Kalle Rovanperä / Jonne Halttunen are still first in the Swedish Rally, with the FIA WRC drivers opening the second part of Stage 2 with the repetition of the “Brattby” section (10.49km).
This PS12, however, was won by Elfyn Evans / Scott Martin, who gnawed 3 “6 from their teammates in an all-Toyota fight.
In the overall standings the two GR Yaris are now divided by 1 “2, while that of Esapekka Lappi / Janne Ferm loses ground, remaining third at 12” 9 however.
This allowed Thierry Neuville / Martijn Wydaeghe to bring their Hyundai i20 N back to the podium; thanks to the second time trial in practice, the Belgians have moved to 0 “3 from the Top3 and can try to overtake in the two remaining tests.
Oliver Solberg / Elliott Edmondson’s Hyundai is still in Top5 without major problems, even though the Swede continues to lose to rivals.
Following the i20 N at 27 “7 we find the Toyota of Takamoto Katsuta / Aaron Johnston sixth, well ahead of the Ford Puma of Adrien Fourmaux / Alexandre Coria and Gus Greensmith / Jonas Andersson, divided by 12” 2. The Frenchman struggled to find the right line, while the English stalled at the start losing about 5 “.
Among the first we still have the contenders for the leadership in the WRC2 Class: Andreas Mikkelsen / Torstein Eriksen (Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo-Toksport WRT) gained on the Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 of Ole Christian Veiby / Stig Rune Skjærmoen, now 7 “5 from the Reigning champion.
Pos | Pilot / Navigator | Car | Time / Gap |
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1 | Rovanpera / Halttunen | Toyota | 1.30’20 “6 |
2 | Evans / Martin | Toyota | +1 “2 |
3 | Lappi / Ferm | Toyota | +12 “90 |
4 | Neuville / Wydaeghe | Hyundai | +13 “2 |
5 | Solberg / Edmondson | Hyundai | +57 “7 |
6 | Katsuta / Johnston | Toyota | + 1’25 “4 |
7 | Fourmaux / Coria | Ford | + 2’12 “0 |
8 | Greensmith / Andersson | Ford | + 2’24 “2 |
9 | Mikkelsen / Eriksen | Skoda | + 4’33 “4 |
10 | Veiby / Skjaermoen | Volkswagen | + 4’40 “9 |
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