![]() ![]() I adore this sport and after a visit to WRC Sweden earlier this year, I am more besotted than ever. This is spectating the WRC and it’s my idea of heaven. I’m so taken aback I lose my footing and stumble onto my backside. As he flies by me at around 100 mph – on sheet ice, I might add – the rear of the car skims the bank I am stood on and flings a cloud of snow into my face. Rapidly approaching, Ott flings the car with little regard for potential consequences at a right-handed kink without lifting off the throttle. Then Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja appear broadside in their Toyota Yaris from a fast left-hand corner 200 yards in front of me. The buzzing slowly becomes a growl, something is very angry and getting closer. It’s been a two-hour walk through the Swedish wilderness at dawn to arrive here, but where ‘here’ exactly is I’m not too sure. I can just about feel my legs thanks to four layers of clothing. The Mäeküla stage returns on Saturday, over the Kekkose ski resort.I’m up to my knees in fresh snow. ![]() In particular, the second run over the stages can be extremely challenging. The many long jumps – such as Alaküla on Saturday’s Otepää stage – are one of the key hazards of the rally. Friday also contains the longest single stage of the rally: Peipsääre, at 24.35 kilometres. The longest day of the rally is Friday, with competitors covering 139.18 kilometres over eight special stages: four in the morning, and then a repeated loop of the same four in the afternoon. Pirelli is additionally the exclusive supplier to the FIA Junior WRC, which will have available:
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