Jari-Matti Latvala has won the Lahti Historic Rally 2009, in his Mk2 Ford Escort RS1800, after setting fastest time on nine of the eleven stages run.
Finnish driver Mika Turkki was second in an Opel Ascona 400 with Pekka Laaksonen third driving a Ford Escort RS2000 Mk1. Norwegian veteran Valter Jensen finished in fourth place behind the [...]
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BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team driver Jari-Matti Latvala will swap his state-of-the art Focus RS World Rally Car to drive a Mk 2 Ford Escort RS1800 in a historic rally in his native Finland next weekend.
Twenty-four-year-old Latvala, currently leading the sixth round of the FIA World Rally Championship for Ford in Sardinia, [...]
The recent Lahti Historic Rally in Finland featured a wide variety of historic machinery going over some traditional and classic 1000 Lakes rally territory. Here’s some footage of historic cars ranging from an Audi quattro A1, Lancia Stratos, Porsches, Mk1 and 2 Escorts to Opel Manta B GT/E’s.
In-car quattro
In-car Stratos
Onboard Manta GT/E
Action from the rally
