Rally Sweden 2022
Oliver Solberg also lost time, 8″5 on Rovanperä. “The sensations were good though! »
In the general classification, Kalle Rovanperä returns to the lead with a 10″ margin over Oliver Solberg. Elfyn Evans is 4rd at 3″11, ahead of Thierry Neuville at 2″12.
Esapekka Lappi loses 15″ on Rovanperä! Have the road conditions changed since the first car passed? The gaps are becoming worrying. “I stalled at first, but it wasn’t worth 15″. Maybe I was a little too careful, trying to stay away from the snow walls but it doesn't work like that here. »
Bad pick for Ott Tänak, who spent 11″ on Rovanperä and lost his front bumper!
Elfyn Evans loses 4”5: “I’m not comfortable in the car, especially in the front axle. »
The commissioners applied a fixed time to Thierry Neuville, Gus Greensmith and Takamoto Katsuta, which allows them to return to the general classification in the top 10. Gus Greensmith reports an absence of electric boost.
This special only creates small gaps. Thierry Neuville finished with a slight delay of 7 tenths on Kalle Rovanperä. “I worked a lot on the connection to resolve electrical problems before the special. »
Small correction: it was not in Finland in 2019 that Esapekka Lappi last led a round of the WRC before Sweden in 2022 but in Turkey 2019 in September!
Here is the third and final special this Friday morning. It will be 17,28 km long and Kalle Rovanperä (Toyota) will launch hostilities at 11:51 a.m.
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