The Ford World Rally Team crew of Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila claimed their second victory in Rally Sweden today, winning the event by 16.6 seconds after 349.16 competitive kilometres. Former team-mates Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen finished second for Citroën while Mads Østberg and Jonas Andersson took the final podium position after a hard-fought...
Former Junior champion Patrik Sandell from Sweden declared himself very pleased with his best-ever result on home territory: eighth overall in the MINI John Cooper Works WRC, run by Prodrive. /Via WRC.com/ Sandell, who has also competed on the Production Car World Rally Championship, is putting together a programme of selected events this year in...
WRC Team MINI Portugal driver Armindo Araújo and his co-driver Miguel Ramalho successfully negotiated the treacherous slow and ice to complete their first outing in their MINI John Cooper Works WRC at Rally Sweden this weekend. After three days of tough competition and mixed fortunes Araújo was delighted to get to the finish of one...
Victory on ice and snow: the Volkswagen factory team successfully concluded the test outing in the Rally Sweden, round two of the FIA World Rally Championship 2012, and collected valuable experience for the future rallies with the Polo R WRC. Sébastien Ogier and his co-driver Julien Ingrassia (F/F) took class victory with their Škoda Fabia,...
It all worked out for Jari-Matti Latvala in Sweden this weekend. No errors, no punctures, just focused (or rather, fiesta-ed) drive and well deserved victory after three days of fighting with elements and Mikko Hirvonen.
After the mistake in Monte Carlo and retirement early on in the rally many critics were quick to judge Jari-Matti Latvala’s ability to cope with the pressure of being number one driver in Ford with imperative on scoring as many points as possible to secure both titles. It’s no secret that Latvala was prone to...
Jari-Matti Latvala continues to lead after the second day of competition in Rally Sweden, the second round of the FIA World Rally Championship. The Finn has extended his advantage and now has 23 seconds in hand to former team-mate Mikko Hirvonen while Petter Solberg maintains third.
New Zealand’s top rally driver Hayden Paddon has made steady progress during day two of Rally Sweden to improve his placing among Super 2000 World Rally Championship contenders from sixth to fourth. The Kiwi production world rally champion is in Sweden contesting the first round of his 2012 SWRC campaign with co-driver John Kennard. Frustrated...
