Monday, 18 February 2019

2019 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 Ott Tänak in his works Toyota Yaris WRC.



While, Esapekka Lappi finished second in his works Citroën C3 WRC, Lappi was fifty-four seconds behind Tänak at the end. Meanwhile, Thierry Neuville finished third in his works Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC, Neuville was fifty-seven behind Tänak at the end of the rally.

Meanwhile in WRC-2 Pro class (Manufacturer entries competing in cars built to Group R5 specifications), that was won by Citroën Total driver Mads Østberg in his Citroën C3 R5. Mads Østberg finished in eleventh place overall, he was eight and half minutes behind Tänak at the end of the rally.

While in WRC-2 class (Open to privately-entered cars; Group R5, R4, Super 2000 and Group N4 spec cars), that was won by Ole Christian Veiby in his own backed Volkswagen Polo GTI R5. Ole Christian Veiby finished in ninth place overall, he was six and half minutes behind Tänak 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 thirtieth place overall, he was twenty-seven minutes behind Tänak at the end of the rally.

Highlights of the rally below, enjoy.



Next stop, Round Three of the 2019 WRC season for Rally Mexico in three weeks time.

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