Rally Sweden's leaderboard had a big shake-up on Friday morning, as M-Sport's Tanak has taken over the lead ahead of Breen. Full report: WRC
Road position proved pivotal in the opening stage of the day thanks to a layer of powdered snow on the road. It favoured the latter runners but it was Breen who starred as he hauled his i20 N to an emotional stage win after his character-building 2022 season.
While Breen took the stage spoils, Tanak's impressive run through Brattby moved him into the overall lead.Photo by: Vincent Thuillier / Hyundai Motorsport However, the Finn fought back on Stage 3 , which featured far more favourable conditions for the early runners thanks to the snow being replaced by a layer of packed ice. Rovanpera took the stage win by a second from Lappi with Katsuta third.
Evans' teammate Katsuta added his name to the stage winners board, becoming the third different driver in four stages to post a fastest time. Incredibly, 0.7s separated the top four across the 25.81km Botsmark stage as Katsuta emerged 0.3s faster than Rovanpera, with Tanak two tenths back.
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