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MARCUS
GRONHOLM and Timo Rautiainen continue to lead the
Swedish Rally at the end of the second leg.
The Peugeot
pair lost time on the leg's opening stage when a hole knocked
the car's tracking out of line. Gronholm complained of the
car being difficult to control but he managed to set third
fastest time on the stage.
Subaru's
Tommi Makinen and Kaj Lindstrom are in second position, 38.8
seconds behind Gronholm, while Richard Burns and Robert Reid
are third in their Peugeot.
Ford's
Markko Martin and Michael Park moved up to fourth position
after both Juuso Pykalisto and Harri Rovanpera retired on
stage eight. Pykalisto rolled his Peugeot with the car coming
to rest in the middle of the road. Harri Rovanpera arrived
at the scene of the accident on full song and ploughed into
Pykalisto's car. Nobody was injured in either incident.
After
ending leg one in 13th position, Colin McRae and Derek Ringer
have fought their way up the leaderboard into fifth position.
McRae says he still doesn't have the confidence that he needs
in the car but nonetheless he is the highest placed Citroen
driver. Top ten and stage notes below:
| 1 |
Marcus
Gronholm / Timo Rautiainen |
Peugeot
206 WRC |
2hrs
03mins 29.1secs |
| 2 |
Tommi
Makinen / Kaj Lindstrom |
Subaru
Impreza WRC |
2hrs
04mins 07.9secs |
| 3 |
Richard
Burns / Robert Reid |
Peugeot
206 WRC |
2hrs
04mins 30.0secs |
| 4 |
Markko
Martin / Michael Park |
Ford
Focus WRC |
2hrs
05mins 15.1secs |
| 5 |
Colin
McRae / Derek Ringer |
Citroen
Xsara WRC |
2hrs
05mins 31.6secs |
| 6 |
Petter
Solberg / Phil Mills |
Subaru
Impreza WRC |
2hrs
05mins 41.2secs |
| 7 |
Toni
Gardemeister / Paavo Lukander |
Skoda
Octavia WRC |
2hrs
05mins 54.9secs |
| 8 |
Carlos
Sainz / Marc Marti |
Citroen
Xsara WRC |
2hrs
05mins 59.2secs |
| 9 |
Freddy
Loix / Sven Smeets |
Hyundai
Accent WRC |
2hrs
06mins 09.9secs |
| 10 |
Sebastien
Loeb / Daniel Elena |
Citroen
Xsara WRC |
2hrs
06mins 20.5secs |
- Juuso
Valimaki retired with clutch failure on stage seven.
- Stage
eight was stopped after Juuso Pykalisto rolled his
Peugeot 206 WRC. The car was blocking the stage and
Harri Rovanpera, also in a Peugeot 206 WRC, arrived
at the scene at full speed and hit the stricken car.
Nobody was injured but both Peugeot's retired from
the rally.
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- 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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