Elfyn Evans has won the determined allegations of Toyota Gazoo Racing Team, Takamoto Katsuta on Sunday, securing victory at Rally Sweden and moving to Fia World Rally Championship lead.
After four days of intense behavior on Umeå’s frozen stage, Evans delivered it when it was most important. In order to claim the 10th career WRC victory, Katsuta’s doors are closed in a dramatic day.
Wales far away from Katsuta on Sunday with a thin razor thin 3.0 seconds advantage, and lost the lead for a while when he won the 7.5sec stage victory in Vätervik’s opening run. But Evans and co -driver Scott Martin responded quickly.
They fought in style in repetitive running, and before setting the benchmark time to regain the benchmark time up to 3.7Sec, Katsuta is a modern Thierry neuville, taking advantage of the rally ending wolf power stage. Hendai’s Thierry Neuville won the victory through approval. Man finished third to 11.9 seconds.
As a result, EVANS scored 28 points after the 14th round of the FIA World Rally Championship ranking, finishing runner-up in the opening of the Rally Monte-Carlo last month.
Neuville, the ruling champion, had to work hard to secure the final podium, and retired the resurrected teammate OTT Tänak in 4.9 seconds. On Saturday, Tänak, which was interrupted by the engine mapping of the i20 N rally1, returned to Evans and Katsuta on the last day to Super Sunday and third place.
Two WRC champions Kalle Rovanperä have endured disappointing weekends and struggled to find ordinary rhythms. Toyota Star won the first stage in Rally’s 18 tests, and eventually settled Tänak to 16.0Sec.
Mārtiņ sesks showed solid performance in the return of WRC, which was ranked 6th as the best finisher of M-Sport Ford. Latvian finished the rally 17.6 seconds ahead of Toyota’s Sami Patch, and Josh Mcerlean, the eighth running, slipped the order after catching Puma Rally 1 in the first stage of the day.
Grégoire Munster inherited 8th in his teammate MCERLEAN.
Solberg cannot be touched by the third consecutive WRC2 Sweden victory.
Overall, Oliver Solberg won another master class in the home ground and won the third consecutive WRC2 victory.
Sweden could not touch the start to the end from the fast snow -covered road around Umeå, and to adjust the toyota griny yaris rally2 as a 42.5 second margin on a similar car of ROOPE KORHONEN.
KORHONEN was a weekend to be remembered. The 2023 WRC3 champion secured his virgin WRC2 podium and added the best results in the fourth place, which was achieved in Sweden. His efforts also saw that he claimed to be the best honor in the WRC2 Challenger Championship for the driver.
Mikko Heikkilä was third in KORHONEN’s Fabia RS Rally2 and 25.8sec Adreat by ensuring the representative of škoda on the podium. FINN was immersed in a fierce battle for the final podium with Korean Lauri Joona and Estonia’s Georg Linnamäe, but on Saturday, the top three times after the top three times on Sunday, the fastest time on the opener 0 was clearly broken. Finish nearly 40 seconds before Joona.
Linnamäe, meanwhile, showed a clear flash of speed, but it was difficult for consistency. A series of stage victory offset two expensive trips to Snow Bank, and 26 -year -old boys did not get the top 10.
Sweden’s ISAK Reiersen was the top fifth place, and Paraguay’s FAU Zaldivar was sixth to prevent Nordic dominance.
With his WRC2 debut at the Prize Drive Ford FISTAR RALLY2, the FIA Junior WRC champion Romet Jürgenson was impressed by the seventh -ranked seventh place in the former WRC2 event winner Pontus tidemand.
After a sudden crash in Rallye Monte-Carlo last month, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRC Challenge program driver yuki yamamoto popped out in a style and recorded the best WRC2 finish in the ninth place. Alejandro Mauro in Mexico was the top 10 in Fabia RS Rally2.
Spain’s Alexander Villanueva also caused the congratulations by holding Michał sołowow as Cleans with WRC Masters Cup Honors.
FIA World Rally Championship heads to Africa for the legendary Safari Rally Kenya, the third round of the season from March 20 to 23.
The road in Sweden has won, but Johansson insists on the early Junior WRC lead.
Taylor Gill won the second FIA Junior WRC victory in Sweden on Sunday, but was a home hero Mille Johansson, who left as an early championship leader after the thrilling season opener.
Sweden’s frozen forests of Australia’s harsh fever were maintained through the three -stage finale of Sunday, and they won up to 22.8 seconds from local Ace Johansson. The 21 -year -old boy, co -led by Daniel BRKíc, captured his golden opportunity when he was hit by Johansson’s hope for home victory.
Despite the frustration, Johansson competed in the first FIA Jr. WRC season, which won the 2024 FIA Jr. The Swedish awarded the championship points that were won at all stages, and set up 12 of the 18 tests in the rally by retreating important points backwards. As a result, he climbed to second place with 29 points.
Ireland, Eamonn Kelly, could not match John’s Sunday face, but he maintained his position to win third place, finishing 59.9 seconds of Sweden. He successfully interfered with Turkish challenger Ali Türkkan.
Kerem Kazaz, a Korean and Junior WRC debut of Türkkan, ranked fifth after five minutes, and Belgium’s new immigrant Thomas Martens ranked sixth.
Claire Schönborn has emerged as the best finish of the seventh WRC Young Driver team, and her teammate Lyssia Baudet finished almost three minutes later. The ninth was the path of French Tristan Charpentier.
Diego Dominguez joined the 10th place on Sunday, and MAX Smart and JoOSEP Nõgene also obtained the results after previous frustration.
The FIA Junior WRC heads to Vodafone Rally De Portugal from May 15 to 18. Gill and Johansson resume the battle in gravel.
