Cheered on by thousands of passionate spectators, talented Norwegian youngster Ole Christian Veiby also impressed in a ŠKODA FABIA R5 run by a private team. Veiby is currently third going into the weekend.
Sweden’s Motorsport Athlete of the Year 2016 was second behind fellow ŠKODA driver Veiby after the opening stage in Karlstad on Thursday evening. The impressive youngster won Friday’s first stage at the wheel of a ŠKODA FABIA R5 before Tidemand upped the tempo to win five of the day’s seven special stages.
The Swede moved into the lead for the first time courtesy of an outstanding drive on stage four, Svullrya 1. He then proceeded to extend his lead over the course of the afternoon. The highlight of the day was the stage in the dark around the service park in Torsby, where the ŠKODA driver thrilled his compatriots with the fastest time. By the end of the longest day of the Rally Sweden, with 145.65 kilometres of competitive distance, Tidemand had pulled 45.1 seconds clear of the reigning WRC2 vice-champion, Teemu Suninen.
Less than half of the competitive distance have been completed. A good 125 kilometres await Tidemand and Co. on Saturday, spread over seven special stages. The highlight promises to be the Vargåsen stage, which the competitors must tackle twice. It is at this stage that the “Colin’s Crest Award” is presented for the longest jump over a certain crest, in memory of Colin McRae. The record stands at 45 metres and was set by Norway’s Eyvind Brynildsen, who is currently well behind Tidemand in eighth place in the WRC2 standings at the Rally Sweden.
ŠKODA Motorsport claimed a one-two, courtesy of Andreas Mikkelsen and Jan Kopecký, at round one of the world championship, the iconic Rallye Monte Carlo. Pontus Tidemand is on track to back up this opening success at the Rally Sweden.
Rally Sweden 2017
Cheered on by thousands of passionate spectators, talented Norwegian youngster Ole Christian Veiby also impressed in a ŠKODA FABIA R5 run by a private team. Veiby is currently third going into the weekend.
Sweden’s Motorsport Athlete of the Year 2016 was second behind fellow ŠKODA driver Veiby after the opening stage in Karlstad on Thursday evening. The impressive youngster won Friday’s first stage at the wheel of a ŠKODA FABIA R5 before Tidemand upped the tempo to win five of the day’s seven special stages.
The Swede moved into the lead for the first time courtesy of an outstanding drive on stage four, Svullrya 1. He then proceeded to extend his lead over the course of the afternoon. The highlight of the day was the stage in the dark around the service park in Torsby, where the ŠKODA driver thrilled his compatriots with the fastest time. By the end of the longest day of the Rally Sweden, with 145.65 kilometres of competitive distance, Tidemand had pulled 45.1 seconds clear of the reigning WRC2 vice-champion, Teemu Suninen.
Less than half of the competitive distance have been completed. A good 125 kilometres await Tidemand and Co. on Saturday, spread over seven special stages. The highlight promises to be the Vargåsen stage, which the competitors must tackle twice. It is at this stage that the “Colin’s Crest Award” is presented for the longest jump over a certain crest, in memory of Colin McRae. The record stands at 45 metres and was set by Norway’s Eyvind Brynildsen, who is currently well behind Tidemand in eighth place in the WRC2 standings at the Rally Sweden.
ŠKODA Motorsport claimed a one-two, courtesy of Andreas Mikkelsen and Jan Kopecký, at round one of the world championship, the iconic Rallye Monte Carlo. Pontus Tidemand is on track to back up this opening success at the Rally Sweden.
