The 40-year-old prince, fourth in line to the Swedish throne, replaced co-driver Julien Ingrassia in Ogier’s Toyota Yaris for the 1.90km warm-up at the town’s trotting track. The pair posted second fastest time and Ogier joked: “I’m considering to change co-driver. What are you doing this weekend?”
\n“I’m free!” said the Prince. “It was great, fantastic, what a ride. I will try to learn a bit more French and then we are good to go.”<\/p>\n
Prince Carl Philip is an enthusiastic motorsport fan and has competed himself in the Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia and the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship.<\/p>\n
Jari-Matti Latvala recorded the fastest time of the night in his privately-entered Yaris, 1.9sec clear of Ogier. Kalle Rovanperä ensured a clean sweep for the Japanese manufacturer with third quickest, a further 0.8sec back.<\/p>\n
The Karlstad shakedown was the second and final warm-up ahead of the second round of the FIA World Rally Championship which starts in Torsby on Friday. Rovanperä was fastest in this morning’s initial 7.21km Skalla shakedown.<\/p>\n
Competitors face three special stages tomorrow morning, two in the forests of Norway and one back across the border in Sweden. The leg closes with the mid-afternoon Torsby Sprint test. It all adds up to 63.68km of action.<\/p>\n