Sixth and penultimate round of Finnish rally championship, Kerava Rally which was held from 28-29 August, did already decide Finnish championship title to Subaru's Jari Ketomaa and co-driver Miika Teiskonen who finished the event in 2nd.
Jari Ketomaa has led the series from second round and his lead was already 28 points before this Kerava Rally. Four victories under his belt Ketomaa knew that second place finish here would be enough to clinch the title before the final round of the series.
"I decided not to take any risks this time, because my main target was to finish the event and secure the title. But still my stage times were near the fastest times, normally I did lost only one or two seconds per stage. That was encouraging that our speed was so fast without taking risks" Ketomaa stated.
Eventually after 8 stages Ketomaa did finish in second place as Juha Salo won with Mitsubishi with 10.2 seconds in front of Ketomaa.
"As a leading driver I have started the last rallies with number one and clean the roads. This time I was not thinking about that, I just did concentrate with 100% and did avoid mistakes. Everything did go really well and my Impreza was again reliable. Now I'm so happy and I will already start to make plans for next season".
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Other Subaru driver Teemu Arminen finished in sixth position after he had lost only a few seconds to 4th and 5th place.
"These Finnish Drivers and Co-drivers titles are very important for Subaru as they are the first titles for us. I'm satisfied with the performance of the car and the drivers" told Tommi Makinen Racing managing director Esko Reiners.
The final round of Finnish Rally Championship, round seven "Hyvinkaa Rally" will be taken place from 26-27 September.
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