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The Finn from Toyota triumphs for the third time in his career and overtakes Sebastien Loeb and Sebastien Ogier, absent in Sweden, in the overall standings. Accident and heavy withdrawal for Evans
The fastest Rally in history, with an hourly average from motorway speeds, is in the name of Kalle Rovanpera, the 21-year-old Finn who, on the occasion of the second round of the WRC 2022 World Championship, in Sweden, gets his third world championship victory. Coldness, management, talent, pure speed: the son of art is growing, maturing and building a career that is promising to say the least, already better than that of his father, who has won only one of world championship appointments, right in Sweden, at on board the Peugeot 206 Wrc in 2001, the year of his son’s birth. Kalle took the lead on the occasion of the first special stage on Saturday, without leaving her. Behind him everything happened, with technical and mechanical problems, both for the Ford M-Sport Puma and for the Hyundai i20 N. Elfyn Evans (Toyota), on the other hand, became the protagonist in the last corner of the last PS on Saturday, breaking through the external snowbank, overwhelming the photocell at the finish line and hitting a light pole and then returning to the street from the parking lot adjacent to the finish line. For this action he received a 10 ”penalty on Sunday morning.
Rally Sweden, Day3: Rovanpera manages
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Elfyn Evans, with a gap of 18 ”at the beginning of the day, had only one strategy to win the Rally of Sweden: to attack as much as possible, taking enormous risks. In a quick left-hander, the Brit lost control of the GR Yaris by destroying part of the front end against the internal snowbank. The damage to the car did not allow the vice world champion in charge to continue and complete the race, losing important points from the point of view of the championship also for not having been able to earn some points in the Power Stage. Green light therefore to Kalle Rovanpera, who wins the first special stage on Sunday morning despite his Hybrid Boost not working and who then lets the others vent, simply by managing the advantage over his opponents. Although, to be honest, the second overall time in the Power Stage seems to suggest that the rising star was not spared.
World Rally Sweden: Lappi on the podium
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Kalle Rovanpera’s third career victory propels the 21-year-old to the top of the world championship standings, while Hyundai Motorsport, after an unconvincing Monte Carlo Rally, can breathe a sigh of relief and smile with Thierry Neuville’s second-place finish. On the podium also Esapekka Lappi with the third of the four Yaris GR at the start: extraordinary performance by the Finn, who made the most of the chance offered by Jari-Matti Latvala, trying to get his career back on track, in recent years in fits and starts with occasional participation in some stages of the World Rally after Citroen’s withdrawal from the world championship series. A podium, that of Lappi, conquered by a large margin on his pursuers: Takamoto Katsuta closes in fourth position at 1’48 “from Lappi and 2’19” from Rovanpera, while Gus Greensmith gives Ford M-Sport the fifth final position. Oliver Solberg (Hyundai), home idol for choosing to race with the Swedish flag in honor of his mother’s nationality, precedes Wrc2 winner Andreas Mikkelsen in a Skoda Fabia Evo2. Ott Tanak (Hyundai), furious against Compact Dynamics for the malfunction of the electric unit that caused him to retire on Friday and in fact compromised his race for the following days, limits the damage by winning the Power Stage.
world rally wrc, the next appointment
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The next appointment with the WRC World Rally is for April 21-24 with the Rally of Croatia. Curiously, Kalle Rovanpera arrives at the Zagreb round as a world leader just like in 2021, but with an extra year of experience. And at 21, 12 months of extra experience in a World Championship car makes all the difference in the world.
World rally, wrc sweden: final classification
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This is the final classification of the Rally of Sweden 2022.
1. K. Rovanpera (Toyota GR Yaris)
2. T. Neuville (Hyundai i20 N)
3. E. Lappi (Toyota GR Yaris)
4. T. Katsuta (Toyota GR Yaris)
5. G. Greensmith (Ford Puma)
6. O. Solberg (Hyundai i20 N)
7. A. Mikkelsen (Skoda Fabia, Rally2)
8. O. Veiby (Volkswagen Polo, Rally2)
9. J. Huttunen (Ford Fiesta, Rally2)
10. E. Kaur (Volkswagen Polo, Rally2)
world rally 2022
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This, on the other hand, is the championship situation after the first two World Rallys of 2022.
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