Jari-Matti Latvala, Volkswagen driver, once again repeats his 2008 victory in the Sweden Rally. Despite not being the fastest during the entire race – that role was almost always given to Ogier – Latvala turns out to be a fair winner of this rally, having made no mistakes, contrary to Ogier. It has been almost 7 months since the World Rally Championship did not know any other winner than Sébastien Ogier.
In second place comes Andreas Mikkelsen for the first time, who got his first ever podium in the WRC, controlling the pace on the last day of the race for an undefeated Mads Ostberg, who after 4th place in Monte Carlo, once again repeated a good run. test at the controls of your Citroen.
Sébastien Ogier ended up finishing the race in 6th place. In this way, after two races of the World Rally Championship Jari-Matt Latvala is the new leader of the championship with 40 points, five more than Sébastien Ogier. Mads Ostberg is third with 30 and Andreas Mikkelsen is fourth with 24.
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