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10. DEAD HEAT IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP
10.1 DRIVERS AND CO-DRIVERS
For drawing up the final classification of a Championship, the rule for deciding between drivers and co-drivers who have scored exactly the same points total shall be:
10.1.1 According to the greater number of first places, then second places, then third places, etc., achieved in the final classifications on their respective Championship, counting only those rallies which have served to make up their points total;
10.1.2 According to the greater number of highest places achieved in the final classifications on their respective Championship, counting only those rallies in which each of the drivers and co-drivers concerned have taken part, one 11th place being worth more than any number of 12th places, one 12th place being worth more than any number of 13rd places, and so on.
10.1.3 In the event of a further tie, the FIA itself will decide the winner and decide between any other tying drivers and co-drivers, on the basis of whatever other considerations it thinks appropriate.
I understand that as they both have same six results that count in 10.1.1, it comes down to those 3 rallies they both drove. And Suninen has a better record on those (1st, 2nd and 16th vs 2nd, 3rd and 14th).