M-Sport Ford World Rally Team’s Adrien Fourmaux and Rhys Yates secured fourth and fifth places at this weekend’s Rally Sweden – their EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta R5 MkIIs both showing form as they went head-to-head in the FIA World Rally Championship’s premier support series, WRC 2. Securing fourth place, Fourmaux and co-driver
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LAPPI TAKES FIFTH IN SWEDEN
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team’s Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm have secured fifth place at this weekend’s Rally Sweden – the second event in the FIA World Rally Championship. Learning more about their EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta WRC and perfecting the set-up as the weekend progressed, the Finns got better and better
SKODA PRIVATEER LINDHOLM IN FIGHT FOR VICTORY
NEWS FLASH: RALLY SWEDEN JWRC SATURDAY
EVANS AND THE TOYOTA YARIS WRC ONE STAGE AWAY FROM VICTORY
Elfyn Evans leads Rally Sweden by 17.2 seconds with only one stage remaining as he continues his impressive drive in the Toyota Yaris WRC. His team-mates Sébastien Ogier and Kalle Rovanperä are third and fourth overall respectively, with the two drivers separated by just 0.5s as they battle for a place on the podium tomorrow.
LAPPI WITHIN GRASP
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team’s Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm have strengthened their fifth place at this weekend’s Rally Sweden – the second and only winter event in the FIA World Rally Championship – and kept the podium positions well within grasp Improving the set-up and continuing to drive well behind
FLYING FINN KALLIO ‘FIRED-UP’ FOR SECOND SEASON OF RX2
• Last season’s star rookie returns for 2020 with title in his sights • Flying Finn ready to bounce back from luckless 2019 finale • OMSE ace predicts ‘exceptionally high’ calibre of competition Jesse Kallio – one of the undisputed revelations of the 2019 RX2 International Series presented by Cooper Tires
EVANS BREAKS CLEAR ON FRIDAY TO LEAD CHAMPION TÄNAK AT RALLY SWEDEN
NEWS FLASH: JWRC RALLY SWEDEN, FRIDAY
Tom Kristensson is looking to repeat his 2019 Rally Sweden victory and keep the Junior WRC Rally Sweden winners list an all-Swedish affair after leading from the start line of Hof-Finnskog 1 on Friday and not looking back. Kristensson claimed the first stage win of the 2020 FIA Junior WRC Championship
SKODA PRIVATEER EMIL LINDHOLM LEADS WRC3
› ŠKODA privateer Emil Lindholm and co-driver Mikael Korhonen head WRC3 category after the first competitive day of Rally Sweden, they are also quickest among the Rally2 cars› 18 years old Oliver Solberg and co-driver Aaron Johnston delivering a good performance on their debut with the ŠKODA FABIA Rally2 evo›









