Rally Sweden 2023

Information

Date and time SS Information
19. 02. 2023 16:04 CET 18 (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Power stage time: 5:42,697 (2.)
19. 02. 2023 16:04 CET 18 (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Power stage time: 5:42,712 (3.)
19. 02. 2023 16:03 CET 18 (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Power stage time: 5:42,736 (4.)
12. 02. 2023 13:59 CET 18 (26 - Kaur Egon / Viilo Jakko): was out of road
12. 02. 2023 13:27 CET 18 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It obviously means a lot to me, to come into a new car and deliver to these guys [at M-Sport]. It's a big effort for them to fight against such big manufacturers. I am sure they are getting quite a bit of stress from me, but as long as it's delivering then we are all winning. It's great to be part of this team.
12. 02. 2023 13:27 CET 18 flash info (42 - Breen Craig / Fulton James): That wasn't the plan to beat Thierry, but I had no way of knowing. We're happy - it's been an incredible weekend and great to be back at the front again.
12. 02. 2023 13:26 CET 18 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It wasn't a good stage. I was a bit scared in the brakings and I was afraid to overshoot. We are here. It was an incredible weekend, a tough weekend, but a great weekend for the team overall. All the drivers did a good job and the car was fast. That's the positive from this weekend.
12. 02. 2023 13:26 CET 18 (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): missed junction
12. 02. 2023 13:25 CET 18 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): I didn't want to take five points to have a better road position in Mexico. For sure, there was a bit of a plan. I am sure the guys behind know our time now, so they can adjust their speed. Hopefully we will get at least a few points.
12. 02. 2023 13:25 CET 18 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It was pretty okay but the grip was quite mixed. It sums up the weekend really - it's not been easy, but of course we look forward to the next one now.
12. 02. 2023 13:25 CET 18 flash info (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): Something stopped, so we went slowly to the end. We had a bit of smoke, but there was no fire.
12. 02. 2023 13:22 CET 18 (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): smoke from the car
12. 02. 2023 13:22 CET 18 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): I was just too early on the brakes in many places. I think the corners I did pretty well, but the brakings are always pretty challenging for me. The other guys can be faster.
12. 02. 2023 12:54 CET 18 flash info (37 - Bertelli Lorenzo / Scattolin Simone): That jump is a nightmare for me - every time I ruin the bumper! I am happy to end the rally here. I had an amazing few days with a great team and a great car. It's sad because every time I start to be in the rhythm of the car, the rally ends!
12. 02. 2023 12:50 CET 18 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): It's fantastic - what a great feeling! It's been a long time since I won, and finally everything worked correct and I am really happy. Elliott did an amazing job and for sure it's been an amazing weekend - no mistakes and really consistent.
12. 02. 2023 12:46 CET 18 flash info (21 - Veiby Ole Christian / Eriksen Torstein): It's been a fun battle. We came here for the win, that was the main target after finishing second last year, but we lost too much time on Friday and that made it difficult to come back. I think we have done a good job and it's been a pleasure to have Torstein in the car for the first time - he did a fantastic job.
12. 02. 2023 12:45 CET 18 flash info (28 - Pajari Sami / Mälkönen Enni): It's a really amazing feeling. A few times we had the chance for a podium last year but it was taken away. Now we managed it and the feeling is really nice. I am super grateful for all the people and the team who are pushing to make this happen - thank you to everyone.
12. 02. 2023 12:40 CET 18 flash info (25 - Linnamäe Georg / Morgan James): I can't say I've been happy with the pace - we were hoping for more. I guess I didn't give enough credit to the fact that it's a new car and a new team, so it takes a bit of time. We stayed out of trouble and we are lucky that we got a pretty good result from it.
12. 02. 2023 12:31 CET 18 flash info (31 - Bulacia Marco / Vallejo Diego): We are pretty happy with our weekend. I think the only thing that was not so good was the spin that we had on Friday. Apart from that, it was a very clean rally for me. Things are getting better and I am really looking forward to our next event.
12. 02. 2023 12:27 CET 18 flash info (23 - Suninen Teemu / Markkula Mikko): I was trying, but it was quite difficult to open the road. On Friday we had a good result in our hands with second position, but then we lost everything. We have to learn our lesson to do a better job next time.
12. 02. 2023 12:06 CET 18 Starting order: Suninen, M.Bulacia, Linnamäe, Pajari, Veiby, Solberg, Bertelli, Lappi, Loubet, Evans, Rovanperä, Neuville, Breen, Tänak
12. 02. 2023 11:42 CET 17 retired (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): technical problem - engine after SS 17
12. 02. 2023 11:09 CET 17 retired (40 - Alonso Daniel / Lopez Alejandro): accident in SS 17
12. 02. 2023 10:47 CET 17 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Should be okay. It's still a tricky stage but it feels okay at the moment.
12. 02. 2023 10:44 CET 17 flash info (42 - Breen Craig / Fulton James): We made some changes to the car there. I was trying to manage the studs a little bit because towards the end of the stage it really quite difficult, but all okay.
12. 02. 2023 10:40 CET 17 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It should be enough for 10 kilometres. We need to stay without mistakes for the Power Stage.
12. 02. 2023 10:39 CET 17 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): I had quite a good stage, I just feel that in second pass conditions I can not push so fast. It's a shame - it seems we don't have the pace that's needed.
12. 02. 2023 10:35 CET 17 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Pretty okay. We were really careful again, but let's see. The target is to try and score some Power Stage points. Based on the weekend, that's going to be a difficult target, but we'll try our best.
12. 02. 2023 10:32 CET 17 flash info (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): It was a bit better, but I was quite careful again because we have nothing to play for. In a junction, the car went out of the ruts and I was a bit wide. I lost two or three seconds but nothing major.
12. 02. 2023 10:31 CET 17 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): There's a lot of gravel in here, so I tried to be efficient and still manage the tyres. I'm sure they are fine.
12. 02. 2023 10:26 CET 17 flash info (37 - Bertelli Lorenzo / Scattolin Simone): I went wide in a snowbank on the exit of the corner - the ruts were not holding the car in.
12. 02. 2023 10:25 CET 17 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): A bit more gravel compared to the first pass. Not very easy but still very nice.
12. 02. 2023 11:43 CET 16 retired (24 - Huttunen Jari / Linnaketo Antti): retired after SS 16
12. 02. 2023 09:08 CET 16 retired (56 - Kelly Eamonn / Mohan Conor): retired in SS 16
12. 02. 2023 08:14 CET 16 (34 - Zaldivar Fabrizio / Der Ohannesian Marcelo): was out of road
12. 02. 2023 07:49 CET 16 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): The beginning was okay, but in the middle I lost the braking in one part and it was quite tricky to be honest.
12. 02. 2023 07:42 CET 16 flash info (42 - Breen Craig / Fulton James): I tried to be as committed as I could, but in one or two places I was just too hesitant. We got through it cleanly with no mistakes and that's very important.
12. 02. 2023 07:42 CET 16 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I had a good stage but obviously Kalle was on four new studs, and I was only on two new. I should have better tyres for the next one, hopefully. It was a tricky stage and I didn't want to make any mistakes.
12. 02. 2023 07:37 CET 16 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Quite happy. On the narrow section I could have been a bit cleaner, but I have been struggling all weekend on the narrow technical sections. We had a small issue on the road section, it was a bit of a mess, but finally everything was fine on the stage. It was nothing too big.
12. 02. 2023 07:33 CET 16 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It's not too bad, the lights are okay with all the white of the snowbanks. If it was a dark forest in Wales it would be different, but here the vision is quite alright.
12. 02. 2023 07:31 CET 16 flash info (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): I was too careful and I had a bad rhythm. It was too much!
12. 02. 2023 07:27 CET 16 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): We will try for Power Stage points. I know it's a tricky stage, but we will try.
12. 02. 2023 07:27 CET 16 flash info (37 - Bertelli Lorenzo / Scattolin Simone): At the junction, I had a spin but I recovered it. The road is very slippery - so far this one has been the worst one to start in front.
12. 02. 2023 07:26 CET 16 (37 - Bertelli Lorenzo / Scattolin Simone): spun
12. 02. 2023 07:21 CET 16 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): A very nice stage, I really like it. I had to check a few things but everything is fine.
11. 02. 2023 22:10 CET 15 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): The competition is so high but we made no mistakes and we had good tyre wear. I think that was the key this afternoon. We're ready for tomorrow, the final day.
11. 02. 2023 22:10 CET 15 flash info (42 - Breen Craig / Fulton James): We tried to the best that we could, but again in this one it's so difficult to get the car to do what I want. We're going to give our best tomorrow and see what happens.
11. 02. 2023 22:09 CET 15 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It was quite unfortunate what happened. I had planned for these two stages and we lost a full tyre on the previous one, so we had a full slick for this one. It was not easy.
11. 02. 2023 22:09 CET 15 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): The speed has been okay, especially in the afternoon. But it doesn't help if you can't string three days together.
11. 02. 2023 22:08 CET 15 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Now it's been a case of getting through without issues. We sort of fell out of the battle after that spin and it's just a case of making no mistakes now.
11. 02. 2023 22:08 CET 15 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): We messed up the afternoon with our tyre plan. There was not much I could do anymore in the last two stages.
11. 02. 2023 22:08 CET 15 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): There was no doubt for us that we were attacking yesterday. Today we didn't have the best conditions, but we were able to post fast times. It's going to be a tough fight tomorrow with Kalle, nobody will give up.
11. 02. 2023 22:07 CET 15 flash info (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): It's been a difficult day today. The conditions were tricky so I am happy to be at the end. We did some good things but I tried to be cautious now because I didn't want to make a mistake in the last one.
11. 02. 2023 22:07 CET 15 flash info (37 - Bertelli Lorenzo / Scattolin Simone): I am happy to see that now everything is normal! I think we had a good day - it would have been a perfect weekend so far were it not for the mistake yesterday. We have one more day to go and I want to keep driving like this.
11. 02. 2023 22:07 CET 15 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): These second loop conditions are something special, so it was good experience for me. It was very difficult, but we are here and we have some ideas to improve for the future.
11. 02. 2023 17:49 CET 14 retired (24 - Huttunen Jari / Linnaketo Antti): technical problem - gearbox in SS 14
11. 02. 2023 17:49 CET 14 flash info (42 - Breen Craig / Fulton James): Quite tricky. I struggled a little bit with the high-speed section at the end, I was missing some confidence. We're still in the fight and we're here at the end.
11. 02. 2023 17:49 CET 14 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It delaminated on the straight...
11. 02. 2023 17:48 CET 14 (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): delaminated tyre
11. 02. 2023 17:48 CET 14 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): The driving was really good on the previous stage as well and I think we had a good tyre plan. We're just keeping the momentum.
11. 02. 2023 17:48 CET 14 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Pretty slippery to be honest - I took it fairly steady. It's just a case of getting through now.
11. 02. 2023 17:47 CET 14 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Thierry must have better tyres than us. I had a clean stage but the rear tyres are completely gone and I couldn't do much more.
11. 02. 2023 17:47 CET 14 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): We're going to push. As long as the rally isn't over, there's still an opportunity for us to step up onto the podium. It wasn't easy in there.
11. 02. 2023 17:47 CET 14 flash info (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): This afternoon the pace is better. It was tricky with the ruts and I stuggled a bit with my lines, but it's all fine. We'll continue and keep going.
11. 02. 2023 17:46 CET 14 flash info (37 - Bertelli Lorenzo / Scattolin Simone): It's not been easy. I got lost a couple of times because I am not used to the stages at night. It was very slippery eith a lot of ruts, but we are here.
11. 02. 2023 17:46 CET 14 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): Very slippery compared to the morning loop. We have quite worn tyres right now, so not so much grip.
12. 02. 2023 14:01 CET 13 open bonnet
11. 02. 2023 16:40 CET 13 retired (63 - Yamamoto Yuki / Teiskonen Miika): accident in SS 13
11. 02. 2023 16:28 CET 13 retired (38 - Miele Mauro / Beltrame Luca): retired in SS 13
11. 02. 2023 16:14 CET 13 (38 - Miele Mauro / Beltrame Luca): stopped in stage
11. 02. 2023 16:14 CET 13 (38 - Miele Mauro / Beltrame Luca): was out of road
11. 02. 2023 16:04 CET 13 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): We had a small vibration on the straight before and I thought there was ice or something on the tyre, then it disappeared. It seems the tyre delaminated and I approached the final corner but I had no grip. It's never happened before.
11. 02. 2023 16:04 CET 13 flash info (42 - Breen Craig / Fulton James): No idea, I don't know what we've dropped. It was a delamination in a straight line.
11. 02. 2023 16:03 CET 13 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): We had to go slow on place where Lappi stopped, but other than that I kept the old tyres from the previous stage. It was hard in the end, but that was the best we could do. It was a killer stage for the tyres.
11. 02. 2023 16:02 CET 13 (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): out of the road, continue
11. 02. 2023 16:02 CET 13 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It was definitely smoother than yesterday, but it's so extreme on the tyres. I'm trying to be as gentle as possible but the conditions are pretty tricky in here.
11. 02. 2023 16:01 CET 13 (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): spun
11. 02. 2023 16:01 CET 13 flash info (37 - Bertelli Lorenzo / Scattolin Simone): It was quite rough, but not as rough as I expected. The line is a bit of a mess but I can't complain - I am just driving and enjoying.
11. 02. 2023 16:00 CET 13 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): Lots and lots of gravel. By the end of the stage the tyres were moving a lot.
11. 02. 2023 16:00 CET 12 (24 - Huttunen Jari / Linnaketo Antti): was out of road
11. 02. 2023 16:00 CET 12 flash info (42 - Breen Craig / Fulton James): I got caught in a snowbank near the start and we were quite lucky to get out of it. I'm happy with everything else - everything's fine.
11. 02. 2023 15:59 CET 12 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Nothing has changed - it will be a long loop and we need to manage through it. There's a long way to go this afternoon.
11. 02. 2023 15:59 CET 12 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): It was clean. The start was really bad - I think I chose the wrong line, so I had a lot of wheel spin - but the rest was good.
11. 02. 2023 15:59 CET 12 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): I just lost the rear on the way in, I couldn't recover it and we hit the snowbank. I have to go.
11. 02. 2023 15:58 CET 12 (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): hit the snowbank
11. 02. 2023 15:58 CET 12 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Definitely a bit better than yesterday. Hopefully we can have a good afternoon - the tyres are going to be really worn out nut we will give it our best and try to have a clean run.
11. 02. 2023 15:57 CET 12 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): In some places the gravel is coming out and the grip is better. The road will get faster, but we are trying.
11. 02. 2023 15:57 CET 12 flash info (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): I am struggling with the rear, especially near the start. It was very difficult, but we are here eventually.
11. 02. 2023 14:20 CET 12 flash info (37 - Bertelli Lorenzo / Scattolin Simone): In some of the braking points it's crazy how the car is starting to shake.
11. 02. 2023 14:15 CET 12 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): There is no grip - it's quite a crazy feeling. But this is what Kalle dealt with yesterday.
11. 02. 2023 12:42 CET 11 flash info (42 - Breen Craig / Fulton James): Unfortunately it's one of those instances where I never got to do this stage last year and this was my first time discovering it. There were places I was a little too cautious and hesitant, but it's absolutely fine. The car worked well in the second pass yesterday so I'm absolutely full of confidence.
11. 02. 2023 12:40 CET 11 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): This one was better. It's not so fast and we were able to manage it a bit better.
11. 02. 2023 12:39 CET 11 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): Pretty okay, it was good. For sure, we lost too much time on the first two but this one was already better. This afternoon will be very demanding for the tyres.
11. 02. 2023 12:39 CET 11 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): I'm not surprised at all. It's not working as it should, just the overall balance. I'm struggling a lot to be honest and I don't feel comfortable.
11. 02. 2023 12:39 CET 11 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Now we made some new changes on the road section and finally it was a bit better. In the beginning I could have been better - the grip was really low and I was sliding a bit too much in places.
11. 02. 2023 12:07 CET 11 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I tried to do a good stage and enjoy a bit. It's a bit more of a technical stage and much more enjoyable than the other stages this morning.
11. 02. 2023 12:07 CET 11 flash info (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): I struggled to be clean on my driving, but it's okay. The pace notes are good, it's just that in some parts I am too cautious.
11. 02. 2023 12:06 CET 11 flash info (37 - Bertelli Lorenzo / Scattolin Simone): This was a very nice stage, nice and flowing. I am trying to bring back the confidence from yesterday and I'm really enjoying the driving. Let's continue like this.
11. 02. 2023 12:06 CET 11 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): This one is definitely the best conditions of the loop. The conditions are perfect and I really enjoyed this stage. This one should be okay on the next pass but other two will be quite messy.
11. 02. 2023 22:13 CET 10 retired (41 - Jonasson Jörgen / Jonasson Nicklas): retired after SS 10
11. 02. 2023 12:06 CET 10 flash info (21 - Veiby Ole Christian / Eriksen Torstein): We are trying. This was not easy at all - so rutted in some places, but all okay.
11. 02. 2023 12:05 CET 10 flash info (24 - Huttunen Jari / Linnaketo Antti): This one is a nice stage, it's nice to drive here.
11. 02. 2023 12:05 CET 10 flash info (28 - Pajari Sami / Mälkönen Enni): We spun. For me, it felt like there were some big ruts from before the rally and suddenly I just lost the rear. We spun pretty much at full speed in fifth gear.
11. 02. 2023 12:04 CET 10 (28 - Pajari Sami / Mälkönen Enni): spun
11. 02. 2023 12:04 CET 10 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): This was one of the most difficult stages I've done surface-wise. I took it very steady because it's so easy to do a mistake. We need to be clever.
11. 02. 2023 12:04 CET 10 flash info (42 - Breen Craig / Fulton James): That was nice. Doing 200kph through the forest, it's what dreams are made of. I'm just making the most of it and trying to preserve the [tyre] studs where I can.
11. 02. 2023 12:03 CET 10 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It feels very uncomfortable already, even in the very easy places. It's not much fun but I am trying hard.
11. 02. 2023 12:03 CET 10 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): I am just too slow. On the fast sections, I can not push how I want to. We need to go back in the direction we were in yesterday.
11. 02. 2023 12:03 CET 10 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): We have to look now and see what happens in the next one. I didn't have a good feeling to be honest, so it's not really a surprise.
11. 02. 2023 12:02 CET 10 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): The car is really bad to drive and I am losing so much time everywhere. I don't know if we made a mistake on the set-up, or if it's just not good in these conditions. I am understeering everywhere and fighting the car all the time.
11. 02. 2023 12:02 CET 10 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It was okay but it's hard to know how much you can attack. There's a lot of fresh snow in places and we had a good run, but maybe in some of the faster places I was not attacking enough.
11. 02. 2023 12:01 CET 10 flash info (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): It was a bit better, so let's continue.
11. 02. 2023 12:01 CET 10 flash info (37 - Bertelli Lorenzo / Scattolin Simone): This stage, for our road position, was still okay. But the second pass is going to be messy. So far, so good - we are enjoying the pace and I am happy with my driving.
11. 02. 2023 12:00 CET 9 (34 - Zaldivar Fabrizio / Der Ohannesian Marcelo): was out of road
11. 02. 2023 08:44 CET 9 flash info (28 - Pajari Sami / Mälkönen Enni): It was a bit disturbing, but I don't know the stage. I was too careful in a few places and I think we lost a bit.
11. 02. 2023 08:40 CET 9 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): It's just crazy fast in there, you have time for a coffee on the long straights! It's nice to start the day nice and smoothly.
11. 02. 2023 08:40 CET 9 flash info (42 - Breen Craig / Fulton James): The tea party's alive! Fair play to the Hyundai engine boys, they've done a cracking job. That was very much a 'power' stage. We're in a safe rhythm.
11. 02. 2023 08:37 CET 9 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It's difficult. I don't have this kind of feeling to attack, but I am trying to manage. I guess we need to be connected more.
11. 02. 2023 08:33 CET 9 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): Too safe. I never touched the banks, just too slow. We made a small change overnight, but nothing big.
11. 02. 2023 08:29 CET 9 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Not a great start, but after that it wasn't too bad. I struggled for confidence early on.
11. 02. 2023 08:29 CET 9 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): It was not so good. You need a lot of top speed on this stage - it's fifth gear all the time. I changed something on the set-up of the suspension for today and I need to get used to it a bit more. Not the perfect stage, but not too bad.
11. 02. 2023 08:28 CET 9 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It feels better, definitely, but I'm still not trusting the brakes. I'm always braking too early and I can't find a good balance. The road is going to be quicker and quicker, I'm not sure this will be enough.
11. 02. 2023 08:21 CET 9 flash info (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): I wasn't very in at the beginning of the stage. I struggled a bit with the grip because it's very different to yesterday. Not very good driving on my side.
11. 02. 2023 08:21 CET 9 flash info (37 - Bertelli Lorenzo / Scattolin Simone): This was nice and enjoyable. A proper wake-up.
11. 02. 2023 08:21 CET 9 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): We are here to drive and get more experience. It's very, very cold outside - before the stage I was almost freezing!
10. 02. 2023 22:04 CET 8 retired (35 - Al-Rashed Rakan / Moscatt Dale): retired in SS 8
10. 02. 2023 19:42 CET 8 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): It's been okay. Pajari has been very quick, hunting me down. Otherwise I have just been driving clean with no risks and not making any mistakes. It could be better, but it's been a good day.
10. 02. 2023 19:42 CET 8 flash info (37 - Bertelli Lorenzo / Scattolin Simone): I don't know what is going on - the car simply was not turning in the junctions. I was not expecting this - it's never happened before to me before.
10. 02. 2023 19:41 CET 8 (37 - Bertelli Lorenzo / Scattolin Simone): problems with steering
10. 02. 2023 19:41 CET 8 flash info (42 - Breen Craig / Fulton James): Definitely one of my strongest ones. Last year I was usually upside down or stuck in a hedge somewhere, so it's music to my ears to be in the lead tonight. It's the Mad Hatter's Tea Party and we're all invited - I can't wait!
10. 02. 2023 19:40 CET 8 flash info (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): On the first braking point I missed the junction. It's like that, unfortunately. After that it was not so bad. I think we can be happy with our progress.
10. 02. 2023 19:40 CET 8 (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): missed junction
10. 02. 2023 19:39 CET 8 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): It's not been too bad in the end, but I feel there is much more to come if we can make all things close to perfect. We need to think overnight and try to be better tomorrow. I think in this position you shouldn't do any big changes, but we will definitely try something.
10. 02. 2023 19:39 CET 8 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Result-wise, we can definitely be quite happy. It's much more than we expectred coming here. But the thing is that we could be a lot better.
10. 02. 2023 19:39 CET 8 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Pretty okay really, I just didn't have the best run. It was a better afternoon but not so good in here. I wouldn't go so far as saying we're confident after today, but we're definitely moving in the right direction.
10. 02. 2023 19:38 CET 8 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It has been a very difficult day for us. Obviously the road conditions weren't really nice for us and we tried to keep up with Kalle and Elfyn. We did what we could do.
10. 02. 2023 19:45 CET 7 retired (66 - Fontana Matteo / Arnaboldi Alessandro): retired in SS 7
10. 02. 2023 19:12 CET 7 retired (45 - Roman Joakim / Lidebjer Granberg Ida): retired in SS 7
10. 02. 2023 19:11 CET 7 flash info (42 - Breen Craig / Fulton James): I tried to manage the tyres as best I could. I had so much understeer in the second half of the stage but it was a relatively clean run.
10. 02. 2023 19:11 CET 7 flash info (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): We don't have hybrid. It's not the best on this type of stage, but it's like that.
10. 02. 2023 19:10 CET 7 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): I think I enjoyed the morning more than the afternon. It's quite demanding for the tyres in this one, especially. I need to think a bit overnight about what to do for tomorrow.
10. 02. 2023 19:10 CET 7 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): I think on this one you can't attack too much. The tyres are finished and we are just managing it through the stage.
10. 02. 2023 19:10 CET 7 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): We made a few changes in service to the setup. I wasn't feeling like it was going to be so good, but let's see.
10. 02. 2023 19:09 CET 7 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I did what I could. Without the aero in the fast sections, I had a lot of understeer and the tyres got worn very quickly. We had a good clean run and it was actually quite a push.
10. 02. 2023 19:09 CET 7 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): It is not so easy. Lots of gravel on the line, basically full gravel at the beginning. I think I was using the front tyres a lot - I tried to be quite soft on them but I don't think it worked out.
10. 02. 2023 19:12 CET 6 retired (56 - Kelly Eamonn / Mohan Conor): accident in SS 6
10. 02. 2023 19:12 CET 6 retired (53 - Herranen Toni / Lukka Mikko): technical problem in SS 6
10. 02. 2023 16:32 CET 6 flash info (37 - Bertelli Lorenzo / Scattolin Simone): I hit a snowbank with the rear. I tried to do the next corner, but it would have been better if I had just spun and not gone into the snowbank and got stuck.
10. 02. 2023 16:31 CET 6 (37 - Bertelli Lorenzo / Scattolin Simone): was out of road
10. 02. 2023 16:27 CET 6 flash info (42 - Breen Craig / Fulton James): That one didn't feel so nice - I struggled with the front in some places, but it's still incredibly fun.
10. 02. 2023 16:23 CET 6 flash info (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): Unfortunately something is wrong at the front. We have to fix it. It's nothing big and I think we know what it is, so we will try to fix it for the next one."
10. 02. 2023 16:23 CET 6 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): I overshot a junction, just couldn't stop the car. It's quite slippery and understeering all the time. I am not really feeling good.
10. 02. 2023 16:22 CET 6 (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): spun
10. 02. 2023 16:13 CET 6 retired (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): technical problem - engine overheating in SS 6
10. 02. 2023 16:13 CET 6 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It was a bad stage. I was off like four times. I just don't understand why this is happening.
10. 02. 2023 16:10 CET 6 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It was pretty clean overall, with no big dramas. All fine.
10. 02. 2023 16:08 CET 6 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It's not possible to drive like this. I have understeer in every corner, I'm at full-lock in sixth gear.
10. 02. 2023 16:04 CET 6 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): The driving was good, definitely everywhere where we had a clean line I was pushing. There is quite a lot of loose snow on the sides and it's a bit more messy everywhere.
10. 02. 2023 16:09 CET 5 (48 - Villanueva Alexander / Murado José): was out of road
10. 02. 2023 15:50 CET 5 (23 - Suninen Teemu / Markkula Mikko): problems with engine
10. 02. 2023 15:41 CET 5 (26 - Kaur Egon / Viilo Jakko): problems with steering
10. 02. 2023 15:34 CET 5 (21 - Veiby Ole Christian / Eriksen Torstein): spun
10. 02. 2023 15:30 CET 5 flash info (42 - Breen Craig / Fulton James): I could probably be the mayor of Brattby at this stage! The car is absolutely on rails - I've never had anything like this before. More of that please!
10. 02. 2023 15:30 CET 5 flash info (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): It was difficult. We tried to stay on the line and we did a good run I think.
10. 02. 2023 15:30 CET 5 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): Tricky! It's quite a big contrast from the first pass, but this is Sweden. The second pass is always tricky on this kind of stage when you have a soft surface. No mistakes, we are here.
10. 02. 2023 15:29 CET 5 (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): rolled
10. 02. 2023 15:29 CET 5 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): We will do all we can, just like in the morning. Nothing more we can do at the moment - we'll keep going like this.
10. 02. 2023 15:29 CET 5 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It's a case of survival to be honest. Of course, the conditions are quite bad, but it's going to improve with every car.
10. 02. 2023 15:28 CET 5 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): Wow. It's worse than any other year. It's so loose in there and the ruts are very deep, so you just have to survive. It was very busy in there.
10. 02. 2023 15:27 CET 5 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Just before the stage I got a message that traction has left the chat! There was not much I could do - I barely survived the stage but it was really tricky. It's definitely going to be a big, big time loss for us.
10. 02. 2023 11:42 CET 4 flash info (42 - Breen Craig / Fulton James): Quite okay. I was very close to missing the braking on one junction - I had to drive into a snowbank to get it stopped! No dramas, I'm just trying to perfect my braking wherever I can.
10. 02. 2023 11:37 CET 4 flash info (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): It wasn't easy and sometimes I was struggling a bit to know where is flat-out or not. We will continue to try to progress.
10. 02. 2023 11:37 CET 4 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): Slippy, very slippy! For sure, it should get better, ubt it's very messy all around. The lines are going straight to the banks, I am using the banks, and sometimes the exit is really poor because of that.
10. 02. 2023 11:36 CET 4 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): It's very, very high speed and I feel comfortable in the car. It's a little bit difficult to keep the car on the line, but all okay. I didn't push at all and just tried to be smooth.
10. 02. 2023 11:36 CET 4 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): We probably should be faster. It should be a lot better, so let's see what the second loop will bring. At the moment it's not so easy, that's for sure.
10. 02. 2023 11:36 CET 4 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): I'm struggling in a lot of areas. Struggling to find confidence and the balance overall - it's not easy out there.
10. 02. 2023 11:35 CET 4 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I had a good stage to be honest. If I lost time, I don't know where.
10. 02. 2023 11:35 CET 4 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Definitely, these two were better than the first, but this was again really tough to open the road. I tried to push and be clean, for sure in the fast parts where it's clean I could be fast. But you lose a lot of time on the junctions on things like that.
10. 02. 2023 11:40 CET 3 retired (62 - García José Luis / Cue Daniel): accident in SS 3
10. 02. 2023 11:37 CET 3 retired (57 - Kohn Filip / Střeska Tomáš): accident in SS 3
10. 02. 2023 11:34 CET 3 flash info (22 - Lindholm Emil / Hämäläinen Reeta): I was confident from last year that this place was flat, but it wasn't. I got stucked into the snowbank and then the filter and everythig was blocked, so we had to stop and clear it.
10. 02. 2023 11:34 CET 3 (22 - Lindholm Emil / Hämäläinen Reeta): was out of road
10. 02. 2023 09:57 CET 3 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): It's such small margins that if I step up, it may be too much. I need to continue like this but maybe try a little harder.
10. 02. 2023 09:54 CET 3 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): I was very smooth and I had a quite rhythm. The car is working well, it's all good.
10. 02. 2023 09:50 CET 3 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It's completely different to the first one - the first one was snowy and this is icy. 'Happy' is probably too much of a strong word for me, but we are here at least.
10. 02. 2023 09:49 CET 3 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): I just understeered on a long corner and completely missed my apex, so went a little into snowbank. It's not going well so far.
10. 02. 2023 09:48 CET 3 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I have too much understeer so I am really struggling to keep the corner speed. I could feel it was slow, but we have to react.
10. 02. 2023 09:08 CET 2 flash info (37 - Bertelli Lorenzo / Scattolin Simone): It was already rutted, so quite messy. The second loop will be quite tough but I was enjoying it anyway.
10. 02. 2023 09:02 CET 2 flash info (42 - Breen Craig / Fulton James): I've missed that feeling! Very, very simple, completely effortless. Second chance - I'm a very lucky boy.
10. 02. 2023 08:57 CET 2 flash info (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): Yesterday night the feeling wasn't there, but we did a good stage. In some places it was not the best driving and we lost a bit of time in some junctions, but let's continue. It will be better and better.
10. 02. 2023 08:56 CET 2 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): Pretty okay. For sure, I can improve quite a lot but it was quite slippery to be honest. Not an easy stage at all, but quite a clean one.
10. 02. 2023 08:53 CET 2 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): It's quite slippery in some sections because I think everybody is hitting the snowbanks quite a lot, so there is a lot of snow on the line. It's hard to say which road position is good, but I'm just focusing on my job and trying to do my best on the stages.
10. 02. 2023 08:52 CET 2 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): No, not a good feeling! the stage is very tricky to drive. It was a big fight on this one.
10. 02. 2023 08:48 CET 2 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): The conditions are really bad to be honest and the snowbanks are really hard as well. A difficult start.
10. 02. 2023 08:45 CET 2 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): Lots of cleaning in there. I guess Rovanperä was struggling a lot, and for me in some places I couldn't even see his lines - there's a lot of loose snow. I felt better in the car than yesterday, but still not as good as I want it to be.
10. 02. 2023 08:41 CET 2 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): There is a lot of snow on the road which is really slippy for us. I tried to be clean and fast but I can't do much more.
09. 02. 2023 22:41 CET 1 flash info (37 - Bertelli Lorenzo / Scattolin Simone): I am super happy to be back in Sweden. I love to do these kind of stages and I am super happy to do it with this car. I am looking forward to just enjoying this weekend because it's amazing.
09. 02. 2023 22:40 CET 1 flash info (42 - Breen Craig / Fulton James): Quite okay but I struggled quite a lot with the traction coming out of the junctions and under braking.
09. 02. 2023 22:40 CET 1 flash info (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): I didn't know what to expect with the grip - I think I was a bit too careful. Not very good.
09. 02. 2023 22:40 CET 1 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): It's quite tricky with the braking. I couldn't restart the car under braking and we went straight towards the bank. That's how it is on the ice when you lock the wheels.
09. 02. 2023 22:39 CET 1 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): It felt okay grip-wise compared to the shakedown. I was a bit careful but the real stages start tomorrow. I will enjoy it.
09. 02. 2023 22:39 CET 1 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): A good stage, but the ice was already quite broken. We had an okay feeling.
09. 02. 2023 22:38 CET 1 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): I think the snowbanks are just so hard, as soon as you touch them it damages the bodywork straight away. Not a great run.
09. 02. 2023 22:38 CET 1 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I was maybe too careful. I don't feel the grip to be honest, so not a great stage for us. It's okay.
09. 02. 2023 22:38 CET 1 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): This one was quite okay. In some sections it's quite slippery with the loose snow but otherwise it was quite good. I just didn't feel like I was driving so good.
09. 02. 2023 09:51 CET SHAKEDOWN Stage continues.
09. 02. 2023 09:35 CET SHAKEDOWN Stage is stopped after first loop for safety reasons
09. 02. 2023 09:25 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (37 - Bertelli Lorenzo / Scattolin Simone): I am super happy to be here in a Toyota and I want to enjoy this rally. The feeling is good and I'm looking forward to it.
09. 02. 2023 09:24 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): It's okay. Not a very clean run from my side - I was a bit hesitant. Let's try to learn the maximum on these types of roads and take the experience.
09. 02. 2023 09:24 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (42 - Breen Craig / Fulton James): Tricky. Definitely more tricky than what we had in our test. Some small issues - I need to speak with the guys and find out what it is.
09. 02. 2023 09:24 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): It felt quite clean. For sure, we used the banks here and there, but that's part of the rally. The banks are really hard and you need to watch out a little bit. In some stages you have lower banks but they are mainly quite high - you need to know where you can lean the car.
09. 02. 2023 09:23 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): Let's see what happens this weekend. The stages are in quite nice condition. Hopefully we can have a good weekend - I am just focusing on my job and not taking any pressure.
09. 02. 2023 09:14 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It's good fun, especially this one. It's actually quite tricky but it's probably the best stage of the rally! Hopefully we can be a bit more competitive than we were in Monte.
09. 02. 2023 09:12 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Quite surprisingly slippy. Other than that it was okay, but it's not an easy stage. Quite narrow and tricky to find a rhythm.
09. 02. 2023 09:12 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I've been sick all week and I'm not feeling so good, but hopefully we'll be able to manage. The snowbanks are really hard. It's quite fast in there and it's a tricky shakedown but we had a clean run through.
09. 02. 2023 09:12 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): It was really, really slippy for us. There is a small line in the middle of the road but it will be really tricky to open the road here. The conditions are not easy to be the first car.