Takamoto Katsuta - Marko Salminen

66. Rally Sweden 2018

WRC #2 • WRC2 #2 • JWRC #1 • WRC3 #2

15. 2. – 18. 2. 2018, Torsby • snow - ice 314.25 km • total distance including road sections - 1400.79 km • Other years

Stage results

Katsuta Takamoto

Salminen Marko

#35

Ford Fiesta R5

SP ***

Tommi Mäkinen Racing

RC2

Final results

11. overall

1. class RC2

11. WRC

1. WRC2

Stage results

1. leg	Time	Pos.	km/h s/km	Overall	Pos. after
SS1 SSS Karlstad 1 (1.90 km)	1:40.0	24. 11. class RC2 24. WRC 9. WRC2	68.4 km/h 3.84 s/km	1:40.0	24. 11. class RC2 24. WRC 9. WRC2
SS2 Hof-Finnskog 1 (21.26 km)	11:06.2	13. 1. class RC2 13. WRC 1. WRC2	114.9 km/h 1.58 s/km	12:46.2	13. 1. class RC2 13. WRC 1. WRC2
"I really enjoyed this stage. My feeling was quite good. no mistakes."
SS3 Svullrya 1 (24.88 km)	14:00.9	13. 1. class RC2 13. WRC 1. WRC2	106.5 km/h 1.79 s/km	26:47.1	13. 1. class RC2 13. WRC 1. WRC2
SS4 Röjden 1 (19.13 km)	11:15.8	21. 9. class RC2 21. WRC 8. WRC2	101.9 km/h 3.00 s/km	38:02.9	13. 1. class RC2 13. WRC 1. WRC2
SS5 Hof-Finnskog 2 (21.26 km)	10:54.6	13. 1. class RC2 13. WRC 1. WRC2	116.9 km/h 1.65 s/km	48:57.5	13. 1. class RC2 13. WRC 1. WRC2
SS6 Svullrya 2 (24.88 km)	13:53.0	12. 1. class RC2 12. WRC 1. WRC2	107.5 km/h 1.43 s/km	1:02:50.5	13. 1. class RC2 13. WRC 1. WRC2
SS7 Röjden 2 (19.13 km)	10:47.9	18. 6. class RC2 18. WRC 5. WRC2	106.3 km/h 2.19 s/km	1:13:38.4	13. 1. class RC2 13. WRC 1. WRC2
SS8 Torsby 1 (9.56 km)	6:43.1	18. 6. class RC2 18. WRC 5. WRC2	85.4 km/h 2.02 s/km	1:20:21.5	13. 1. class RC2 13. WRC 1. WRC2
"Today was quite a good one. A few mistakes but otherwise it went well. Tomorrow I need to calm down and stay on the road. I have more to learn but I want a good result too."
2. leg
SS9 Torntorp 1 (19.88 km)	10:51.8	18. 5. class RC2 18. WRC 5. WRC2	109.8 km/h 2.51 s/km	1:31:13.3	15. 3. class RC2 15. WRC 3. WRC2
SS10 Hagfors 1 (23.40 km)	13:39.9	13. 1. class RC2 13. WRC 1. WRC2	102.7 km/h 1.78 s/km	1:44:53.2	13. 1. class RC2 13. WRC 1. WRC2
"Okay, this is much better than the first one. I made one mistake in a snow bank otherwise quite okay."
SS11 Vargåsen 1 (14.21 km)	8:57.9	13. 1. class RC2 13. WRC 1. WRC2	95.1 km/h 1.55 s/km	1:53:51.1	13. 1. class RC2 13. WRC 1. WRC2
SS12 Torntorp 2 (19.88 km)	10:32.4	16. 4. class RC2 16. WRC 3. WRC2	113.2 km/h 1.87 s/km	2:04:23.5	13. 1. class RC2 13. WRC 1. WRC2
"Good to be back in the lead but it's not easy in these complicated conditions. I tried to push but at the same time I made three mistakes. The feeling was not so good."
SS13 Hagfors 2 (23.40 km)	13:32.7	11. 1. class RC2 11. WRC 1. WRC2	103.7 km/h 2.06 s/km	2:17:56.2	12. 1. class RC2 12. WRC 1. WRC2
"The stage is much worse than the first pass. I tried to push. Happy at the moment."
SS14 Vargåsen 2 (14.21 km)	8:52.9	12. 1. class RC2 12. WRC 1. WRC2	96.0 km/h 1.74 s/km	2:26:49.1	12. 1. class RC2 12. WRC 1. WRC2
SS15 SSS Karlstad 2 (1.90 km)	1:38.7	14. 2. class RC2 14. WRC 1. WRC2	69.3 km/h 2.11 s/km	2:28:27.8	12. 1. class RC2 12. WRC 1. WRC2
SS16 Torsby Sprint (3.43 km)	2:41.6	18. 6. class RC2 18. WRC 6. WRC2	76.4 km/h 2.59 s/km	2:31:09.4	12. 1. class RC2 12. WRC 1. WRC2
"These last two stages were slippery and tricky but I enjoyed this one, perhaps too much, I was a little too aggressive. Still three more stages to go tomorrow. I will keep good concentration and keep pushing."
3. leg
SS17 Likenäs 1 (21.19 km)	12:05.5	18. 5. class RC2 18. WRC 4. WRC2	105.1 km/h 2.53 s/km	2:43:14.9	12. 1. class RC2 12. WRC 1. WRC2
"No pressure."
SS18 Likenäs 2 (21.19 km)	11:47.8	14. 2. class RC2 14. WRC 1. WRC2	107.8 km/h 1.55 s/km	2:55:02.7	12. 1. class RC2 12. WRC 1. WRC2
"This stage we pushed very hard. We had a half spin in a slow section, so not so much time lost. Otherwise very good."
SS19 Torsby 2[Power Stage] (9.56 km)	6:24.8	18. 6. class RC2 18. WRC 5. WRC2	89.4 km/h 2.47 s/km	3:01:27.5	11. 1. class RC2 11. WRC 1. WRC2