Hänninen has just confirmed that he was withdrawing from this stage due to the damage sustained on his Toyota. This is the second time after Monte-Carlo that the Finn has retired after hitting a tree.
Ogier will set off on the second passage of Hof-Finnskog, 21,26km long, from 14:27 p.m. Neuville took the scratch this morning in 10'10"3.
Tidemand increases his lead at the top of WRC 2 with 19 seconds ahead of Veiby. Suninen is almost half a minute behind the category leader. Camilli ranks 4th.
Hänninen's Yaris WRC after hitting a tree:
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The Finn had to dismount in Monte-Carlo after also hitting a tree.
Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) signed his third scratch of the day by completing the 3km of Röjden, SS18,47 of the Swedish Rally, in 5'9''25. The Belgian was 7 seconds ahead of his teammate Hayden Paddon who is more comfortable with his settings. Ott Tänak (Ford) follows 4s ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota).
Kris Meeke (Citroën) lost around 15 seconds after going off the road. Despite everything, the Northern Irishman is ahead of Sébastien Ogier (Ford) and Elfyn Evans (Ford). Dani Sordo (Hyundai) finished 14 seconds behind his first teammate. Craig Breen (Citroën) followed at 15 seconds ahead of Stéphane Lefebvre (DS 3).
Juho Hänninen (Toyota) lost another half a minute by hitting a tree and damaging the front of his Yaris WRC, which had an abnormally high water temperature.
Thierry Neuville regained the lead of Rally Sweden with a 3s lead over Jari-Matti Latvala. Ott Tänak now completes the provisional podium after taking the advantage over Kris Meeke and Sébastien Ogier by a handful of seconds. Hayden Paddon moved up to 8th place ahead of his teammate Dani Sordo by 6s. The Spaniard maintains a 5s lead over Craig Breen (Citroën). Juho Hänninen finds himself more than a minute from the lead of the race.
Mads Ostberg (Ford) fell to 10th place. The Norwegian received a 50S penalty for leaving service 5 minutes late, the result of a gearbox change. The private driver also lost his rear spoiler in the special.
Ostberg finished more than half a minute behind Neuville's scratch. The Norwegian lost his rear spoiler at full speed. “It happened when I was in 6th grade. It almost killed me! » The Scandinavian finds himself 10th following his 50s penalty.
The provisional classification after SS5:
SS5 times1⃣ #Neuville 2 X #Paddon 8 X #Sordo O/A after SS51⃣ #Neuville 6 X #Paddon 7 X #Sordo #WRC #RallySweden pic.twitter.com/QqGKzVshZh
— Hyundai Motorsport (@HMSGOfficial) 10th February 2017
Meeke lost time going off the road. The Citroën driver lost around 15 seconds when he found himself stuck in a snow bank.
Paddon is the closest to Neuville, 4 seconds behind. The Hyundai driver finds himself 6th, 13s behind Ogier.
Hänninen damaged his Yaris WRC when he hit a tree. “The water temperature is high…” indicated the Finn.
Meeke signs the 4th provisional time, beating Ogier by almost 2 seconds and failing around ten seconds behind Neuville.
Hänninen finished half a minute behind Neuville and found himself behind Breen. The Finn's Toyota is damaged at the front.
Neuville signs the provisional scratch with a time of 9'25″7 where he is ahead of Tänak and Latvala by more than 7s. The Hyundai driver regains the lead with a 3″8 lead over the Toyota. “The course was very complicated because you had to stay on the trajectory. »
Lefebvre finished 12s off the provisional scratch. The DS 3 WRC driver maintains a lead of 4 seconds over Evans. “I really enjoy driving here. I need to refine my notes. »
Evans signs the 4th provisional time, one second ahead of Sordo. The Welshman remains more than 2 minutes from the lead of the race following his puncture. “There is no grip outside the trajectories. I try to stay as clean as possible. »
Breen is the slowest with 8s behind. The Citroën driver remains 2s behind Sordo.
Sordo finished almost 7s behind Tänak's provisional scratch. It is the slowest among those arriving. The Spaniard finds himself more than 18 seconds behind Ogier.
Tänak improves the provisional scratch by 3 tenths with a time of 9'33″1. The Estonian takes the advantage over Ogier for a lead of 4″2.
Ostberg receives a 50s penalty for his 5min delay. The Norwegian occupied 6th place ahead of Sordo and Breen.
Latvala improves Ogier's time by almost 5 seconds with a time of 9'33″4. The Frenchman is now 24 seconds behind his former teammate.