Elfyn Evans (Toyota) won this Sweden Rally SundaySecond of 14 WRC World Championship tests, after a tight ending.
The world’s runner -up imposed on his partner, the Japanese Takamoto Katsuta and the current Belgian world champion Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) of 3.8 and 11.9 seconds respectively.
Evans (36 years) achieved his tenth of WRC victory, the second in Sweden after his success in 2020 in his first season at the tire of a Toyota. In addition, he achieved a triplet of successes on Sunday and at the power stage, the last special.
Welshman, who won 7 of the 18 sections, led the most of the weekend And he won a great timely success in the only trial of the disputed time in the snow. But he had to fight hard, especially against Katsuta, who removed the leaders after the first stage of the day on Sunday.
Second at the end of January the inaugural test of the season, the Montecarlo rally won French Sébastien Ogier (Toyota), who was not in Sweden, Evans now led the pilot championship with 28 points ahead of Ogier and 30 with his Finnish partner Kalle Rovanperäwhich is only fifth in Sweden.
Source: La Verdad
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