the Irish Craig Breen (Hyundai) ranked as new leader of Rally Swedensecond test marking of World championshipafter a second day in which the driver from Slieverue won three of the seven special stages held this Friday.
Breenwho started the day from seventh position, made it clear from the first timed section that he is one of the drivers to watch out for on the snowy slopes of Umea, after winning the first special of the day.
A victory that the Irishman, who already achieved second place in Rally Sweden in 2018, repeated in the fifth special, a timed section of 10.7 kilometers, which put the Hyundai driver in first place overall with an advantage of 7.7 seconds on top. the Estonian Ott Tanak (Ford). The difference that Graig Breen increased to 10.5 seconds, after winning again in the sixth special.
But Brandwinner of the Swedish appointment in 2019, refused to give up and reduced his deficit to 6.4 seconds after the dispute in the seventh special, the penultimate of the day, where the Estonian was the fastest of all the participants.
A victory that eluded Ott Tanak by half a second in the final special of the day, which did not prevent the Ford driver from reducing the gap further, to close the second day just 2.6sec behind Graig Breen.
The Finn finished the day further away Esapekka Lappi (Hyundai), which is in third place, 11.2 seconds behind the leader of the classification.
For his part, he is also a Finn Calle Rovanpera (Toyota), who started the day in first position, was relegated to fifth place, 31.1 seconds behind Irish Breen, who will try to defend his advantage this Saturday, in a day where drivers will face 126.22 hours kilometers divided into seven parts. specials.
Source: La Verdad
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