Arctic Rally: Kimi finishes 58th overall; 2nd in his category

Citroen driver Dani Sordo has won the 2010 Arctic Lapland Rally after dominating the Finnish event. Sordo's team-mate Kimi Raikkonen put in an impressive performance, despite crashing on the first day, with a string of second fastest stage times throughout the event.

This was Raikkonen's first time driving the Citroen C4 WRC in competitive conditions and without yesterday's crash, he would have finished 6 minutes behind Sordo.

Raikkonen's co-driver Kaj Lindstrom commented after SS9: "The difference to Dani is now 0.9 seconds per kilometre.

"We know where the difference comes from, therefore it's a relief. It would be different if you had to think to yourself that you are going damn fast but still be behind, that would be worrying.

"We are still setting the car up so Kimi doesn't yet have 100% confidence in how it behaves. It affects the way we go into corners. We are braking early when there is ice because we don't want to do anything stupid, that's where the differences in time come from. The notes will also improve once we see how fast we can go," Lindstrom added to MTV3.

Kimi Raikkonen commented at the finish: "Once we get the car the way we want it, it will be quite easy to go faster. I don't think that it will be terribly difficult to drive faster when I know myself that the car is not going the way I want it to.

"This is the fifth rally for me so it's not really something to worry about. I learned quite a lot and it will be much better for Sweden. The main thing was that we were able to get some kilometres behind us. It doesn't matter that we finished in a lowly position," he added.

Arctic Lapland Rally 2010 Results

1. Dani Sordo/Marc Marti (E) Citroen C4 WRC 1:38.29,1 (1. A18)
2. Kosti Katajamäki/Lasse Hirvijärvi (FIN) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X +6.07,7
3. Jarkko Miettinen/Mikko Lukka (FIN) Skoda Fabia S2000 +7.16,1
4. Juha Salo/Mika Stenberg (FIN) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X +8.06,9
5. Kristian Sohlberg/Peter Flythström (FIN) Subaru Impreza WRX STI N15 +9.12,3
6. Ari Vihavainen/Antti Piira (FIN) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +9.40,6
7. Atte Alanen/Pasi Hedman (FIN) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +9.44,5
8. Tommi Luostarinen/Risto Pietiläinen (FIN) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +9.48,9
9. Jukka Ketomäki/Kai Risberg (FIN) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X +10.45,8
10. Marko Ipatti/Kari Kajula (FIN) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +10.46,9

Source: RallyBuzz