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
#2
Ford Fiesta WRC icon
X1 ***
M-Sport Ford WRT
RC1
Final results
14. overall
11. class RC1
14. WRC
Stage results
1. leg Time Pos. km/h
s/km
Overall Pos. after
SS1 SSS Karlstad 1 (1.90 km) 1:36.2 12.
12. class RC1

12. WRC
71.1 km/h
1.84 s/km
1:36.2 12.
12. class RC1

12. WRC
"The best winter conditions I have seen since 2014. An exciting rally in prospect."
SS2 Hof-Finnskog 1 (21.26 km) 10:46.8 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
118.3 km/h
0.66 s/km
12:23.0 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
"The road is getting messy now, lots of different lines. I tried to be neat and tidy but it's difficult to know where to push."
SS3 Svullrya 1 (24.88 km) 13:34.6 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
110.0 km/h
0.73 s/km
25:57.6 12.
12. class RC1

12. WRC
SS4 Röjden 1 (19.13 km) 11:29.8 26.
14. class RC1

26. WRC
99.8 km/h
3.73 s/km
37:27.4 12.
12. class RC1

12. WRC
puncture
"In a really fast place there was a black clump on the inside of a corner. Never seen it before. No idea how it go there. A big surprise."
SS5 Hof-Finnskog 2 (21.26 km) 10:32.0 8.
8. class RC1

8. WRC
121.1 km/h
0.59 s/km
47:59.4 12.
12. class RC1

12. WRC
SS6 Svullrya 2 (24.88 km) 13:50.7 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
107.8 km/h
1.34 s/km
1:01:50.1 12.
12. class RC1

12. WRC
"It was going better but I spun and it spat us into a snow bank and I had to reverse."
SS7 Röjden 2 (19.13 km) 10:25.8 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
110.0 km/h
1.03 s/km
1:12:15.9 12.
12. class RC1

12. WRC
"Difficult enough. So slippery off line. Trying to keep in the ruts."
SS8 Torsby 1 (9.56 km) 6:38.5 9.
9. class RC1

9. WRC
86.4 km/h
1.54 s/km
1:18:54.4 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
"Glad to get it over with. A tough day for sure. We need to have a rethink tonight and come out fighting tomorrow."
2. leg
SS9 Torntorp 1 (19.88 km) 10:24.6 12.
12. class RC1

12. WRC
114.6 km/h
1.14 s/km
1:29:19.0 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
"Better confidence for sure, different conditions to yesterday."
SS10 Hagfors 1 (23.40 km) 13:16.1 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
105.8 km/h
0.76 s/km
1:42:35.1 12.
12. class RC1

12. WRC
"I still didn't feel massively comfortable. The balance in the car is changing from oversteer to understeer. We'll keep working on it."
SS11 Vargåsen 1 (14.21 km) 8:45.8 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
97.3 km/h
0.70 s/km
1:51:20.9 12.
12. class RC1

12. WRC
"Not the best stage for us. We need to keep hoping to find something. It didn't like a bad stage but the time is not good."
SS12 Torntorp 2 (19.88 km) 10:21.1 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
115.2 km/h
1.30 s/km
2:01:42.0 12.
12. class RC1

12. WRC
"The car set-up is better but the conditions are still difficult. The road is improving with every car."
SS13 Hagfors 2 (23.40 km) 13:30.0 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
104.0 km/h
1.94 s/km
2:15:12.0 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
spun
"We had a pretty big spin in there, not ideal. The car is working better now, giving me more confidence. Perhaps a bit too much."
SS14 Vargåsen 2 (14.21 km) 8:52.6 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
96.0 km/h
1.72 s/km
2:24:04.6 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
"A fair few studs missing from our tyres now. We'll asses the situation now but maybe two spare tyres could have been a better choice."
SS15 SSS Karlstad 2 (1.90 km) 1:36.6 9.
9. class RC1

9. WRC
70.8 km/h
1.00 s/km
2:25:41.2 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
SS16 Torsby Sprint (3.43 km) 2:36.3 9.
9. class RC1

9. WRC
79.0 km/h
1.05 s/km
2:28:17.5 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
"Very few positives to take from today."
3. leg
SS17 Likenäs 1 (21.19 km) 11:22.4 7.
7. class RC1

7. WRC
111.8 km/h
0.50 s/km
2:39:39.9 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
"A clean enough run but vision is a problem here as it gets light. Not dark enough for the lights, not easy to read the road."
SS18 Likenäs 2 (21.19 km) 11:46.2 13.
12. class RC1

13. WRC
108.0 km/h
1.47 s/km
2:51:26.1 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
"It will be very difficult to salvage any points from the Power Stage in this road position. We'll try. Never say never."
SS19 Torsby 2[Power Stage] (9.56 km) 6:14.4 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
91.9 km/h
1.38 s/km
3:02:00.5
4:20
14.
11. class RC1

14. WRC
Penalty  4:20 - Late (26 min) at TC
"We had a bit of a go here but it was very slippery at the start, a few little errors here and there."
Overall
WRC
RC1
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