The Finn transferred his sublime form from his Polo R WRC to his own Group 4 Audi Quattro to win all 10 stages on the roads around Lahti.
Hirvonen was close to four minutes behind his former team-mate at the end of the event, but the retired world championship star is forgiven – as history showed more than 30 years ago, a Ford Escort Mk II is no match for rallying’s original supercar.
Latvala and Hirvonen were both fulsome in their praise for what is fast becoming one of the most popular events on the historic rallying calendar – especially when it’s run in such glorious conditions as it was on Friday and Saturday.
Source: Maxrally