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”Vi har fört dialog med WRC Promoter om datumet och är helt överens om att det bästa för hela rally-VM är att undvika kollisionen med OS och därför läggs tävlingen senare än normalt,” säger Rally Swedens vd Glenn Olsson. Konsekvenserna av senareläggningen har utretts och bedömningen görs att arrangemanget kan genomföras utan större störningar. ”Vädermässigt […]
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The 2021 edition of Rally Sweden moves more up north in Värmland and also into Dalarna to find more snow safe stages. These years new stages presented good snow conditions even during last winters extreme weather situation. Our 100% new stages is SS Lima East, SS Lima West, SS Skrockarberget and SS Kindsjön. SS Kristinefors […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
