The second day of Sweden Rally had seen a Kalle Rovanperä in difficulty, but still able to win three internships out of the total seven played. On the other hand, those who had accused a strong crisis of results had been Thierry Neuville, never on the top step of the podium in a special and even outside the top-5 in the general standings, just like his Finnish rival. However, the two drivers of Toyota and Hyundai managed to redeem themselves at dawn on Saturday, with one victory each in the three stages staged on Swedish snow.
While the Belgian had managed to finish ahead of the reigning world champion at the end of SS9, the classification situation reversed in the third and final race of the morning, with the 22-year-old Finn setting the best time right in front of Neuville. However, the stage that is deciding the Scandinavian rally for the moment was the central one in Floda, i.e. the SS10: the Irishman from Hyundai established the best performance in this heat Craig Breen, who started today with the title of provisional leader of the Swedish Rally in his pocket. Thanks to this performance, combined with the 3rd place in the SS9, the number 42 is still at the top of the general classification, despite a misstep in the SS11, which finished only in 7th place. On the eve of the Swedish Saturday afternoon, Breen firmly holds the lead 3 seconds ahead of Ford Ott Tanakand as many as 17 out of Esapekka Lappithe latter forced to defend himself from the return of his compatriot Rovanperä, now 10.5 seconds behind.
WRC | Rally Sweden: standings after SS11 – Top 10
POS. | PILOT | CAR | TIME/GAP |
1 | Craig Breen | Hyundai | 1:22.49.9 |
2 | Ott Tanak | Ford | +3.0 |
3 | Esapekka Lappi | Hyundai | +17.0 |
4 | Kalle Rovanperä | Toyota | +27.5 |
5 | Elfyn Evans | Toyota | +32.6 |
6 | Thierry Neuville | Hyundai | +33.6 |
7 | Pierre-Louis Loubet | Ford | +1:59.0 |
8 | Oliver Solberg | Skoda (WRC2) | +4:29.4 |
9 | Ole Veiby | Volkswagen (WRC2) | +5:00.8 |
10 | Jari Huttunen | Skoda (WRC2) | +5:20.1 |
#WRC #Rally #Sweden #SS11 #Rovanperä #Neuville #attack #Breen #resists #FormulaPassion.it