Rally Sweden 2016

[RS]

Lappi goes fast on last stage and beats Gröndal with 10,8 s, Lappi takes the last podium place with 2,1 s to Gröndal.

Good job, but he needs to stop the Lapcidents..

Lappi's time was very competitive with Solberg, Breen and Sordo! But of course it is better for us to watch Al-Qassimi.

[Allyc85]

Another crushing win for Ogier, even if he did use up a lot of luck at times!

Solid job by Breen, hope he gets more chances this season to build on the experience.

Great win for Evans in WRC2

[satukata]

And Suninen takes 10th overall!! and 2nd R5.!! Great Teemu

[EightGear]

Very good job by Paddon. I guess Hyundai didn't lose too much to VW in the manufacturers standings.

[BleAivano]

Paddon stopped on the transport but then started moving again a few minutes later.

https://twitter.com/MickeLindh/statu...42300802326528

[satukata]

Stars of the rally.

WRC
3stars Ogier was really strong driving 1st on the road. Great victory again!

2stars Paddon did a great rally. hope can fight for victory in Mexico!

1star Mads and Ott. Good effort with Ford both drivers.

WRC2/R5

3 stars for Evans. Hope Wilson change Evans in and Camilli out in WRC car.

2 stars Teemu suninen. Great 2nd Place R5 and fastest Skoda! 10th overall. great powerstage

1 star Lappi made 1 mistake. Fast young gun and great in powerstage. takes podium finally

[Lord_Shaitan]

Ogier is a legend! Well done dominator.

Mikkelsen, what a terrible rally for him. I didn't expect so poor showing, especially after very strong Monte. Latvala? Just repeat of 2015 start... The gap to Ogier is already monstrous.

Ostberg on 3rd place with being so slow through all rally long,really says it all about competition. Nevertheless good performance by Paddon and Tanak.

We had some great fight in WRC-2. Evans is doing the job, for real. I'm cheering for this guy this season! Also Sunninen, yet another perfect weekend.

[Micke_VOC]

Paddon stopped on the transport but then started moving again a few minutes later.

https://twitter.com/MickeLindh/statu...42300802326528

I will continue following them on the way to Karlstad

[jarauto2]

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[Lundefaret]

Wow - what a great event!

The Rally:
The organisers should get their names in the WRC Hall of Fame for their effort to turn things around.
It looked like it was going to be a one day event, but due to major work from the Rally Sweden crew, it became almost a complete event.

The Drivers:

The best: Sebastien Ogier again showed - by his "I-take-no-prisoners" attitude - his enormous talent. He accomplished an impossible task, winning this rally from the front. And to really rub it in, he also took the Power Stage. He is just on another level, and its rally history being made every time he enters a stage.

The Star Of The Rally 1: Temuu Suninen - WOW! This guy is made of something special. His times - and remember his limited experience - have been great and consistent during the whole weekend. In a fight for second with much more experienced FACTORY drivers, he kept his cool and delivered. Starting position is off course a factor, but so is his very limited rally experience, and especially 4WD experience.
His SSS was incredible - but his speed at the Power Stage even more so. Pontus Tideman has to have the most surprised look on his face in all of Sweden right now. He was putting the pressure on Evans, but got his but kicked on the last stage, to loose second to Sunnier by 0,1 second. Wow!
Harri Juki has made another good investment, and i bet him and Tommi is having long talks already. Just WOW!

The Star Of The Rally 2: Elfyn Evans - Deeply impressed by this newly motivated Evans. He needs this time in the R5 to really get a kick in the but, and its paying off. To beat off the attack from every local talent in this rally is an extremely good performance. I did not think he had a chance against Tideman, but boy was I proved wrong. Another great performance from Evans.

The Start Of The Rally 3: Haydon Paddon - he took all the advantage from a good starting position, and put it to use. A very grown up performance from the SPEEDY KIWI. His speed on the fast stuff is undoubtable, but he gets dents in the armour every time a Super Special Stage comes up in the itinerary. A marvellous performance, that is a stark contrast to Thierry Neuville and Dani Sordo.

Worth mentioning:
Dmack tires shows promise. - Ott Tänak did a grown up job. - Henning Solberg showed he hadn't lost it completely, and is by far the most charismatic of all the drivers. - Sweden's Young talents Åhlin and Bergqvist, were especially the latter put in a very good performance his limited 4WD experience and his DS3 taken in account (but they have a long way up to Suninen) - and Kris Meeke who again shows his speed, being the only one at the moment that can challenge Ogier, and that is very positive if we have the 2017 season in mind.