WRC – Ogier moves closer to victory in Sweden

Sébastien Ogier (Volkswagen) took advantage of the second passage of the two special stages of the second stage of the Rally de Suède pour augmenter son avance sur Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) en profitant notamment de nouvelles chutes de neige qui ont ralenti l’ensemble des équipages. Le Néo-Zélandais se retrouve à 17 secondes du leader alors qu’il ne reste plus que la Power Stage au programme.

Mads Ostberg (Ford) consolidated his place on the provisional podium as Andreas Mikkelsen (Volkswagen) found himself 25 seconds behind after spinning in SS12. Ott Tänak (Ford) still completes the top five.

Dani Sordo (Hyundai) increased his lead in SS14 and now has 21 seconds over Henning Solberg (Ford). The Norwegian is under pressure from Craig Breen (Citroën) came back to less than four seconds.

Elfyn Evans (Fiesta R5) maintains the lead in WRC2 by occupying ninth place in the general classification, almost half a minute ahead of Pontus Tidemand (Skoda Fabia R5). Anders Grondal (Fiesta R5) completes the provisional podium.

The Power Stage will be contested tomorrow from 12:08 p.m. and will be broadcast live on L'Équipe 21.