Darkness falls on the snow-covered roads of the Rally of Sweden, but also on the hopes of conquering this second round of the WRC for Ott Tänak / Martin Järveoja.
A problem with the hybrid system stopped the Hyundai i20 N even before the Estonian couple could take off the PS6 “Sävar 2” (17.28km), with the red emergency light on which left no way out for the two, forced to surrender for safety as stated in the regulation.
On the other hand, the Korean manufacturer celebrates the first test victory by Thierry Neuville / Martijn Wydaeghe, who in this way take them to second place 0 “6 behind the leaders Elfyn Evans / Scott Martin, in this section to lose 6 “3 behind the wheel of their Toyota GR Yaris.
Despite worn tires, Esapekka Lappi / Janne Ferm remain in third place with the second Yaris at 1 “5 from the top, now followed by teammates Kalle Rovanperä / Jonne Halttunen, authors of an excellent second time at the finish and good at taking advantage of the bad performance by Oliver Solberg / Elliott Edmondson.
The Hyundai crew has accumulated a good 14 “3 behind on this course due to overly worn tires and now finds themselves fifth with 14” to fill against Evans / Martin.
Their current position is not in jeopardy, however, as Takamoto Katsuta / Aaron Johnston’s Toyota is sixth at 59.3, but gaining momentum on Adrien Fourmaux / Alexandre Coria and Gus Greensmith / Jonas Andersson’s Ford Pumas.
Completing the absolute Top10 Ole Christian Veiby / Stig Rune Skjærmoen on the Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 with which they drive the WRC2 Class in front of the Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo that the Toksport WRT entrusts to the reigning champions Andreas Mikkelsen / Torstein Eriksen.
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