[WRC] Rally Sweden 2025

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 14th February 2025, 16:32

Kalle again nails it:

"Our tyre package is quite OK. Still the last one is going to be tricky as it always full ice and there you need good tyre, so let's see who has the best ones for it"

**EstWRC** · 14th February 2025, 17:05

What he nailed ?

I doubt he will win like 20 seconds with the last stage. 10 yes, maybe.

Last year Evans was slowest rally1 on Friday nights Umea stage and lost 5 seconds to the winner.

**EstWRC** · 14th February 2025, 17:42

Originally Posted by Morte66

Something tells me Tanak is thinking about the road position tomorrow.

Nope, tires gone

**EstWRC** · 14th February 2025, 17:45

Neuville pushed a lot on that long stage and still had tires in the end

Tanak and Neuville much better after the lunch, Fourmaux kinda faded

**EstWRC** · 14th February 2025, 17:52

So Taka and Neuville who pushed a lot on the longest stage still had tires in the end and were the fastest after lunch

Learning for all of them

**Morte66** · 14th February 2025, 17:52

Originally Posted by Morte66

Evans has done well so far, but I think opening the next stage will also hurt, and the one after that will hurt a bit less. So he's up against it. But if he could end the day third or fourth and within 10 seconds, then with the running order for tomorrow...

Well. That was quite impressive, Elfyn.

**focus206** · 14th February 2025, 18:01

Top 5 in 9,1 seconds!
What can we expect from conditions tomorrow? More likely to be an advantage for the front runners or for the late runners?

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 14th February 2025, 18:09

Originally Posted by EstWRC

What he nailed ?

I doubt he will win like 20 seconds with the last stage. 10 yes, maybe.

Last year Evans was slowest rally1 on Friday nights Umea stage and lost 5 seconds to the winner.

No, I meant just he gave a clear summary of the tyre strategy playing out.

It was actually nip and tuck for the top guys this afternoon, up and down stage by stage, with maybe Neuville and Katsuta making the best gains.

**EstWRC** · 14th February 2025, 18:51

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

No, I meant just he gave a clear summary of the tyre strategy playing out.

It was actually nip and tuck for the top guys this afternoon, up and down stage by stage, with maybe Neuville and Katsuta making the best gains.

But it didn’t work out at all for him

**Morte66** · 14th February 2025, 18:52

Originally Posted by focus206

What can we expect from conditions tomorrow? More likely to be an advantage for the front runners or for the late runners?

I am really not sure. Before the race we expected early cars to have the advantage from Saturday onwards. But we also expected that for the last of the three stages on the Friday loop it's not really what I saw.