This weekends was the second round of the World Rally Championship at the Rally Sweden (9th-12th February) that was won by Jari-Matti Latvala in the works Toyota Yaris WRC, Giving Toyota their first WRC win since 1999.
While, M-Sport World Rally Team driver Ott Tänak finished second in his Ford Fiesta WRC, Tänak was twenty-nine seconds behind Latvala at the end. Meanwhile, M-Sport World Rally Team driver and current WRC champion Sébastien Ogier finished third in his Ford Fiesta WRC, Ogier was a minute behind Latvala at the end of the rally.
While in the WRC Trophy (crews entering World Rally Cars used between 2011 and 2016), that was won by Eurolamp World Rally Team driver Valeriy Gorban in his Mini John Cooper Works WRC. Valeriy Gorban finished in twentieth place overall, he was under seventeen minutes behind Latvala 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 Škoda Motorsport driver Pontus Tidemand in his Škoda Fabia R5. Pontus Tidemand finished in ninth place overall, he was over nine minutes behind Latvala at the end of the rally.
Highlights of the rally bellow, enjoy.
Next stop, Round Three of the 2017 WRC season for Rally Mexico in four weeks time.
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