This weekend’s Sweden event will be held in the brand new location of Umea, approximately 800km north of the event’s previous home in Karlstad.
The move north means drivers will face 17 new stages that appear to be much faster than previous snow rallies, courtesy of a number of long straights which connect technical and narrow sections.
This combination has led several drivers to label this rally as perhaps the fastest ever, threatening the incumbent record set by the 2016 Rally Finland, when Kris Meeke won at an average speed of 126.60kph.
“It’s the fastest rally ever done,” said M-Sport’s Craig Breen in the pre-event press conference.
“It’s very fast, very straight, not so many crests or jumps, but where it’s narrow it’s really narrow and also bumpy. But for sure it’s going to be the fastest average speed ever.”
His views were echoed by Hyundai’s Ott Tanak, who was victorious in the WRC’s previous snow event when Arctic Rally Finland replaced Sweden on last year’s…
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