Now that's audience participation! The Finnish rally that's far from a spectator sport where fans team up to rescue drivers after every sensational crash • The clip shows cars spinning off the track, often flipping over before rescue • In one particularly nasty smash, fans can be heard shouting 'are you ok?' • Sometimes the fans even use ropes to pull the cars from ditches together • Finnish Rookie Esapekka Lappi won Sunday's Rally Finland By Published: 12:24 GMT, 1 August 2017 Updated: 08:08 GMT, 2 August 2017. Safe and sound: This image shows a driver getting out of the car after he flipped it on a fast corner 'I have to really say a big thanks to the team and to (team-mate) Tommi (Makinen).

They built such a fast car in such a short time. I have big, big respect for them.' Lappi held a 49.1-second overnight lead in his Toyota Yaris over fellow novice Teemu Suninen and overcame a scare on the final morning when he was able to replace a damaged a rear wheel on the penultimate stage. Closest challenger Jari-Matti Latvala was forced to retire on Saturday afternoon when his car's electronic control unit (ECU) failed, while Suninen's high-speed spin one stage from the end saw him slip to fourth place.

Suninen, in only his second race at the highest level, had been battling for second place with Evans' Ford Fiesta and another Finn, Juho Hanninen, who finished third. Irishman Craig Breen finished fifth in his Citroen C3 ahead of Thierry Neuville, who has moved top of the championship table, level with Sebastien Ogier, who crashed out on Friday morning and was unable to restart due to co-driver Julien Ingrassia's concussion.

• • • The World Rally Championship ( WRC) is a series organised by the, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. The driver's world championship and manufacturer's world championship are separate championships, but based on the same point system. The series currently consists of 13 three-day events driven on surfaces ranging from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice.

Find the latest business news on Wall Street, jobs and the economy, the housing market, personal finance and money investments and much more on ABC News. The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. The driver's world championship and manufacturer's world championship are separate championships, but based on the same point system. The series currently consists of 13 three-day.

Each rally is split into 15–25 which are run against the clock on closed roads. The WRC was formed from well-known and popular international rallies, most of which had previously been part of the or the, and the series was first contested in. The is the current car specification in the series. It evolved from cars which replaced the banned supercars. World Rally Cars are built on production 1.6-litre four-cylinder cars, but feature, systems,,, aerodynamic parts and other enhancements bringing the price of a WRC car to around US$1 million (€700,000 / £500,000).

The WRC features three support championships, the (JWRC, formerly the WRC Academy), the World Rally Championship 2 (WRC 2, formerly the ), and the World Rally Championship 3 (WRC 3, formerly the ) which are contested on the same events and stages as the WRC, but with different regulations. The production car, super 2000 and junior entrants race through the stages after the WRC drivers.

As the planned was also cancelled, regulations became the standard in the WRC until 1997. A separate Group A championship had been organized as part of the WRC already in 1986, with Sweden's taking the title with a. Lancia was quickest in adapting to the new regulations and controlled the world rally scene with, winning the constructors' title six years in a row from to and remains the most successful marque in the history of the WRC.

Kankkunen and both took two drivers' titles with the. The 1990s then saw the manufacturers,, and, become title favourites. Spain's driving for took the and 1992 titles with a.

Kankkunen moved to Toyota for the 1993 season and won his record fourth title, with Toyota taking its first manufacturers' crown. Frenchman brought the team further success in, and soon Subaru and Mitsubishi continued the success of the Japanese constructors. Miracle Box Coolsand Usb Driver Download here. 's won the drivers' world championship in and Subaru took the manufacturers' title three years in a row.

Finland's driving a won the drivers' championship four times in a row, from to. Mitsubishi also won the manufacturers' title in. Another notable car was the, which was specifically designed for rallying.

It was the first production car to produce downforce both at front and rear. World Rally Car era [ ]. Škoda preparing their cars a day before the. Each season normally consists of 13 rallies driven on surfaces ranging from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice. Points from these events are calculated towards the drivers' and manufacturers' world championships.

The driver's championship and manufacturer's championship are separate championships, but based on the same point system. This means, for example, that driving for can win the driver's championship but can win the manufacturer's championship, which is what happened in, and again in and when took his third and fourth WRC titles but won the manufacturer's championship. Under the current points system, points are awarded at the end of each rally to the top ten overall finishers in the World Rally Championship standings, as well as to the top ten finishers within the (also known as WRC 2), (also known as WRC 3) and.

All categories use the following points structure: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 Despite how many drivers are in one team, constructors may only nominate two drivers to score points for the team as well as scoring for themselves. As only nominated drivers are counted while awarding points, competitors placed further down the final standings than tenth overall (if preceded by drivers) can score them. A stadium-based in. In the current era, each rally usually consists of between fifteen and thirty of distances ranging from under 2 km (1.2 mi) (known as ) to over 50 kilometres (31 mi). These competitive stages are driven on closed roads which are linked by non-competitive road sections—open roads on which all road laws of that country must be adhered to. On average a day consists of a total of 400 kilometres (250 mi) of driving.

A WRC event begins with reconnaissance ( recce) on Tuesday and Wednesday, allowing crews to drive through the stages and create or update their. On Thursday, teams can run through the stage to practice and test their set-ups. The competition typically begins on Friday and ends on Sunday, though some rallies—most notably the —may be run over four or five days. Cars start the stages at two-minute intervals in clear weather, or three-minute intervals if it is decided that visibility may be a problem for competitors. Each day, or, has a few designated service parks between the stages, where the teams can – within strict time limits – perform maintenance and repairs on their cars.

The service park also allows spectators and the media to get close to the teams and their cars and drivers. Between the days, after a 45-minute end of day service, cars are locked away in, a quarantine environment where teams are not permitted to access or work on their cars. Power stage [ ] First introduced in, the 'power stage' is the final stage of the rally. Additional World Championship points are available to the three fastest drivers through the stage (regardless of where they actually finished in the rally), with the fastest team receiving three points, the second-fastest receiving two points, and the third-fastest receiving one point. In the scoring system was amended so the five fastest drivers through the stage were awarded points from five for first to one for fifth.

Top Winners Rank Driver Wins 1 34 2 14 3 9 4 7 5 5 Rally 2 [ ] Originally known as 'SuperRally,' Rally 2 is a set of regulations that allow a driver who retires from an event to re-enter the next day at the cost of a seven-minute time penalty for each missed stage. This allows drivers who retire from an event to continue on and compete for World Championship points; however, if they retire on the final leg of a rally, re-entering is not possible. Similarly, the use of Rally 2 regulations is at the discretion of event organisers. Driving a at the 2007 Race of Champions.

The current cars with 1.6 L and are built to regulations for racing across tarmac, gravel and snow. The power output is limited to around 380 bhp (225 kW). Current cars in the championship include the,, and the. The ended its run with the close of the 2016 season. The WRC was formerly held for and rallycars.

However, due to the increasing power, lack of reliability and a series of fatal accidents during the rally, was permanently banned. Later, in, the cars evolved into the WRC car spec, to ease the development of new cars and bring new makes to the competition. In, new rules were introduced to encourage more manufacturers (and privateers) to take part, because the recent economic downturn had prompted several manufacturers to leave the championship. Cars in the are limited to production-based cars under rules. Cars in the are homologated under rules. Most cars in the are homologated under rules, but Group N and selected Group A cars can also contest the series.

Starting in 2013, a new category of rally cars known as were introduced as a replacement to the Group A and Group N rally categories, with cars classified under one of six categories based on their engine capacity and type, wheelbase, and drivetrain. As a result, no cars will be homologated under Group A and Group N regulations and instead will be reclassified under Group R. Parallel to this, the Super 2000 and Production Car World Championships were restructured; Super 2000 and Group N cars were merged into a single championship known as alongside R4 and R5 cars, whilst the Production Car World Championship was completely reimagined as the for two-wheel drive cars complying with R1, R2 and R3 regulations. Teams and drivers [ ]. 21 different manufacturers have won a World Rally Championship event, and a further 11 have finished on the podium.

And pulled out of the WRC at the end of the, both citing the economic downturn then affecting the automotive industry for their withdrawal. And both pulled out of the WRC at the end of the, due to a similar economic downturn affecting the European market, although Ford continued to give technical support to. A typical WRC team will consist of about 40 people on the events, with a further 60–100 at the team base. Manufacturers and manufacturer-backed teams usually have two or three drivers participating in each rally who are eligible to score points.

The total number of crews (driver and his ) in the rallies varied from 47 ( and ) to 108 () during the. In 2012, the and the both announced their departure from the World Rally Championships for the 2013 season. And made their return to the championship in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Announced it will return to the World Rally Championships for the 2017 season with its Toyota Gazoo Racing team and its car.

Also will return to the sport in 2017 with a fully factory-supported team after competing part-time in 2016 to focus on the development of their 2017-generation brand-new car based on the. Rallies [ ] See for current season's rallies and for a list of rallies.

Coverage [ ] TV [ ]. A cameraman at a at the. Owns the commercial rights to the championship and through WRC TV produces daily updates from each event after the day's stages have finished and the TV coverage has been processed.

These daily highlight programs are 30 minutes in duration and cover in depth the day's stages, with in-car footage as well as driver interviews. Before the rally there is also a magazine-style preview programme that normally incorporates special driver, technical and team features as well as providing an overview of the upcoming rally's route.

There is also a post-event review program, which lasts approximately an hour, that summarises the rally and the big events that took place during the event. Mitsubishi service park at the 2005. This is then shown in more than 150 markets in multiple languages. The make up and format for these programmes can change from country to country depending on the local broadcaster but all use WRC TV. In the, coverage of the 2017 season is split between four broadcasters.

Broadcasts the post-event review, while the preview programme is screened on its Spike network. Has rights to live stages and daily highlights, has highlights rights and Welsh language channel also covers the championship in its Ralio programme. In 2016, the cumulative worldwide TV audience for WRC TV's programmes was more than 700 million.

The programming was available in over 150 markets and more than 12,000 hours were screened globally. Radio [ ] Live radio coverage is provided in English by via the Internet, featuring end of stage reports direct from the drivers and teams plus service park news. It also features contemporary music during breaks in rally coverage. This coverage can even simulcast on local radio or via a temporary licence, pending on the event and its organisers.

They are also responsible for producing podcasts for each day of each event available for download. Internet streaming [ ] Coverage is provided by WRC Promoter GmbH via video on demand at its website featuring live special stages, highlights, timing, onboard footage and live map tracking.

Champions [ ]. Abarth S2000. The World Rally Championship also features support championships called the (PWRC), the (JWRC) and the (SWRC). These championships are contested on the same events and stages as the WRC. In 2008, The PWRC includes eight and the JWRC seven events. In 2007, the junior championship had no events outside Europe so it was known simply as the Junior Rally Championship (JRC). The Production car World Rally Championship (P-WRC) began in 2002, replacing the FIA Cup which had been contested from 1987.

Cars in the championship are production-based and homologated under Group N rules. The Junior World Rally Championship (J-WRC) was started in 2001, and can be contested with, Group N and selected cars. Drivers in the championship have to be 28 years or younger.

There is no age limit for. The Super 2000 World Rally Championship (S-WRC) was started in 2010. Within the Super 2000 category are competitions for drivers (known as the S-WRC) and another for teams (the World Rally Championship Cup). The cars in the championship are under the rules. The ran from 1990 to 1995 and could be won by any class of car. Was the first winner. Class WRC WRC-2 WRC-3 JWRC Group WRC S2000, N4, R5 R1, R2, R3 R3T, S1600 Drivetrain Four-wheel drive Two-wheel drive Minimum weight (kg) 1200 1230 980 1150 Typical power (hp) 300 280 210 163 Torque (N⋅m) 450 360 350 182 Video games [ ].

Main article: There have been many based on the World Rally Championship, and due to lack of licenses, many more based on only certain cars, drivers or events. Was released in 1995, and in 1997 and the first game in the very popular series in 1998., released in 2001 for by, concentrated on historic cars such as and., released in 2002 for Windows and by, featured classic cars and models along with modern WRC cars. Fully FIA licensed was released in 2001 for. The video game series had its fifth game,, in 2005., released in 2004 for several platforms, has gathered recognition for its realism. Recent top-selling games include, and.

Will include the WRC totally licensed. In October 2010, released which features the cars, drivers and events of the, including those from the three support categories. A downloadable patch was produced allowing players to drive in Group B cars such as the Audi Quattro. Various cars whose participated in the WRC such as and have also appeared in the game. The WRC video game license was acquired by French game development studio from after the release of.

The first WRC game by Kylotonn was, released in 2015. This was followed by in 2016, and in 2017. See also [ ] • • References [ ]. Retrieved 2008-08-28. • Biggs, Henry.. Retrieved 2007-12-18.

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Rally Ireland. Retrieved 2008-08-30. World Rally Archive. Retrieved 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2016-10-22. • ^ Valid only for 2 Litres Cup • From 1982 to 1992 valid only for driver championship •. Retrieved 2016-08-16.

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8 October 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010. External links [ ] Wikimedia Commons has media related to. News and information • — official site; (in English) (in French) (in Spanish) • — news; Results • — complex and up-to-date results database; (in Czech) • — database and statistics.