Rally News: Latvala's 5th win?
10 years ago, in 2008, Jari-Matti Latvala, then driving for Ford, won his first WRC victori in Rally Sweden. Last year he won Rally Sweden for the 4th time, this time with Toyota. Now he believes he can grab a 5th win, if he can beat his teammates. Tanak and Lappi.
Picture from Latvala in Rally Sweden 2008
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“Compared to last year I think we have a better car. We concentrated on improving it on the slower and more technical sections during our test, and we definitely made a step forward in this area. Having said that, the competition is even tougher this year, within our own team as well. It’s going to be a really nice challenge in proper winter conditions and that helps me raise my own game. I’m confident we can fight for the win again.”
Toyota team boss Tommi Mäkinen is also positive:
“Sweden is one of the rallies where we are strong and we had a good snow test in Finland, with all the drivers doing two days each. But there is always a question mark about everyone else. We know we have improved, but how much has everyone else improved?
Jari-Matti won last year, Ott was closely challenging him and Esapekka always has a good feeling on snow too, although of course his experience is less than the others. We feel quite confident but also realistic - there are always ways to improve.”
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my sentiments exactly , i believe his is the grand favourite for a win is Sweden , i also believe Lappi will be very strong there .
Don't forget about Mikkelsen and Tanak.
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