Monday, 15 February 2016

2016 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 (11th-14th February) that was won by current WRC champion Sébastien Ogier in the works Volkswagen Polo R WRC. While, Hayden Paddon finished second in the works Hyundai i20 WRC, Paddon was 30 seconds behind Ogier at the end. Meanwhile, M-Sport World Rally Team rally driver Mads Østberg finished third in his Ford Fiesta RS WRC, Østberg was 55 seconds behind Ogier at the end of the rally.

Meanwhile in WRC-2 class (Group R5, R4, Super 2000 and Group N4 spec cars), that was won by M-Sport World Rally Team rally driver Elfyn Evans in his Ford Fiesta R5. Elfyn Evans finished in ninth place overall, he was over 5 minutes behind Ogier at the end of the rally.

While in WRC-3 class (Group R1, R2 and R3 cars) that was won by Saintéloc Junior Team driver Michel Fabre in his Citroën DS3 R3T. Michel Fabre finished in thrity-fifth place overall, he was 42 minutes behind Ogier at the end of the rally.

Highlights of the rally bellow, enjoy.



Next stop, Round Three of the 2016 WRC season for Rally Mexico in three weeks time.

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