Kristensson leaves junior rivals trailing

By johan

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 […]

Østberg extends WRC 2 lead

By johan

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 […]

Huttunen snatches WRC 3 top spot

By johan

The Finn, driving a Hyundai i20, had been locked into a tight duel with fellow compatriot Lindholm since the early stages of the rally. A blisteringly quick time on the Nyckelvattnet speed test enabled Huttunen to claim the lead and he arrived back at service as the leading Rally 2 competitor with a 3.4sec advantage […]

Evans doubles Rally Sweden lead over Tänak

By johan

The Toyota Yaris driver dominated in the forests of Norway and Sweden and doubled his lead over world champion Ott Tänak to 17.2sec with just one test remaining in Sunday’s amended finale. Temperatures climbed above freezing overnight and the roads were softer than yesterday. Gravel sections put increased stress on studded winter tyres, but the […]

SS17 Likenäs 1 CANCELLED

By johan

Lindholm on top in WRC 3

By johan

”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 […]

Prince partners Ogier in Rally Sweden warm-up

By johan

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?” “I’m free!” said the Prince. “It was great, fantastic, […]

Rovanperä snabbast efter Shakedown Skalla

By johan

Den unga finländaren slutade på en tid av 3min57,7 sek under sitt fjärde och sista försök på shakedown, 3,5 sek snabbare än Sébastien Ogier. Elfyn Evans var bara en tiondel efter, vilket gjorde att teamet Toyota fick placeringarna 1-2-3. Ogier, en Rally Sweden-expert, förklarade att många av utmaningarna handlar om bristen av snö och is. […]

Opening in Karlstad with rally action

By admin

Following a positive meeting between representatives of Rally Sweden, the FIA, WRC Promoter and the WRC teams, and in the interest of continuing to provide top entertainment to rally fans at the Karlstad stage, the stage will be run as a second part of the morning’s Shakedown, rather than as a competitive stage. Each of […]

Rally 
Sweden 70 år!

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Rally Swedens historia börjar dock betydligt tidigare än så. Redan 1950 kördes den första deltävlingen i Midnattssolsrallyt, som då var en sommartävling som gick genom hela landet. Med start på torsdag eftermiddag i Göteborg, Falsterbo och Stockholm (!) kördes rallyt på vanliga vägar, där det gällde att hålla ett fastslaget tidsschema. De tävlande sammanstrålade sedan […]