Rovanperä tops Sweden Shakedown Skalla

By johan

The young Finn posted a time of 3min57.7sec during his fourth and final pass over the stage, 3.5sec quicker than the similar car of Sébastien Ogier in unusually mild conditions. Elfyn Evans was just one-tenth further back, making it a Toyota 1-2-3. Ogier, a Rally Sweden expert, explained the difficulty drivers face as the levels […]

Update on Rally Sweden

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Snow has fallen in the rally region in recent days. But the unseasonably warm weather and current weather forecasts continue to provide concerns as to the suitability of the roads in the special stages to allow the event to go ahead as planned. Further alignment with the manufacturer teams will take place and the FIA […]

Day 3

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Going a bit too wide at the end of Hagfors 1 left him stranded for about a minute and a half while seeing every single chance of being able to compete for a podium spot go out the window. Instead Tänak got a free ticket to another level of a comfortable distance in the lead, […]

Day 2

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Ogier touched a snowbank at SS6, ending up in the ditch in a spot where there were no spectators around to help. The world champ spent more than 20 minutes before he could break free, losing all chances of competing for the bigger points. Latvala was only five seconds behind the lead when heading in […]

Shakedown DONE

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Neuville started off a little slow but pushed it up with a bang on this third run. The Belgian didn’t even have to go for a fourth run to keep his time in top of the list. Tänak was second fastest and Ogier in third. In WRC2 Kristoffersson came out flying with times just short […]

Rally goes hockey

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Ice is ice, no matter where and how, right? For a whole new take on preparing for the biggest winter festival, we gathered all the WRC drivers and threw on some hockey gear. Guess what? They all seemed to love it. Ogier and Latvla really hit it off, with Latvala being a former hockey player […]

Date set for Rally Sweden 2019

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– We have asked to run the week before as we always do, but probably because of Monte Carlo we will also this year be running week seven says Rally Swedens CEO Glenn Olsson. Tickets for next years Rally Sweden is out. Buy your ticket today and get a beanie for free. Festival Pack 2019 >>

Thank You from Rally Sweden 2018

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Neuville fought off his old demons last night and went out the last day without any regrets. Taking it easy during the first stage and balancing the numbers with ease during the closing Power Stage. Any doubt about his ability to take it all the way flew straight out the window as he cruised through […]

Day 3 – Summary

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Almost like a replay of Friday’s first stage, Tänak came out strong again, taking the win on the first stage win ahead of Breen and Latvala. The Toyota team got another stage win at SS10, Tänak the fastest car once again. At Vargåsen, Mads Østberg had the longest jump on the first run of Colin’s […]

Day 2 – Summary

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SS2, Hof-Finnskog 1, kicked things off and Ott Tänak kept on flying, fastest again, just as in the SSS last night. A little more than six seconds ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen and Mads Østberg. In WRC2, Rally Sweden rookie Takamoto Katsuta surprised everyone with the fastest time ahead of Ole Christian Veiby and Kevin Abbring. […]