Kalle Rovanperä / Jonne Halttunen also shine in the dark, with the darkness enveloping the last kilometers of Stage 2 of the WRC Sweden Rally.
The Toyota duo easily won the PS14 “Långed 2” (19.49km) increasing the advantage over team mates Elfyn Evans / Scott Martin, who at the finish paid 4 “5 to their colleagues, now in front of 5” 7.
Virtual podium completed by Thierry Neuville / Martijn Wydaeghe’s Hyundai, despite a mistake in a 90 ° corner that could have cost the Belgian duo dearly.
The i20 N therefore managed to overtake the GR Yaris of Esapekka Lappi / Janne Ferm, now behind for 2 “4 and rather disappointed by the too many mistakes made during the route.
Fifth place now firmly in the hands of Oliver Solberg / Elliott Edmondson, who with their Hyundai accuse a large delay from the podium (almost 50 “), but bringing the gap to 29” 7 on Takamoto Katsuta / Aaron Johnston, sixth with the fourth Toyota .
All unchanged also with regard to the positions of the Ford Pumas of Adrien Fourmaux / Alexandre Coria and Gus Greensmith / Jonas Andersson, always in seventh and eighth position, with the latter two getting closer to their teammates reaching 6 “3 from them.
Top10 also completed by the duelists for the top of the WRC2 Class, still driven by Andreas Mikkelsen / Torstein Eriksen’s Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo (Toksport WRT) with a 7 “6 advantage over Ole Christian Veiby / Stig Rune Skjærmoen’s Volkswagen Polo GTI R5. Nikolay Gryazin / Konstantin Aleksandrov with the other Škoda of Toksport WRT, almost half a minute behind the leader.
Meanwhile, we record a technical problem accused by Craig Breen / Paul Nagle’s Ford. The Irish had returned today, but after a couple of km the Puma engine fell silent and the couple of the M-Sport had to first stop and then slowly resume the road in search of an escape route to park, mainly using the engine. electric.
Pos | Pilot / Navigator | Car | Time / Gap |
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1 | Rovanpera / Halttunen | Toyota | 1.39’14 “3 |
2 | Evans / Martin | Toyota | +5 “7 |
3 | Lappi / Ferm | Toyota | +18 “5 |
4 | Neuville / Wydaeghe | Hyundai | +20 “9 |
5 | Solberg / Edmondson | Hyundai | + 1’08 “8 |
6 | Katsuta / Johnston | Toyota | + 1’38 “5 |
7 | Fourmaux / Coria | Ford | + 2’33 “1 |
8 | Greensmith / Andersson | Ford | + 2’39 “4 |
9 | Mikkelsen / Eriksen | Skoda | + 5’13 “4 |
10 | Veiby / Skjaermoen | Volkswagen | + 5’21 “0 |
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