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Eighteen-year-old Solberg, who was co-driven by mum Pernilla, outgunned Tidemand in both final runs over the 2.50km Torsby Sprint speed stage, made famous by the country’s FIA World Rally Championship fixture. Driving a Volkswagen Polo GTI, Solberg opened a 0.8sec advantage in the first leg of the final on wet gravel roads. He added an […]

An impressive line-up of invited drivers, including FIA World Rally Championship regulars Pontus Tidemand and Oliver Solberg, along with former world rallycross champion Mattias Ekström, contest the one-off event on a short gravel special stage. The event will be closed to spectators but the made-for-TV rally will be screened in Sweden on SVT1 on Sunday […]

He became the first British driver to win the WRC’s only winter round after easing his Toyota Yaris through treacherous conditions in the closing Wolf Power Stage to finish 12.7sec clear of world champion Ott Tänak. Teenage sensation Kalle Rovanperä shocked six-time champion and team-mate Sébastien Ogier by snatching third. At 19, he became the […]

Huttunen, driving a Hyundai i20, had been locked in a ding-dong battle with fellow compatriot Emil Lindholm. Lindholm had initially led the rally in his Skoda Fabia before Huttunen overhauled him on the Nyckelvattnet speed test. Second fastest time on Sunday’s Likenäs stage was enough for the Finn to claim victory by 5.0sec. “It feels […]

The Norwegian, co-driven by Torstein Eriksen, had led the rally since the second stage on Friday. He entered Sunday’s finale with a 15.8sec lead over Ole Christian Veiby. A stage win on the Likenäs speed test ensured that the Citroën C3 pilot finished the rally 23.4sec clear of fellow countryman Veiby “It feels really good. […]

The Swedish youngster took the lead from the first stage and that was where he stayed for the remainder of the event. Even a puncture scare on Saturday’s final stage wasn’t enough to deter the Ford Fiesta pilot, as he finished the rally with a 37.8sec advantage over closest rival Mārtiņš Sesks. “It’s always difficult […]

On only his second rally in a Toyota Yaris, he led the four-day winter fixture from start to finish to win by 12.7sec. A second career victory left Evans tied on points with Thierry Neuville at the top of the championship after two of 13 rounds, but the Welshman leads on countback. World champion Ott […]

Kristensson almost doubled his 23.0sec opening day advantage before striking tyre problems in the closing Torsby Sprint speed test. The Swede dropped little more than a handful of seconds to close with a 41.8sec lead ahead of Sunday’s finale. He won the day’s opening Hof-Finnskog special stage in his Ford Fiesta R2 and posted top […]