The day will end with the 3,43km Torsby Sprint stage which is scheduled to start at 19:26 p.m.
Katsuta retains the lead in WRC 2 with a 13″ lead over Tidemand. Veiby follows at 6″11.
Ott Tänak (Toyota) again scored the scratch in the Karlstad super special by completing the 1,9km in 1'34"7 with a three-tenths lead over Mads Ostberg (Citroën) and six tenths over Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota). ). Thierry Neuville (Hyundai), tied with the Championship leader, took a small second from Craig Breen (Citroën).
Thierry Neuville now has a lead of almost 20 seconds over Craig Breen with one stage left at the end of the day. The positions remain unchanged in the top ten at the end of this super special.
O/A after SS151. Neuville2. Breen +19.73. Mikkelsen +31.34. Paddon +39.95. Ostberg +566. Lappi +1m05.37. Latavala +1m59.78. Suninen +2m189. Tanak +3m40.310. Ogier +4m22.1#WRC #RallySweden pic.twitter.com/Cf0x483zbx
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Neuville further increased his lead by a small second over Breen. The Belgian now has a lead of almost 20 seconds with a special stage remaining in the stage.
Neuville wins the game against his Norwegian friend. The Belgian equalized Ogier's performance by finishing 8 tenths off the scratch and half a second ahead of his teammate. “I don't know how long I did in this SS but I can start to manage. I didn't think too much about last year but I avoided making mistakes again. »
Breen beat Paddon by 6 tenths by setting the 6th time, 1″7 behind Tänak.
Mikkelsen faces Neuville for this last duel among the favorites.
Breen: “I didn't suffer from one less tire. I think I made the right choice. This day was really beautiful. I had a good pace today. »
Breen wins by a narrow margin over Paddon. The Hyundai driver set the 7th time, 2″3 behind the benchmark.
It is now Breen who faces Paddon.
Ostberg wins his duel against Suninen. The Citroën driver ranks 3 tenths behind Tänak. The Finn failed at 2″4.
Suninen now faces Ostberg in the super special.
Ogier: “Our tires were in good condition, but it was snowing here and that didn't help. We're starting to get used to it. »
Latvala won his duel against Lappi by 6 tenths ahead of his teammate. The first Finn finished 6 tenths behind Tänak who kept the best time. Evans failed at 1″9.
Internal duel at Toyota with Latvala facing Lappi.
Tänak wins his duel against Evans. The Toyota driver sets the new benchmark in 1'34″7, 8 tenths ahead of Ogier.
Ogier beat Henning Solberg with a 2″1 lead.
Tänak now faces Evans.
Henning Solberg finished the course in 1'37″6.
Ogier wins the duel against Henning Solberg. The times are not yet known.
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