WRC: Day 3 of the 2017 Rally Sweden
- Jari-Matti Latvala sealed his fourth Rally Sweden victory - Toyota’s first win since Didier Auriol won in China back in 1999, in only their second event since rejoining the WRC this year.- Latvala was lost for words after the win. "I'm speechless," he said © Red Bull Media House- Latvala inherited the lead late on day 2 after previous leader Thierry Neuville crashed on Saturday's last stage, leaving him minus a wheel. The Hyundai man ended the rally down in 13th place.- Ott Tanak started the day just 3.8s behind Latvala, but could not hold on in his Ford Fiesta, eventually finishing 29.2s down on the winner.- Sébastien Ogier also began the day in the hunt for victory, but a spin in the day’s opening speed test ended his hopes for a win, and he ended the event where he started on Sunday morning - in third place.- Dani Sordo finished a strong fourth after keeping out of trouble on the final day after his win on Saturday’s superspecial stage in the Hyundai i20.- In his first event in this year’s Citroen C3 car, Craig Breen finished in fifth place overall.- An eventful rally for Elfyn Evans saw him hit a bank and suffer a puncture on Friday before suffering an engine problem on Sunday morning, but he held on to finish sixth in his Ford.- Hayden Paddon was next up in the Hyundai i20, after a power steering failure saw him drop down the order on Saturday.- Stephane Lefebvre finished up in eighth in his Citroen DS3 - the highest finish of the 2016-spec cars.- Pontus Tidemand powered to victory in WRC2 on home soil in the Skoda - and finished ninth overall.- And Teemu Suninen rounded off the top ten in the Ford.- Latvala and co-driver Mika Anttila celebrate after their superb victory for Toyota © Red Bull Media House- © Red Bull Media House- Celebrating Toyota's first WRC win in over 17 years - and at only their second attempt © Red Bull Media House- © Red Bull Media House- © Red Bull Media House- © Red Bull Media House- © Red Bull Media House- © Red Bull Media House Jari-Matti Latvala takes the victory - Toyota’s first win since 1999
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i realy hope they win... it woud be so funny if Toyota came out like "HEY! we are now selling a Yaris WRC MODEL! with 4wd and tubo!"
I never noticed how skinny the tires are on these rally cars... especially the blue fiesta
They are skinny so as to cut through the snow to the ice and bite into it with studs.
nice photos guys.
is Subaru participating in WRC?
No. They withdrew back in 2008.