average speed exceeds the previous best (2012 Rally Finland) of 122.89 kph.

1.	2	J. LATVALA	M. ANTTILA	Volkswagen Motorsport	M	RC1	2:33:03.8
2.	1	S. OGIER	J. INGRASSIA	Volkswagen Motorsport	M	RC1	2:33:17.5	+13.7	+13.7
3.	4	M. OSTBERG	J. ANDERSSON	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	M	RC1	2:34:40.6	+1:23.1	+1:36.8
4.	7	T. NEUVILLE	N. GILSOUL	Hyundai Motorsport	M	RC1	2:37:02.5	+2:21.9	+3:58.7
5.	6	O. TANAK	R. MOLDER	M-Sport World Rally team	M	RC1	2:37:33.1	+30.6	+4:29.3
6.	15	J. HANNINEN	T. TUOMINEN	Juho Hanninen		RC1	2:37:48.1	+15.0	+4:44.3
7.	21	M. PROKOP	J. TOMANEK	Jipocar Czech National Team	T	RC1	2:39:24.1	+1:36.0	+6:20.3
8.	42	E. LAPPI	J. FERM	Skoda Motorsport	WRC2	RC2	2:40:15.0	+50.9	+7:11.2
9.	40	P. TIDEMAND	E. AXELSSON	Skoda Motorsport	WRC2	RC2	2:41:56.0	+1:41.0	+8:52.2
10.	37	L. BERTELLI	L. GRANAI	FWRT srl	T	RC1	2:42:41.2	+45.2	+9:37.4
11.	8	D. SORDO	M. MARTI	Hyundai Motorsport	M	RC1	2:43:21.6	+40.4	+10:17.8
12.	32	S. LEFEBVRE	S. PREVOT	PH-Sport	WRC2	RC2	2:43:46.5	+24.9	+10:42.7
13.	5	E. EVANS	D. BARRITT	M-Sport World Rally Team	M	RC1	2:44:50.0	+1:03.5	+11:46.2
14.	39	Y. PROTASOV	P. CHEREPIN	Yurii Protasov	WRC2	RC2	2:45:13.3	+23.3	+12:09.5
15.	74	S. PEDDER	D. MOSCATT	Scott Pedder	WRC2	RC2	2:47:00.6	+1:47.3	+13:56.8