Petter Solberg has rounded out day two’s action with victory on the Karlstad superspecial.
The 2003 world champion, driving a Citroen DS3 WRC, set a time of 1m38.9s over the purpose-built course at Karlstad’s trotting stadium, which was two-tenths of a second faster than Jari-Matti Latvala managed in a Ford Fiesta RS WRC.
Back on form following repairs to his Fiesta’s powersteering, PG Andersson posted the third fastest time, which was two-tenths of a second faster Mads Ostberg achieved in another Fiesta.
Rally leader Mikko Hirvonen was one-tenth of a second slower than Ostberg. It means his overall leads has been cut from 7.5 to 7.4s heading into Sunday’s final six stages.
Standings after SS16:
| Pos. | Driver | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | M. HIRVONEN / J. LEHTINEN | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 2h34m56.1s |
| 02 | M. ØSTBERG / J. ANDERSSON | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | +7.4s |
| 03 | P. SOLBERG / C. PATTERSSON | Citroën DS3 WRC | +8.9s |
| 04 | J. LATVALA / M. ANTTILA | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | +10.9s |
| 05 | S. OGIER / J. INGRASSIA | Citroën DS3 WRC | +15.8s |
| 06 | S. LOEB / D. ELENA | Citroën DS3 WRC | +1m42.1s |
| 07 | K. RÄIKKONEN / K. LINDSTRÖM | Citroën DS3 WRC | +5m05.5s |
| 08 | P. ANDERSSON / E. AXELSSON | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | +5m30.7s |
| 09 | P. SANDELL / S. PARMANDER | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +7m44.8s |
| 10 | M. WILSON / S. MARTIN | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | +7m46.2s |
| 11 | K. AL QASSIMI / M. ORR | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | +7m49.6s |
| 12 | M. PROKOP / J. TOMANEK | Ford Fiesta S2000 | +9m15.5s |
| 13 | D. KUIPERS / F. MICLOTTE | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | +9m52.4s |
| 14 | K. BLOCK / A. GELSOMINO | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | +13m21.3s |
| 15 | C. BREEN / G. ROBERTS | Ford Fiesta S2000 | +14m13.9s |