Jyvaskyla, FINLAND
The 1000 LAKES RALLY, Friday, the first day
SS1 Valkola 8.46 km ---------------------------------------- 1. Kankkunen 4.42 Jorge Recalde(ARG) drove out and quit: 2. Auriol 4.43 "Better drive out in the first Makinen 4.43 curve of the first SS on the 4. Vatanen 4.45 First day than at the last curve 5. Sainz 4.49 of the last SS of the last day.." Delecour 4.49 Thiry 4.49 SS2 Lankamaa 23.73 km ---------------------------------------- 1. Makinen 12.25 Kankkunen drove out, car damaged: 2. Sainz 12.35 Left rear wheel bent under the car. Auriol 12.35 Kankkunen's car was fixed after the SS. 4. Delecour 12.39 He continues, but far from the leader. 5. Thiry 12.41 Vatanen drove out, lost a tire and Lindholm 12.41 lot time, continues still.
SS3 Aijala 6.23 km ---------------------------------------- 1. Sainz 3.13 Ari Vatanen's (FIN) car was broken Auriol 3.13 from transmission. After driving out 3. Delecour 3.15 on ss 2, the bottom of car was Makinen 3.15 dragging on the ground. That Thiry 3.15 generated a hole to the bottom and Gronholm 3.15 a stone broke something in the transmission..
SS4 Hannula 12.31 km
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1. Makinen 6.49
2. Auriol 6.55
3. Sainz 6.56
4. Thiry 7.01
5. Delecour 7.03
Lindholm 7.03
After SS 4/35: ========================================================
1. Tommi Makinen FIN 27.12
2. Didier Auriol FRA + 0.14
3. Carlos Sainz ESP + 0.21
4. Francois Delecour FRA + 0.34
Bruno Thiry BEL + 0.34
6. Sebastian Lindholm FIN + 0.38
7. Marcus Gronholm FIN + 0.55
8. Tomas Jansson SWE + 1.18
9. Jarmo Kytolehto FIN + 1.27 (Group N)
10. Mika Sohlberg FIN + 2,15
... 22. Juha Kankkunen FIN +19.24
SS 5 Myhinp{{ 16.24 km ---------------------------------------- 1. Kankkunen 7.33 Lindholm crashed twice. His car 2. Makinen 7.36 was pushed to the end of SS without 3. Sainz 7.40 rear wheel. The worst crash was 4. Auriol 7.42 in the last turn of the SS. 5. Thiry 7.43 Due to car damages, Lindholm out. Delecour: "I am getting used to the speed, but not to the strickness of the Finnish police.." SS 6 Makra 6.17 km ---------------------------------------- 1. Makinen 3.20 Kankkunen 3.20 3. Sainz 3.23 Auriol 3.23 5. Delecour 3.24
SS 7 Jappila 17.70 km ---------------------------------------- 1. Kankkunen 8.18 2. Auriol 8.23 3. Makinen 8.24 4. Sainz 8.28 5. Delecour 8.31
SS 8 Kutemajarvi 13.04 km ---------------------------------------- 1. Auriol 7.03 2. Kankkunen 7.05 3. Sainz 7.06 4. Makinen 7.10 5. Delecour 7.13 Thiry 7.13
SS 9 Halttula 10.91 km ---------------------------------------- 1. Auriol 6.00 Makinen 6.00 3. Sainz 6.03 4. Delecour 6.04 Kankkunen 6.04
SS 10 Ruuhimaki 7.28 km ---------------------------------------- 1. Auriol 3.56 2. Kankkunen 3.57 3. Sainz 4.01 Delecour 4.01 Thiry 4.01 6. Gronholm 4.02
SS 11 Laukaa 12.33 km ---------------------------------------- 1. Auriol 6.27 Kankkunen 6.27 3. Makinen 6.28 4. Delecour 6.32 5. Thiry 6.33 6. Gronholm 6.34
SS 12 Harju 2.57 km ---------------------------------------- 1. Auriol 1.47 Kankkunen 1.47 3. Sainz 1.48 Thiry 1.48 5. Makinen 1.49
SS 13 Kouhu 7.74 km
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1. Makinen 3.51
Kankkunen 3.51
3. Sainz 3.53
Auriol 3.53
5. Thiry 3.54
6. Gronholm 3.56
SS 14 Parkkola 22.14 km ---------------------------------------- 1. Kankkunen 11.28 2. Sainz 11.33 3. Makinen 11.34 4. Auriol 11.40 Thiry 11.40 6. Delecour 11.49
SS 15 Ehikki 12.58 km ---------------------------------------- 1. Makinen 6.40 2. Sainz 6.41 Kankkunen 6.41 4. Auriol 6.43 5. Delecour 6.49 6. Thiry 6.52
Results after Friday (SS 15/35): ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Didier Auriol FRA 1.34.23 2. Tommi Makinen FIN + 0.02 3. Carlos Sainz ESP + 0.27 4. Bruno Thiry BEL + 1.10 5. Francois Delecour FRA + 1.18 6. Marcus Gronholm FIN + 2.08 7. Jouko Puhakka N FIN + 4.06 8. Jarmo Kytolehto N FIN + 4.14 9. Tomas Jansson N SWE + 4.59 10. Lasse Lampi FIN + 5.47 ...
35. Juha Kankkunen FIN +18.44
More results tomorrow..
The race will conue on Saturday morning and end on Sunday afternoon. -- _ _ _ ____ Mika.Paakko@lut.fi ' ) ) ) / / / ) / / Lappeenranta U of Tech., / / / o /_ __ ( /__/ __ __ /_ /_ __ FINLAND, EUROPE / ' (_<_/ <_(_/(_ <_/ _(_/(_(_/(_/ <_/ <_/_/- All my opinions are mine!
