Nuorala takes F-Cup win in Tampere

Jaska Nuorala took his Volvo to victory in the latest Finnish F-Cup round, the Autoglym Rally.

With the event was being held in the Tampere region, Nuorala began as a clear favourite. He handled the pressure and after a couple of special stages he was leading the rally with a significant margin. He had no problems during the rally and thus had a winning margin of 29.3 seconds at the finish.

The remaining podium places went to BMW M3 drivers Kimmo Nevanpää and Marko Kallio.

In the seniors class the winner was Kari Kytölä once again with his BMW M3. The fastest A-junior was Jari Kuikka with a Honda Civic Type-R and in B-juniors Juha Rytkönen finished on the top step of the podium driving a Toyota Starlet.

After the Autoglym Rally, Toni Kuhanen leads the F-Cup by half a point over Timo Jaakonsaari.

Overall results:

1) Jaska Nuorala - Antti Leinonen Volvo 240 39:32.4
2) Kimmo Nevanpää - Ville Lehtisaari BMW M3 + 29.3
3) Marko Kallio - Tomi Mäkinen BMW M3 + 31.6
4) Matti Nikander - Mikko Kukkonen Toyota Corolla GT + 40.2
5) Toni Kuhanen - Jari Laukkanen Toyota Corolla GT + 48.8
6) Timo Jaakonsaari - Risto Pasanen VW Golf GTI + 51.1
7) Jere Rekola - Tero Jäntti Mercedes-Benz 190 + 53.1
8) Jari Huuhka - Joni Tähtinen BMW M3 + 58.6
9) Petri Kumpulainen - Juha Järnström Toyota Corolla GT + 58.7
10) Antti Seppälä - Esa Lammi BMW M3 + 1:08.5

Watch Finnish F-Cup Rally action on Motors TV.

Jorma Mikkola