66. Rally Sweden 2018

WRC #2WRC2 #2JWRC #1WRC3 #2
15. 2. – 18. 2. 2018, Torsby • snow - ice 314.25 km • total distance including road sections - 1400.79 km • Other years
#1
Ford Fiesta WRC icon
S1 ***
M-Sport Ford WRT
RC1
Final results
10. overall
10. class RC1
10. WRC
Stage results
1. leg Time Pos. km/h
s/km
Overall Pos. after
SS1 SSS Karlstad 1 (1.90 km) 1:35.2 9.
9. class RC1

9. WRC
71.8 km/h
1.32 s/km
1:35.2 9.
9. class RC1

9. WRC
"Not a good stage, I didn't drive well. A bad start but okay, we will try to do better tomorrow."
SS2 Hof-Finnskog 1 (21.26 km) 10:45.2 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
118.6 km/h
0.59 s/km
12:20.4 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
"Difficult. There has been no snow plough in the road. I try my best, but there were a couple of moments. It's difficult."
SS3 Svullrya 1 (24.88 km) 13:36.5 12.
12. class RC1

12. WRC
109.7 km/h
0.81 s/km
25:56.9 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
"Not good. First we stalled on the start line, then there is more fresh snow on the line here than the first one."
SS4 Röjden 1 (19.13 km) 10:40.5 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
107.5 km/h
1.15 s/km
36:37.4 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
"It's normal for a Sweden winter."
SS5 Hof-Finnskog 2 (21.26 km) 10:47.5 12.
12. class RC1

12. WRC
118.2 km/h
1.32 s/km
47:24.9 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
"Conditions were even worse. It's the same story every year. Following a national rally? Impossible."
SS6 Svullrya 2 (24.88 km) 13:52.8 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
107.6 km/h
1.43 s/km
1:01:17.7 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
"It's like a joke!"
SS7 Röjden 2 (19.13 km) 10:57.0 22.
13. class RC1

22. WRC
104.8 km/h
2.66 s/km
1:12:14.7 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
What happened? "Nothing, all good." But your splitter is missing? "It can happen,"
SS8 Torsby 1 (9.56 km) 6:47.2 20.
13. class RC1

20. WRC
84.5 km/h
2.45 s/km
1:19:01.9 12.
12. class RC1

12. WRC
"Not much I could do today, for sure."
2. leg
SS9 Torntorp 1 (19.88 km) 10:20.6 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
115.3 km/h
0.94 s/km
1:29:22.5 12.
12. class RC1

12. WRC
"There is not so much we can catch in a regular fight now. I enjoyed this stage though, I celebrated my win with the Polo here in 2013."
SS10 Hagfors 1 (23.40 km) 13:09.8 9.
9. class RC1

9. WRC
106.7 km/h
0.50 s/km
1:42:32.3 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
"It was narrow, a bit more fresh snow, but okay. No problem for us."
SS11 Vargåsen 1 (14.21 km) 8:37.1 3.
3. class RC1

3. WRC
98.9 km/h
0.08 s/km
1:51:09.4 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
"I tried. I had fun in the car, it's a beautiful stage, very clean. I cannot do better with this start position. For sure others will be faster."
SS12 Torntorp 2 (19.88 km) 10:24.6 12.
12. class RC1

12. WRC
114.6 km/h
1.47 s/km
2:01:34.0 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
"We're going to lose a lot of time here. We had some fun this morning at least."
SS13 Hagfors 2 (23.40 km) 13:15.2 9.
9. class RC1

9. WRC
105.9 km/h
1.31 s/km
2:14:49.2 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
"Not so fun this time. Difficult conditions. The kind of stage where WRC 2 cars are going to be faster than us again."
SS14 Vargåsen 2 (14.21 km) 8:48.5 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
96.8 km/h
1.43 s/km
2:23:37.7 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
"Maybe the jump was the only fun part of the stage. At least we enjoy on the first loop. Now, not much we can do. "
SS15 SSS Karlstad 2 (1.90 km) 1:35.5 4.
4. class RC1

4. WRC
71.6 km/h
0.42 s/km
2:25:13.2 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
SS16 Torsby Sprint (3.43 km) 2:35.5 7.
7. class RC1

7. WRC
79.4 km/h
0.82 s/km
2:27:48.7 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
"I'm happy with my drive today. I've done what I could. Not much to catch today so I did a clean day with no mistakes - that's the only positive. The Power Stage is all I'm thinking about now."
3. leg
SS17 Likenäs 1 (21.19 km) 11:21.5 6.
6. class RC1

6. WRC
111.9 km/h
0.46 s/km
2:39:10.2 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
"I need to look after my tyres for the Power Stage, but with the amount of snow around they should be okay."
SS18 Likenäs 2 (21.19 km) 11:35.8 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
109.6 km/h
0.98 s/km
2:50:46.0 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
"We hope the conditions on the Power Stage will be okay. That is the only target for us now."
SS19 Torsby 2[Power Stage] (9.56 km) 6:02.5 2.
2. class RC1

2. WRC
94.9 km/h
0.14 s/km
3:00:58.5
4:10
10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
Penalty  4:10 - Late (25 min) at TC
"It was a team strategy. From our place in the order we had no chance. We tried to play a bit and get an acceptable position. On the Power Stage I made a few mistakes, I wasn't used to so much grip, but finally we archived out objective and took some points."
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