Finnish Rally Championship 2010

Finnish Rally Championship faced considerably changes in 2009. Control tyres, new division into classes and a couple of new championship titles renewed the face of the championship both for the competitors and the spectators. For 2010 the changes will not be as radical, but changes such as the new points system will add their own flavour to the run of championship over the year.

The Finnish Rally Championship (FRC) is the Number 1 Championship in Finnish motorsport, which also has a very good reputation internationally. There are seven events in the FRC, of which four will be driven in the winter and three in the summer. The events will take place in six towns, which means that at the opening round in Rovaniemi, two events will be contested over two days. Championship titles will be fought over in separate classes for four-wheel and two-wheel driven cars, in each for drivers, co-drivers and teams.

In addtition to this, a Junior Champion will be crowned in the 2WD class. This title is open for all competitors entered into this class, who are born on or after January 1st 1985.

Two-wheel drive class

2WD class is one of the two FRC classes. The following cars are eligible in the class:

Group N, FIA R2, FIA R3 and FIN R up to and including 2000 cm3; Super 1600 cars are allowed to take part, but the drivers are not eligible for FRC points.

Four-wheel drive class

In the 4WD class Group N cars over 2000 cm3 and Super 2000 Rally are eligible for points.

Suomi Cup

Finnish Rally Cup, the Suomi Cup, runs as a support event in the FRC events. The four classes and eligible cars are as follows:

Class SC3: FIN R 4WD and Group A over 2000 cm3 (including WRCars)

Class SC4: FIN R and Group A up to and including 1400 cm3

Class SC5: V1600 (nationally homologated standard cars)

Class SC6: Group F, free cylinder volume