65. Rally Sweden 2017
9. 2. – 12. 2. 2017, Torsby • snow - ice 331.74 km - (cancelled 31.60 km) • total distance including road sections - 1430.93 km • Other years
#14
Ford Fiesta WRC 
PX6***
PX6***
M-Sport World Rally Team
RC1
Final results
15. overall
11. class RC1
15. WRC
Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 SSS Karlstad 1 (1.90 km) | 1:35.3 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
71.8 km/h 0.63 s/km |
1:35.3 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| "Quite tricky. It's my first time in one of these cars on a stage like this. The car is fantastic but quite difficult in a stage like this. I cannot wait to get out onto the stages tomorrow." | ||||||
| SS2 Röjden 1 (18.47 km) | 9:42.2 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
114.2 km/h 0.27 s/km |
11:17.5 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| SS3 Hof-Finnskog 1 (21.26 km) | 10:16.3 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
124.2 km/h 0.28 s/km |
21:33.8 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "I tried to push but there were some difficult lines in there. I tried my best, the speed is incredible. We need to push a little harder." | ||||||
| SS4 Svullrya 1 (24.88 km) | 13:06.3 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
113.9 km/h 0.56 s/km |
34:40.1 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| "I'm struggling to find the grip, especially under braking. The ice is gone, but I'm not yet on the gravel. It's not possible to do times like Jari-Matti's from this far down in the start order." | ||||||
| SS5 Röjden 2 (18.47 km) | 9:56.4 | 12.
12. class RC1 12. WRC |
111.5 km/h 1.66 s/km |
45:26.5 0:50 |
10.
10. class RC1 10. WRC |
|
| Penalty 0:50 - Late (5 min) at TC | ||||||
| Mads running out of order here because of his late service exit when work to replace a gearbox overran. 50-sec penalty applied, he plunges to 10th place. His car is missing its rear spoiler. "It came off when I was absolutely flat out in sixth gear." | ||||||
| SS6 Hof-Finnskog 2 (21.26 km) | 10:39.9 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
119.6 km/h 1.58 s/km |
56:06.4 0:50 |
9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| Feeling the lack of rear aero. "It's horrible without the rear wing. The car is designed to have it, and without it it's the worst handing car." | ||||||
| SS7 Svullrya 2 (24.88 km) | 13:53.9 | 13.
11. class RC1 13. WRC |
107.4 km/h 2.01 s/km |
1:10:00.3 0:50 |
11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
|
| "Absolutely no fun driving without the rear spoiler. It's been so hard to just stay on the road. I put my best tyres on the rear here to try and stabilise the car but it didn't work so well." A small bit of good news is that his spoiler has been found and returned to his team. "That's good news, there aren't too many spares around and I didn't want to do the rest of the rally without it." | ||||||
| SS8 Torsby 1 (16.43 km) |
19:24.8 [N] |
37.
14. class RC1 37. WRC |
50.8 km/h 36.52 s/km |
1:29:25.1 0:50 |
22.
12. class RC1 22. WRC |
|
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS9 Knon 1 (31.60 km) | 14:00.0 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
135.4 km/h 0.46 s/km |
1:43:25.1 0:50 |
20.
12. class RC1 20. WRC |
|
| SS10 Hagfors 1 (15.87 km) | 8:11.2 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
116.3 km/h 0.52 s/km |
1:51:36.3 0:50 |
20.
12. class RC1 20. WRC |
|
| "Okay, but I cannot find the same rhythm as yesterday. I'm struggling to adjust to driving with a rear wing again." | ||||||
| SS11 Vargåsen 1 (14.27 km) | 8:24.6 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
101.8 km/h 0.27 s/km |
2:00:00.9 0:50 |
20.
12. class RC1 20. WRC |
|
| "I enjoyed it. Quite difficult to handle this big wide car on the narrow section at the beginning but on the wider road it's fantastic." | ||||||
| SS12 Knon 2 (31.60 km) | cancelled | |||||
| SS13 Hagfors 2 (15.87 km) | 7:59.4 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
119.2 km/h 0.54 s/km |
2:08:00.3 0:50 |
19.
11. class RC1 19. WRC |
|
| "Not the worst activity for a Saturday is it?" | ||||||
| SS14 Vargåsen 2 (14.27 km) | 8:15.9 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
103.6 km/h 0.59 s/km |
2:16:16.2 0:50 |
19.
11. class RC1 19. WRC |
|
| Colin's Crest jump of 44 metres. "I missed the corner before and lost some speed! Of course I wanted it [the record] - I was thinking about the jump all the way through. This is the most important thing in the world now. I couldn't stand up to the pressure, apparently!" | ||||||
| SS15 SSS Karlstad 2 (1.90 km) | 1:37.7 | 10.
10. class RC1 10. WRC |
70.0 km/h 2.00 s/km |
2:17:53.9 0:50 |
19.
11. class RC1 19. WRC |
|
| 3. leg | ||||||
| SS16 Likenäs 1 (21.19 km) | 11:25.9 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
111.2 km/h 0.90 s/km |
2:29:19.8 0:50 |
17.
11. class RC1 17. WRC |
|
| "My pace notes were really bad in here - sometimes too fast and sometimes too slow. I had no confidence in them." | ||||||
| SS17 Likenäs 2 (21.19 km) | 11:23.1 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
111.7 km/h 0.79 s/km |
2:40:42.9 0:50 |
16.
11. class RC1 16. WRC |
|
| "The set-up changes we made overnight haven't worked so well." | ||||||
| SS18 Torsby 2[Power Stage] (16.43 km) | 9:15.4 | 12.
12. class RC1 12. WRC |
106.5 km/h 1.48 s/km |
2:49:58.3 0:50 |
15.
11. class RC1 15. WRC |
|
| "We hit something on the fast section. I thought we had a puncture but it seems it was more serious. " | ||||||
