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What’s it like to face the WRC’s toughest stage?

The world’s best rally drivers describe how to handle Ouninpohja and the famous Yellow House Jump.
Written by Paul Keith
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Ouninpohja: the toughest stage in WRC

We head back to Rally Finland and the toughest stage on the WRC calendar: Ouninpohja.

Ouninpohja is the most notorious stage in World Rally. It includes the famous Yellow House Jump but that’s just one of many challenging jumps along the way all connected by slippery gravel roads with hairpins, crests and clouds of dust.
So when your car spends as much time in the air as it does on the ground, what does it take to pilot a car along those narrow roads at top speed without wiping out? Some of the best rally drivers in the world provide the answer in this short video. 

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