Round 2 of the 2013 season is just around the corner and teams are ready to whip their machines on the snow covered icy roads of Sweden...
Round 2 of the 2013 season is just around the corner and teams are ready to whip their machines on the snow covered icy roads of Sweden.
Rally Sweden is one of those classic [which is 61st time in running] & probably the most celebrated, mainly due to the weather conditions, high-speed snow laden gravel roads, lined by one of the most enthusiastic spectators and being in the Scandinavian countryside is just too good to enjoy the sideways action.
This year, despite all the Global / European economic hibernation, it draws nothing short of 20 WRC spec rally cars in the competitive field. WRC2 & WRC3 categories are not forgotten either! In the historic class, it is none other than the former WRC 2003 Champion, Petter Solberg who is set to enjoy and all set to make the crowd going crazy in his own Ford Escort Mk2 rally car.

Rally HQ is once again based in Karlstad with the service park located 85 kilometres away at Hagfors airport. Action starts from Hagfors on Thursday, with a free practice session between [08:00 hrs-10:00 hrs], quickly followed by the Qualifying Stage at 10:33 hrs. The spectator's decision of head-to-head super-special will start in Karlstad on Thursday night, and the real stage action will begin on Friday with the first of two days in the Swedish countryside around the service park in Hagfors.
Friday and Saturday action is primarily on the traditional special-stages in the host country, including classics like Vargasen [featuring Colin’s Crest] and Lesjofors. While on Friday, its Sagen, Fredriksberg and Rammen on Saturday. For Sunday the event crosses the border into Norway through the day's opening stage Mitandersfors starting in Sweden and finishing at Norway, and the action returns back to Sweden for the Power Stage at Torsby to conclude the rally.


Existing Ford boys are nothing short of winning crews, with what we saw in 2011 of Mads drive, while Juho Hanninen has not had an outing on the Swedish for a long time. Evgeny Novikov, Jari-Ketomaa can be dangerous too!
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