Rally Sweden has in recent years been a leader in the WRC and made the rally a spectacular and action-packed arena sport. When the rally moves to Umeå, a unique and close to the rally arena has been created, conveniently walking distance from the citycenter. The Red Barn Arena in the I20 area is Umeå’s […]
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On Sunday, the accounts were made for this year’s first World Rally Championship event in Monte Carlo with double French at the top, when temporarily returned Sébastien Loeb won before his compatriot Sébastien Ogier. Now the focus is on northern Sweden when Umeå hosts the WRC series second round of the season. However, it happens […]
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Because we love rally. We love rally, we love our spectators, and we love the winter festival. And we are of course looking forward to launching Rally Sweden 2021. However, as you know, we are in the middle of a global pandemic, and there are bound to be restrictions and challenges to consider moving forward. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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The Norwegian, driving a Citroën C3, started the day with an 8.4sec lead over Ole Christian Veiby. However, his lead looked to be in jeopardy when Veiby clawed back 3.5sec in the Hof-Finnskog speed test despite picking up a slow puncture on his Hyundai i20. Østberg responded by snatching back 5.7sec in the following Finnskogen […]
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“It’s been a surprise for us. After coming in second place last year, we wanted to put on a good show but today has exceeded my expectations. I did not expect to be the fastest Rally 2 competitor, but we have done a lot of work for this and this is show time,” said the […]
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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 […]
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The Estonian showed no signs of any nervs when he cruised all the way to the finsih line, ending with seriously impressive win at the Power Stage. In the end he was 53 seconds ahead of Esa-Pekka Lappi in second and 56 ahead of Neuville in third. Mads Ostberg was also cruising his way to […]
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The Estonian is 5.5 seconds ahead of Teemu Suninen and 5.6 ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala. In the WRC2 Pro Mads Ostberg is charging on top, in front of Gus Greensmith and Kalle Rovanperä. Ole Christian Veiby is first in the WRC2, followed by Johan Kristfoffersson and Emil Lindholm. For the Junior WRC we have Tom […]
