Dani Sordo did not stop soon enough after an off which damaged cooling system on his Mini JCW. As a consequence engine suffered too much damage and is beyond repair. The incident caused alternator belt to “drop off”, crippling the engine systems and despite Sordo stopping on the stage it was too late.
Fantastic fight between leading four crews ended up with Jari-Matti Latvala on top of the overnight classification with 16.8 seconds advantage over Mikko Hirvonen. But it was Petter Solberg’s charge in finishing part of Day 1 in Sweden that brought excitement to the podium battle. Norwegian driver scored another stage victory on superspecial stage and...
First day of Rally Sweden is behind us with crews currently going through one last stage, once again run on racetrack in Karlstadt. After that they’ll go and get some well deserved before rejoining the action tomorrow with Swedish stages. During first day or 2012 Rally Sweden we enjoyed intense fights for the top positions...
Patrik Sandell remains in eighth place when nine sections are completed in the Swedish Rally. Now only a short evening’s super special inside the race track in Karlstad before the car park for the night. Sandell’s main opponent in the day has been the Norwegian Henning Solberg. The two have been taking turns taking seconds...
According to the results of our poll Petter Solberg is strongest candidate to take the victory in Sweden. Considering this blog is not even one month old we cannot brag with thousands of poll voters, but we managed to get 103 opinions and it looks Norwegian star remains very popular among fans.
After nine stages Swedish driver Per Gunnar Andersson secured huge lead and with almost 2 minutes is on way to the last stage of the day.
Interesting recap of first nine stages for Volkswagen drivers reveals Sebastien Ogier is more often than not getting beaten by his temporary teammate Andreas Mikkelsen.
Ford’s driver Petter Solberg charged through the stage and with fastest time managed to move ahead of another Norwegian, Mads Ostberg. Solberg is now occupying 3rd step of the podium ahead of the final stage later this evening.
