Ouninpohja, Myhinpää and Ruuhimäki have all been dropped from Rally Finland’s competitive route for 2026, but the event’s unique Super Sunday concept remains.
Round nine of the 2026 World Rally Championship (July 30 – August 2), Finland is always one of the most anticipated events of the year due to its deep history and spectacular, flat-out nature.
The event organizer has today unveiled the route for the 75th edition of Rally Finland, which features several changes – especially on Friday.
Thursday’s opening leg is unchanged to recent years, with shakedown taking place in Ruuhimäki before the first run of the Harju street stage in the evening.
Friday, however, has been significantly reworked with over 50% of the stage miles used for the first time this century. Laukaa and Saarikas remain, although Laukaa has been reversed, while Myhinpää and Ruuhimäki have been replaced by two brand-new stages: Sydänmaa and Hoho.
Over half of Friday's stage mileage is new for 2026
Saturday features the same group of stages as 2025, but runs in a tweaked order. Päijälä is now the second stage of the loop (not third), running before Västilä, with Parkkola and Leustu book-ending the loop.
This has been done to reduce liaison sections, as per the WRC’s revised sporting regulations for 2026 which now mandate special stages comprise at least 25% of the rally’s total mileage.
Sunday is all-new, with the fabled Ouninpohja stage dropped from the itinerary after it made its return after a seven-year hiatus in 2024. However the ‘Ouninday’ concept the rally adopted in 2025 has been retained for 2026.
Rally Finland’s Super Sunday uses the same stage run twice, which this year will be the new Himos–Jämsä test.
The organizer says the stage, which totals 30km (7km more than 2025’s Ouninpohja), begins “on a fast Vaheri public road, transitions into narrower private roads in the middle section, and finishes spectacularly at the foot of the Himos ski slopes within a compact event village.”
Rally Finland clerk of the course, Kai Tarkiainen, said: “We have a strong ambition not to run the same route two years in a row. In 2026, 66% of the special stages are different compared to last year, and the rally must keep evolving to remain exciting for both drivers and spectators.”
Secto Automotive will remain the rally’s title partner.
