Kalle Rovanperä / Jonne Halttunen go to rest in the middle of Stage 2 of the Rally Sweden WRC slightly increasing the advantage over their rivals.
The SS11 “Umeå 1” (11.17km) re-proposed part of the route already covered on Friday evening, where however Craig Breen / Paul Nagle were not present due to premature retirement.
The M-Sport crew is back in action and, despite not having the chance to triumph in the race, they won the section behind the wheel of the Ford Puma by 0 “2 ahead of the Toyota GR Yaris of the Finns, who are trying to consolidate their leadership. .
The two have earned on teammates currently behind them. Elfyn Evans / Scott Martin accuse a +0 “8 at the finish line and are now second for 4” 8, while 3 “2 are taken by Esapekka Lappi / Janne Ferm, but gaining the third position overall at 12” from the top.
This is because Thierry Neuville / Martijn Wydaeghe made a bad mistake by taking a wrong turn at a crossroads; the Hyundai team thus accumulated an 11 “delay on arrival, falling to fourth place overall with a 15” 1 margin from the leaders.
The Hyundai of Oliver Solberg / Elliott Edmondson also remains in the Top5, but the son of art continues to fall behind and now finds himself 51.5 behind those in front.
However, the Swede is in a position of tranquility because Takamoto Katsuta / Aaron Johnston’s Toyota is still sixth, but too far away to worry him, as are Adrien Fourmaux / Alexandre Coria’s Ford Pumas and Gus Greensmith / Jonas Andersson, still in seventh and eighth place.
Finally, a great fight for the first place in the WRC2 Class, with Andreas Mikkelsen / Torstein Eriksen who brought the Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo of Toksport WRT in the lead, overtaking the Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 of Ole Christian Veiby / Stig Rune Skjærmoen for 4 “8. two crews complete the absolute Top10.
Now stop for lunch at the Assistance Park and in the afternoon which includes the repetition of the three routes just faced, with the SS12 scheduled at 15; 27.
Pos | Pilot / Navigator | Car | Time / Gap |
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1 | Rovanpera / Halttunen | Toyota | 1.23’58 “ |
2 | Evans / Martin | Toyota | +4 “8 |
3 | Lappi / Ferm | Toyota | +12 “0 |
4 | Neuville / Wydaeghe | Hyundai | +15 “1 |
5 | Solberg / Edmondson | Hyundai | +41 “5 |
6 | Katsuta / Johnston | Toyota | + 1’23 “6 |
7 | Fourmaux / Coria | Ford | + 2’01 “9 |
8 | Greensmith / Andersson | Ford | + 2’14 “2 |
9 | Mikkelsen / Eriksen | Skoda | + 4’17 “4 |
10 | Veiby / Skjaermoen | Volkswagen | + 4’22 “2 |
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