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PEUGEOT'S
Marcus Gronholm and Timo Rautiainen hold a 27 second lead
over the Subaru Impreza of Tommi Makinen and Kaj Lindstrom at
the end of the first leg of the Swedish International Rally.
After
Citroen's Sebastien Loeb set fastest time on the opening
stage, Gronholm took command on the second test - Rammen 1.
Three fastest times during the leg ensured the top spot for
the World Champion while Makinen ends the leg in second
position, just 3.8 seconds ahead of Richard Burns and Robert
Reid.
Harri
Rovanpera and Risto Pietilainen are fourth while Juuso
Pykalisto and Esko Mertsalmi are fifth in a privateer Peugeot.
Four Peugeot 206 World Rally Cars fill the top five places.
Top ten after leg one below:
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1
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Marcus
Gronholm / Timo Rautiainen |
Peugeot
206 WRC |
48mins
54.1secs |
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2
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Tommi
Makinen / Kaj Lindstrom |
Subaru
Impreza WRC |
49mins
21.1secs |
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3
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Richard
Burns / Robert Reid |
Peugeot
206 WRC |
49mins
24.9secs |
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4
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Harri
Rovanpera / Risto Pietilainen |
Peugeot
206 WRC |
49mins
30.3secs |
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5
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Juuso
Pykalisto / Esko Mertsalmi |
Peugeot
206 WRC |
49mins
53.4secs |
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6
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Toni
Gardemeister / Paavo Lukander |
Skoda
Octavia WRC |
49mins
58.0secs |
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7
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Markko
Martin / Michael Park |
Ford
Focus WRC |
49mins
59.1secs |
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8
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Petter
Solberg / Phil Mills |
Subaru
Impreza WRC |
50mins
03.5secs |
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9
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Freddy
Loix / Sven Smeets |
Hyundai
Accent WRC |
50mins
03.9secs |
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10
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Janne
Tuohino / Jukka Aho |
Ford
Focus WRC |
50mins
03.9secs |
- Petter
Solberg went off the road briefly on stage one.
- Colin
McRae lost 40 seconds on stage two after spinning
into a snow bank.
- Didier
Auriol went off the road on stage three.
- Stage
five was cancelled after a car went off the road and
blocked the stage.
- Sebastien
Loeb stalled on stage six.
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