Jari Ketomaa and co-driver Mika Stenberg have won round four of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship. The Finns led the category from the outset to beat fellow Ford Fiesta pair Xevi Pons and Alex Haro by almost one minute.

The victory was Ketomaa's first in the S-WRC and makes up for a disappointing debut on the Jordan Rally last month when he retired from the first two days of the event and needed SupeRally to reach the finish in sixth place.

Although Ketomaa's triumph in New Zealand was richly deserved, it took the intervention of his Shanghai FCACA World Rally Team mechanics to repair a faulty cam sensor, which had threatened to ruin his rally when it began to malfunction on Friday.

- We didn't feel much pressure but it wasn't easy either, said Ketomaa.

- Although we had some problems with the car on Friday we always had the performance but I still need more confidence before I can really push. But I am really happy with the result, especially for my team.

- Jarno Saari-