Nuorala victorious in Rally Botnia.

No matter in what region the F-Cup Rally is competing, Volvo driver Jaska Nuorala is always on the pace.

After two special stages he took the lead of the rally and kept it with ease all the way to the finish. Mercedes man Jere Rekola was the only rival able to apply pressure to Nuorala, but at the finish Rekola had to settle for the second place with a margin of 8.6 seconds. Third went to emerging young talent Jari-Matti Tiilikka aboard his Opel.

In seniors' class, the fastest car was again BMW M3, this time driven by Timo Bäck. BMW M3 driver Harri Mieskolainen won the A-Juniors while Joonas Kosloff won the B category in his Opel Astra.

Rally Botnia overall results:
1) Jaska Nuorala - Antti Leinonen Volvo 240 38:05,7
2) Jere Rekola - Tero Jäntti Mercedes-Benz 190 2,5-16 + 8,6 sec
3) Jari-Matti Tiilikka - Antti Lahtinen Opel Astra GSi + 33,4
4) Jaakko Ollikkala - Ossi Häkki Toyota Corolla GT + 37,7
5) Toni Kuhanen - Jari Laukkanen Toyota Corolla GT + 55,3
6) Antti Seppälä - Esa Lammi BMW M3 + 58,7
7) Matti Nikander - Mikko Kukkonen Toyota Corolla GT + 1.00,1
8) Petri Kumpulainen - Juha Järnström Toyota Corolla GT + 1.01,1
9) Joonas Kolehmainen - Mikko Kautto BMW M3 + 1.05,9
10) Timo Jaakonsaari- Risto Pasanen VW Golf 19 Gti + 1.07,4

Before the final rally of the F-Cup season Toni Kuhanen still leads the standings on 106,5 points with Timo Jaakonsaari just 4.5 in arrears. Neither man could reach the podium on the Botnia.

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