SWEDISH RALLY - DAY 2
 
Sergio López-Fombona has fought his way into the top ten. Sergio and Guifré (Mitsubishi No 49), are having a mistake-free race and they still have an unshakable desire to learn and keep progressing. Today the rally has been quite similar to yesterday ...but the times set were far better!

Fombona surprised himself by achieving an excellent 9th place on the second stage of the day, ahead even of his team mate Pons.
Over the next four stages, Pons increased his pace to score a 6th, two 8ths and a 9th, while Fombona was also within the top ten in spite of spinning at the 8th stage.
Finally, at the long Vargasen stage (40 kms), Pons was 8th, (with a similar overall placing) and Fombona was 12th and 10th overall.
   
     RESULTS
 
Day 2: Saturday 7th February 2004
ES6 SUNDSJON 1 (20.78 km)
ES7 MALTA 1 (11.25 km)
ES8 FREDRIKSBERG (20.12 km)
ES9 LEJEN (26.39 km)
ES10 MALTA 2 (11.25 km)
ES11 SUNDSJON 2 (20.78 km)
ES12 VARGASEN (39.95 km)
ES13 HAGFORS SPRINT 2 (1.86 km)
Click on the links above to see the results.
PWRC CLASSIFICATION (Group N)
1
 PAASONEN
 MIT
2h46'46"7
2
 MCRAE
 SUB
+1'03"2
3
 SINGH
 PRO
+3'05"2
4
 SOLA
 MIT
+3'31"8
5
 KUCHAR
 MIT
+4'33"1
6
 GALLI
 MIT
+5'42"5
7
 ARAI
 SUB
+6'30"4
8
 PONS
 MIT
+9'10"8
9
 AL-ATTIYAH
 SUB
+10'33"5
10
 FOMBONA
 MIT
+13'07"2
11
 ROMAN
 SUB
+13'43"1
12
 VOLLAK
 MIT
+14'05"4
13
 TRIVINO
 MIT
+15'38"0
14
 GERADZHIEV
 MIT
+15'48"7
15
 FRISIERO
 SUB
+18'46"3
Sergio has made it into the top ten.
(RACC Presse)
For more information visit the official rally website: www.swedishrally.com
   
 
   IN SERGIO'S VIEW
 
"To be honest we were thinking about loosing something like 5 seconds per kilometre against the top PWRC drivers but, to our surprise, at most stages the difference is much smaller, in fact we are only 1.5 seconds per kilometre off the pace on some stages.
We are going from less to more, without taking big risks, testing the car's reactions, and that way we are both learning and having a lot of fun. We are enjoying it so much that I was talking with Guifre about how good it will be to have a Swedish Rally ...every month!"
 
 
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