The Finnish pilot Esapekka Lappi (Hyundai) was crowned the winner of Swedish Rally, second World Championship season marking event and the only one on the snow and ice calendar, holding the lead of the classification after the final three stages on Sunday.
Lappiwho led from the penultimate of the seven routes on Friday and faced the final day with an advantage of 1:06.3 over Frenchman Adrien Fourmaux (Ford) and 1:23.0 over British Elfyn Evans (Toyota), committed to maintaining his advantage. , would finish Sunday with two seventh-place finishes and one sixth for a total time of 2:33:04.
At the back, Evans was ambitious and, on the closing day, he left three tracks with two second places and one first; allowing him to shave more than fifty seconds off Lappi and finish behind him on the table (2:33:34). Third was finally Fourmaux with 2:33:52.
About the current world champion, the Finn Calle Rovanpera (Toyota), which was not on the opening course and therefore competed in Sweden in the first of its limited racing program, took revenge for the consequences of its departure from the track in the fourth special on Friday. With no chance to fight for the title, he won two stages on Sunday.
The general classification of the World Cup continues to be led by the Belgians Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) with 48 points, the result of his victory in Monte Carlo and his fourth place on this occasion. Second is Evans with 45 and third is Fourmaux with 29. The next test is the Safari Rally, in Kenya, between March 28 and 31.
Source: La Verdad
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