Sébastien Ogier goes on the attack in Sweden

Sébastien Ogier began its rise to Rally of Sweden during the morning specials of this third Scandinavian day. Author of three scratch times on four contested stages, the Frenchman also benefited a small mistake de Andreas Mikkelsen (spin) in the passage into Vargasen to return to only 1″7 from the Norwegian in the general classification. Thierry Neuville reste toujours dans le coup avec sa Hyundai i20 pour le podium, puisque le Belge pointe à 12″4 de Mikkelsen.

Behind the three leading men, the Norwegian Mads Ostberg leads the peloton, but more than 51″ behind, after having lost entry time this morning, following a left rear puncture after contact with a wall of snow. Ott Tänak place la première Ford Fiesta de chez M-Sport en cinquième position devant le Néo-Zélandais Hayden Paddon, convaincant 6e, lui qui effectue presque ses débuts en Suède. Martin Prokop (Ford) est 7e et devance un trio composé de Elfyn Evans (Ford), Kris Meeke (Citroën) et Yuriy Protasov (Ford) séparés par 23″.

En WRC-2, the Finnish Jari Ketomaa (Ford) still dominates the category, but is now ahead of Eyvind Brynildsen (Ford) by 40″ who took advantage of the setbacks of the Ukrainian Valeriy Gorban (Mini) in SS14, with more than 3′ lost in an outing.

The second loop will start at 13:26 p.m. Rally Sweden videos can be viewed here.