Rally Finland 2026, officially known as Secto Rally Finland, brings round ten of the FIA World Rally Championship to one of the sport’s most storied venues from 30 July to 2 August. Once known as the Rally of the Thousand Lakes, the Finnish round remains among the fastest and most demanding events on the calendar, run on roads full of crests, jumps and blind corners taken at average speeds beyond 120 km/h, where flawless driver and co-driver coordination matters as much as outright pace.
Lancia brings five Ypsilon Rally2 entries to Jyväskylä
Lancia Corse HF arrives in Jyväskylä sitting second in the WRC2 Teams’ Championship, fielding one of the strongest driver line-ups in the category with five Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale entries. Heading the factory effort are Nikolay Gryazin and Konstantin Aleksandrov, currently sixth in the WRC2 standings on the back of their win in Japan, alongside Yohan Rossel and Arnaud Dunand, seventh overall and looking to get their championship push back on track.
They are joined by Léo Rossel and Guillaume Mercoiret, currently fourth in the championship after a strong season, plus Pablo Sarrazin and Yannick Roche. Rounding out the entry list are American driver Conner Martell and Italian co-driver Alessandro Gelsomino, completing a five car Lancia presence that underlines just how far the Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale’s international appeal has spread.
A pivotal weekend for both championship fights
With five rounds left on the calendar, Rally Finland lands at a critical point for Lancia on two fronts. The marque needs solid points here to keep chasing the WRC2 Teams’ title, while Rossel, Gryazin and Léo Rossel are all still very much in contention at the front of the Drivers’ Championship. The event also doubles as a valuable development opportunity for the Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale, tackling one of the fastest and most punishing gravel rallies anywhere in the WRC calendar.
A heavily revised route for the 2026 edition
This year’s route looks considerably different from last year’s, with around 65 percent of the competitive distance changed. Things get underway on Thursday evening with the traditional Harju Super Special Stage through the middle of Jyväskylä, before Friday and Saturday carry the bulk of the action, 316.04 kilometres of stages across Laukaa, Saarikas, Sydänmaa, Parkkola, Västilä and Leustu.
Sunday’s finale centres on the brand new Himos-Jämsä stage, a 30.02 km test run twice, with the second pass doubling as the Wolf Power Stage. As the longest stage of the rally, it brings together everything Rally Finland is known for: high speed, constant rhythm changes, blind crests and big jumps that demand total trust in the pace notes, all played out in front of the thousands of fans that give this event one of the most electric atmospheres in world rallying.
