Monday 17 February 2020

2020 WRC Round 2 recap - Rally Sweden

Recap of the last round of WRC from this weekends Round 2 of Rally Sweden.

This weekends was the second round of the World Rally Championship at the Rally Sweden (14th-17th February) that was won by Elfyn Evans in his works Toyota Yaris WRC.



While, Current WRC champion Ott Tänak finished second in his works Hyundai i20 Coupe WRCC, Tänak was twelve seconds behind Evans at the end. Meanwhile, Current WRC-2 Pro champion Kalle Rovanperä finished third in his works Toyota Yaris WRC, Rovanperä was twenty seconds behind Evans at the end of the rally.

Meanwhile in WRC-2 class (Manufacturer entries competing in cars built to Group R5 specifications), that was won by PH-Sport driver Mads Østberg in his Citroën C3 R5. Mads Østberg finished in twelvieth place overall, he was four minutes behind Evans at the end of the rally.

While in WRC-3 class (Open to privately-entered cars; Group R5, R4, Super 2000 and Group N4 spec cars), that was won by Jari Huttunen in his own backed Hyundai i20 R5. Jari Huttunen finished in tenth place overall, he was four minutes behind Evans at the end of the rally.

Meanwhile in Junior-WRC class (Competing in identical one-litre Ford Fiesta R2s built and maintained by M-Sport) that was won by Tom Kristensson. Tom Kristensson finished in twenty-sixth place overall, he was eleven minutes behind Evans at the end of the rally.

Next stop, Round Three of the 2020 WRC season for Rally Mexico in four weeks time.

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