Disappointment for Evans, who made a mistake in SS16 and stopped due to problems with the hybrid
Malgrado l’età Kalle Rovanperä has shown great maturity. Skilled winner of the Rally of Sweden, disputed completely on snow in the Umea area, north of the country, on arrival at the finish line that consecrated him he did not feel like celebrating. The news coming from Ukraine is too hard to digest to be able to celebrate with a light heart a success deserved from start to finish and managed with skill since Thursday’s shake down.
Behind the Finn, 22 “behind, came Thierry Neuville at Hyundai. Apparently able to at least annoy the Toyota Gazoo Racing driver, the Belgian threw everything away on stage 11 when a smudge caused him to retreat. His last day was all on the attack and in the end he managed to limit the damage. Third, instead at 30 ”, a good Esapekka Lappi, satisfied with the sensations experienced at the wheel of his Yaris.
Fourth Toyota, or that of Takamoto Katsuta protagonist of a race that is not always impeccable, then the Ford Puma of Gus Greensmith and the i20 of Oliver Solberg at 5’39.
The Norwegian Andreas Mikkelsen on Skoda Fabia EVO won Rally 2, followed by compatriot Ole-Christian Veiby in a Volkswagen Polo GTi R5 and by Finnish Jari Huttunen in a Ford Fiesta R5 MkII. Egon Kaur’s Polo GTi R5 closes the top 10.
Fifteenth overall and first among the Rally 3 Lauri Joona on Fiesta.
Twentieth at almost 22 ‘Ott Tänak on Hyundai, knocked out by a hybrid problem in the PS6. Last Craig Breen on Ford Puma, knocked out in PS2 and then as the Estonian able to resume the race. Finally, great disappointment for Elfyn Evans. Already penalized by 10 ”for having cut a part of the route in SS 15, in the following stage he ended up against a wall of snow and was then stopped by a failure in the hybrid system. Until then, the Welshman from Toyota was in second place.
Ranking Rally of Sweden 2022
1 Rovanperä K. / Halttunen Jonne Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
2 Neuville Thierry/ Wydaeghe M. Hyundai i20 N Rally1 +00:22.0
3 Lapland Esapekka / Ferm Janne Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 +00: 30.6
4 Katsuta T./ Johnston Aaron Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 + 02: 19.4
5 Greensmith Gus/ Andersson Jonas Ford Puma Rally1 +03:20.4
6 Solberg Oliver/ Edmondson E. Hyundai i20 N Rally1 +05:39.4
7 Mikkelsen Andreas / Eriksen T. Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo +07: 11.1
8 Veiby O. / Skjærmoen S. Volkswagen Polo Gti R5 +07: 34.3
9 Huttunen Jari / Lukka Mikko Ford Fiesta R5 MkII +08: 14.2
10 Kaur Egon/ Simm Silver Volkswagen Polo Gti R5 +08:24.8