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The provisional classification after SS2:
SS2 times 1⃣ #Neuville7⃣ #Sordo 9 X #PaddonO/A after SS21⃣ #Neuville 6 X #Sordo 9 X #Paddon#WRC #RallySweden pic.twitter.com/IXki4l0vk7
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Henning Solberg is arrested in the special. The Norwegian was entered in WRC 2 in a Fabia R5.
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Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) signed the scratch by completing the 18,47km of Röjden, 2nd special of the Swedish Rally, in 9'37''3. The Belgian beat Kris Meeke (Citroën) and Ott Tänak (Ford) by 2 seconds. Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) and Mads Ostberg (Ford) followed more than 4s behind, while Elfyn Evans (Ford) and Dani Sordo (Hyundai) finished more than 7s behind. Craig Breen (Citroën) follows at 8s ahead of Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) and Sébastien Ogier (Ford). Juho Hänninen (Toyota) is the slowest with Stéphane Lefebvre (DS 3).
Thierry Neuville finds himself in the lead with 3 seconds ahead of Ott Tänak and Kris Meeke. Jari-Matti Latvala follows at 4s ahead of Mads Ostberg, Dani Sordo, Elfyn Evans, Sébastien Ogier, Hayden Paddon, Craig Breen and Juho Hänninen.
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Ostberg sets the 5th time, almost 5 seconds behind Neuville's scratch. The Norwegian is in 5th place, 5″5 behind the Belgian leader.
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Bertelli is stopped in the special. The Italian was entered in the WRC Trophy in an old Ford Fiesta WRC.
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Paddon signs the 8th provisional time, more than 9 seconds behind his teammate Neuville. The New Zealander is tied with Breen in 8th position overall. “Everything goes well as long as we stay on the trajectory. »
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Meeke ranks 2s behind Neuville by setting the 2nd provisional time. The Citroën driver climbs to 3rd place in the general classification, 4 tenths behind Tänak. “It slides quite a bit if you go off-course. »
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Hänninen only set the 8th provisional time, 12″6 from the scratch, 1″9 behind Ogier. The Toyota driver is in 8th place, 2 seconds behind Breen.
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Neuville took the scratch with a time of 9'37″3 where he beat Tänak by 2″8. The Hyundai driver takes the lead in the standings, 3 seconds ahead of the Estonian. “The car was moving quite a bit, it could have been better. »
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Lefebvre is the slowest with 32 seconds behind the provisional scratch. The DS 3 WRC driver is 26s behind his teammate Breen in the general classification. “I have to learn to be comfortable in these conditions. »
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Evans achieves the 3rd provisional time, 2″4 behind Latvala and 4″2 from the provisional scratch. The M-Sport driver finds himself in provisional 4th place, one second behind Sordo. “I'm really confident, I couldn't do much better. »
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Breen sets the 4th provisional time, 1″4 behind Sordo and 6s behind Tänak. The Citroën driver is 8 tenths behind Ogier in the provisional standings after losing a little time in the super special the day before when he tested new settings.
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Sordo achieved the 3rd provisional time, 4″8 off the provisional scratch. The Hyundai driver finds himself 3″5 behind Latvala in the general classification. “I am quite satisfied with my first time. »
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Lefebvre is the only one who is slower than Ogier at the moment. The DS 3 WRC driver is 7 seconds behind the Championship leader in the first sector.
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Tänak improves Latvala's time by almost 2 seconds with a time of 9'40″1. Ogier is almost 8s behind. The Estonian temporarily takes the lead with a 1s lead over Latvala, while Ogier follows at 8s.
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Latvala improves Ogier's time by 6″1 with a time of 9'41″9. “The car is very good to drive, but I scared myself in the fast sections. We'll see what we can do. »
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Tänak now has an 8″2 lead over Ogier in the 2nd split and is 2s ahead of Latvala.
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Ogier set a first time of 9'48″0. “We didn’t take too many risks. I'm pretty happy with my time. »
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If Latvala now has more than 6s ahead of Ogier, it is Tänak who seems the fastest, 2s ahead of Latvala in the 1st sector. Sordo is also ahead of Ogier.
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Röjden is a classic stage often used in national rallies. The route includes a 12km passage in Norway and offers a good mix of slow and fast sectors. A very delicate jump is present towards the middle of the special. The route is the same as last year.
