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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 […]

On only his second rally in a Toyota Yaris, he led the four-day winter fixture from start to finish to win by 12.7sec. A second career victory left Evans tied on points with Thierry Neuville at the top of the championship after two of 13 rounds, but the Welshman leads on countback. World champion Ott […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

”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 […]

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, […]

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. […]