11h

The ranking after SS11:

 

11h

Due to the cancellation of SS12 for safety reasons, the crews will not leave until 14:17 p.m. for the second passage of Hagfors. The special was canceled after an investigation by the FIA ​​which considered that the average speeds reached by the competitors were too high. Ott Tänak, the author of the scratch in the first pass, finished the course at an average speed of 137,8 km/h.

10h

Pontus Tidemand (Skoda) remains solid leader of WRC 2 and is now ahead of Teemu Suninen (Ford) who took the advantage over Ole Christian Veiby (Skoda) by 5 seconds. Éric Camilli (Ford) still occupies 4th place in the category.

10h

Ott Tänak (Ford) had a perfect morning in the second stage of the Rally Sweden by signing his third consecutive scratch on SS3 at Vargasen. The Estonian completed the 11km in 14,27'8''20, 7''3 ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) and 4''3 over Thierry Neuville (Hyundai). Sébastien Ogier (Ford) is almost 8 seconds behind his teammate, ahead of Kris Meeke (Citroën) and Dani Sordo (Hyundai) by a few tenths.

Craig Breen (Citroën) is more than 14s behind while Elfyn Evans (Ford) is 19s behind. Stéphane Lefebvre (DS 3) ranks 25s. Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) lost more than a minute following his power steering problems.

Thierry Neuville remains in the lead with 33 seconds ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala. Ott Tänak is only 9s behind the Finn and has a 14s lead over Sébastien Ogier. Kris Meeke still completes the top five ahead of Dani Sordo, Craig Breen, Elfyn Evans and Stéphane Lefebvre. Hayden Paddon fell to 10th place.

10h

Neuville sets the 3rd time, 4 tenths behind Latvala and 3″8 behind Tänak. The Hyundai driver has a 33s lead over the Finn at the break.

10h

Latvala fails 3″4 behind Tänak who is 9s behind the Toyota in 2nd position. “I drove very well, but I made a mistake by bringing 2 spare wheels. The additional weight on board is very detrimental in the snow. »

10h

Tänak could have a perfect morning by signing his 3rd consecutive scratch. The Estonian set a time of 8'20″7, gaining 4″7 from Ogier, who was pushed back to 14 seconds from 3rd place. “The conditions are very constant and the fight is very close. You have to be perfect. »

10h

Meeke finished 1″2 behind Ogier, setting the 2nd provisional time. The Citroën driver remains 14s behind the M-Sport driver in the provisional ranking. “It's a little better than in the previous special but I'm disappointed with my morning. I chose my pace but it's not enough. »

10h

Ogier takes the provisional scratch with a time of 8'25″4, 1″7 better than Sordo. The M-Sport driver remains in the fight for 3rd place against Tänak. “It's going better than yesterday even if I still need to be able to go faster. We continue to attack. »

10h

Paddon lost another more than a minute following his power steering problems. The Hyundai driver loses another place and finds himself 10th, 10s behind Lefebvre.

10h

Sordo protects his 6th place by improving Breen's time by 7″8 with a time of 8'27″1 which pushes the Citroën driver back almost half a minute. “I didn’t want to take all the risks. »

10h

Evans clocked 8'39″7, but Breen was faster with a time of 8'34″9. “I'm trying not to make any mistakes,” explained the Citroën driver who is aiming for Sordo's 6th place.

10h

SS12 was canceled after the FIA ​​investigated the average speeds reached by competitors. Ott Tänak, the author of the scratch in the first pass, finished the course at an average speed of 137,8 km/h.

10h

The organizers of the Swedish Rally have just announced the cancellation of SS12, the second 31,6km passage of Knon which was scheduled for 12:58 p.m., for safety reasons. The crews will leave from 14:17 p.m. for the Hagfors special.

10h

Lefebvre improved the time to 8'46″0, 27s better than Gorban. “It was very slippery with the fresh snow. I will attack more in the second loop. »

10h

Gorban set a first time of 9'12″9. The opener indicates that the special offers good conditions.

10h

Gorban and Lefebvre took the start of SS11, the last special stage of this passage.

10h

The crews are preparing to compete in the Vargasen special, the last route of the morning, 14,27km long. Gorban will start at 10:08 a.m.

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