The 62nd Neste Oil Rally Finland was the eighth round of the 2012 World Rally Championship season and was held between 2 and 4 August 2012. In a similar manner to the previous year, the rally was based in Jyväskylä with a super special stage held at Jokimaa, Lahti.
The rally was also the fifth round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship and the third round of the WRC Academy.
Entry list
The entry list saw a total of 86 entries, 81 of which started.
Note: The bolded entrants were eligible to score points for Manufactures' championship.
Driver Co-driver Car Entrant Class Priority Championship 1 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën DS3 WRC Citroën Total World Rally Team WRC 1 2 Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Citroën DS3 WRC Citroën Total World Rally Team WRC 1 3 Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Ford Fiesta RS WRC Ford World Rally Team WRC 1 4 Petter Solberg Chris Patterson Ford Fiesta RS WRC Ford World Rally Team WRC 1 5 Ott Tänak Kuldar Sikk Ford Fiesta RS WRC M-Sport Ford World Rally Team WRC 1 6 Evgeny Novikov Denis Giraudet Ford Fiesta RS WRC M-Sport Ford World Rally Team WRC 1 7 Chris Atkinson Stéphane Prévot Citroën DS3 WRC Qatar World Rally Team WRC 1 8 Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Citroën DS3 WRC Citroën Junior World Rally Team WRC 1 10 Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC Adapta World Rally Team WRC 1 12 Armindo Araújo Miguel Ramalho Mini John Cooper Works WRC WRC Team Mini Portugal WRC 1 14 Paulo Nobre Edu Paula Mini John Cooper Works WRC WRC Team Mini Portugal WRC 1 15 Martin Prokop Zdeněk Hrůza Ford Fiesta RS WRC Czech Ford National Team WRC 1 Henning Solberg Ilka Minor Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC 1 17 Jari Ketomaa Mika Stenberg Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC 1 18 Matti Rantanen Mikko Lukka Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC 1 19 Sebastian Lindholm Timo Hantunen Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC 2 20 Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Škoda Fabia S2000 Volkswagen Motorsport 2 21 Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene Škoda Fabia S2000 Volkswagen Motorsport 2 31 Hayden Paddon John Kennard Škoda Fabia S2000 2 3 SWRC 32 Craig Breen Paul Nagle Ford Fiesta S2000 2 3 SWRC 33 Per-Gunnar Andersson Emil Axelsson Proton Satria Neo S2000 Proton Motorsports 2 3 SWRC 34 Juha Salo Marko Salminen Proton Satria Neo S2000 Proton Motorsports 2 3 SWRC 35 Maciej Oleksowicz Andrzej Obrebowski Ford Fiesta S2000 2 3 SWRC 36 Yazeed Al-Rajhi Michael Orr Ford Fiesta RRC Yazeed Racing 2 3 SWRC 43 Ken Block Alex Gelsomino Ford Fiesta RS WRC Monster World Rally Team WRC 1 49 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Ford Fiesta S2000 Printsport 2 3 SWRC Mikko Pajunen Kaj Lindström Subaru Impreza WRX STI R4 2 3 SWRC 51 Jarkko Nikara Petri Nikara Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3 52 Jukka Ketomäki Kai Risberg Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3 53 Riku Tahko Markus Soininen Mini John Cooper Works WRC WRC 2 54 Karl Kruuda Martin Järveoja Ford Fiesta S2000 2 55 Sander Pärn Ken Järveoja Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3 56 Mattias Therman Jarkko Kalliolepo Ford Fiesta S2000 2 57 Kari Hämäläinen Risto Pietiläinen Ford Fiesta S2000 2 58 Tuomas Skantz Jani Rauhala Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3 59 Radik Shaymiev Maxim Tsvetkov Peugeot 207 S2000 2 60 Edoardo Bresolin Rudy Pollet Ford Fiesta RRC 2 61 Krzysztof Oleksowicz Krzysztof Geborys Subaru Impreza WRX STI R4 2 62 Oleksiy Tamrazov Nicola Arena Ford Fiesta S2000 2 63 Matias Kauppinen Jonne Halttunen Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3 64 Kees Burger Miika Teiskonen Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3 65 Jukka Korhonen Mikael Korhonen Ford Fiesta R2 Printsport 6 66 Andreas Amberg Matti Heikkinen Ford Fiesta R2 6 67 Frank Tore Larsen Torstein Eriksen Ford Fiesta R2 6 68 Kristian Yritys Janne Siirilä Renault Clio R3 5 Juho Annala Tuukka Shemeikka Citroën C2 R2 6 70 Vincent Dubert Valentin Sarreaud Citroën DS3 R3T 5 71 Tomi Weurlander Pasi Nurmi Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3 72 Jouni Virtanen Petteri Luostarinen Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3 73 Ari Saxberg Pekka Leppälä Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3 74 Pasi Matsi Hannu Lamminen Renault Clio R3 5 75 Yuriy Protasov Kyrylo Nesvit Citroën DS3 R3T 5 76 Niko-Pekka Nieminen Pasi Haataja Ford Fiesta R2 6 77 Petri Itkonen Janno Older Citroën C2 R2 6 78 Sami Sarjula Teemu Horkama Ford Fiesta R2 6 79 Martin Koči Lukáš Zámečník Citroën C2 R2 6 80 Niko Veikkanen Joni-Petteri Virtanen Honda Civic Type R 8 81 Yukhym Vazheyevskyy Yevgen Kochkovyy Citroën DS3 R3T 5 82 Molly Taylor Sebastian Marshall Citroën DS3 R3T United Rally Management 5 83 Kristian Kiviniemi Asko Sairanen Citroën C2 R2 6 84 Kari Hytönen Ada Herranen Ford Fiesta R2 6 85 Ilkka Kariste Mikael Lindberg Ford Fiesta ST 8 86 Fabrizio de Sanctis “Bombolino” Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3 87 Lilian Vialle Patrice Roissac Renault Clio R3 5 88 Massimiliano Settembrini Corrado Bonato Citroën DS3 R3T 5 89 Nil Solans Miquel Angel Ibañez Ford Fiesta R2 6 90 Marc Amourette Gwenola Marie Citroën DS3 R3T 5 91 Sebastien Chardonnet Thibault de la Hayhe Citroën DS3 R3T 5 Federico Della Casa Marco Menchini Citroën DS3 R3T 5 Raimo Kaisanlahti Mikko Kaikkonen Ford Fiesta R2 6 94 Simo-Petteri Tuunanen Mika Heinonen Citroën Saxo VTS 9 95 Ilkka Pastila Pasi Riihiaho Citroën Saxo VTS 9 96 Eddy Brisson Kévin Masson Suzuki Swift 9 97 Renaud Bronkart Martine Victor Toyota Yaris 10 98 Joonas Lindroos Pasi Kilpeläinen Citroën C2 R2 6 101 Christopher Duplessis Alexander Kihurani Ford Fiesta R2 6 WRC Academy 102 José Antonio Suárez Cándido Carrera Ford Fiesta R2 6 WRC Academy 103 Alastair Fisher Daniel Barritt Ford Fiesta R2 6 WRC Academy 105 Pontus Tidemand Stig Rune Skjærmoen Ford Fiesta R2 6 WRC Academy 106 Brendan Reeves Rhianon Smyth Ford Fiesta R2 6 WRC Academy 107 Timo van der Marel Erwin Berkhof Ford Fiesta R2 KNAF Talent First 6 WRC Academy 108 John MacCrone Stuart Loudon Ford Fiesta R2 6 WRC Academy 109 Elfyn Evans Philip Pugh Ford Fiesta R2 6 WRC Academy 111 João Silva Hugo Magalhães Ford Fiesta R2 6 WRC Academy 113 Ashley Haigh-Smith Craig Parry Ford Fiesta R2 6 WRC Academy 114 Fredrik Åhlin Morten Erik Abrahamsen Ford Fiesta R2 6 WRC Academy
Report Sébastien Loeb won the Rally Finland for the third time in his career. He led the rally from start to finish and was fastest in nine stages.
Results
Event standings