Finnish driver Teemu Suninen secures European title with Wales Rally victory
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- Teemu Suninen secured the European Rally Championship title by finishing second at the Wales Rally.
- Suninen also won the Wales Rally Power Stage, earning the points needed to clinch his first European title.
- His co-driver, Antti Haapala, also won the championship for the first time.
Finnish driver Teemu Suninen secured the European Rally Championship title with second place at the Wales Rally, which ended on Sunday. He finished behind Kris Meeke and won the event’s Power Stage.
Those results gave Suninen enough points to clinch the title with one rally still remaining in the championship. It is the first European championship of his career, and also the first for his co-driver, Antti Haapala.
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