The final stage of Rally Sweden will feature three special stages. The crews will embark on the 21,19km Likenas from 7:55 a.m.
In WRC 2, Pontus Tidemand (Skoda) continues to perform, occupying 9th place in the general classification with more than a minute ahead of Teemu Suninen (Ford) who still holds off Ole Christian Veiby (Skoda) for 5 seconds. 'advance.
While comfortably leading the Swedish Rally, Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) went off the road in the Karlstad super special and tore a wheel off his i20 WRC while dueling with Juho Hänninen ( Toyota). This scenario had already happened in Monte-Carlo when the Belgian had to dismount after damaging a wheel.
Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) takes the lead in the race even though he is only 3”8 ahead of Ott Tänak (Ford). Sébastien Ogier (Ford) climbs onto the provisional podium less than 13 seconds from his teammate.
Dani Sordo (Hyundai) signed the provisional scratch by completing the 1,9km in 1'33''9. The Spaniard now occupies 4th place ahead of Craig Breen (Citroën) and Elfyn Evans (Ford). Stéphane Lefebvre (DS 3) is 8th behind Hayden Paddon (Hyundai).
Neuville went off the road in the super special and lost a wheel!
Neuville in big trouble! pic.twitter.com/uSoMUKRfKQ
— Rally Sweden (@RallySweden) 11th February 2017
Tänak wins against Latvala by half a second. However, the Estonian only has a 4″8 lead over the Toyota driver to defend his 2nd place.
Ogier wins against Meeke by 1″4. The M-Sport driver is still fighting for a place on the podium while the Northern Irishman is now in 13th place following his exit in SS14.
Sordo beats Breen with a 2″4 lead over the Citroën driver by signing the provisional scratch with a time of 1’33″9. The Spaniard is ranked 5th ahead of the Irishman.
Paddon won against Evans with a 3″2 lead. The Hyundai driver finished one second behind Lefebvre and secures his 8th place behind Gallois.
In the first duel between the 2016 WRCs, Lefebvre won against Gorban's Mini by 3″5. The Citroën driver set a time of 1'34″6.
The stage will end at 17:45 p.m. with the 1,9km Karlstad super special. Latvala was the fastest there on Thursday evening with a time of 1'34″1.