11-02-2007, 06:30 PM
final do rali, 5º lugar no pwrc e 21º a geral para o grande Armindo Araújo:fixe:
The FIA Production car World Rally Championship kicked off its 2007 season this weekend in Sweden, and as expected, the Scandinavians were on form.
The class winner was Juho Hanninen, who was locked in a battle with Kristian Sohlberg throughout the weekend for the P-WRC lead, but an untimely puncture during the third leg saw Sohlberg give away the fight and fall to fourth, where he finished the weekend.
Oscar Svedlund drove a steady pace and was able to avoid any major problems during the weekend. Svedlund finished the rally second in the P-WRC, though he was nearly three minutes of Hanninen's pace at the end of the third leg.
Anton Alen was third in the P-WRC at the end of the difficult weekend. Alen was able to secure several P-WRC stage victories during the weekend, but he too was the victim of unfortunate punctures that saw him effectively end his contention for the class victory.
Portuegese driver Armindo Araujo finished the weekend fifth in the P-WRC, the highest placed non-Nordic driver of the weekend. Araujo was followed by Fumio Nutahara in the overall classifications.
Former P-WRC champions Toshi Arai and Nasser Al-Attiyah struggled with the wintry conditions and were unable to match the pace of the Scandinavian counterparts during the rally. Both drivers hit snowbanks during the second leg and lost a great deal of time. Arai completed the rally seventh and Al-Attiyah was eighth in the class at the end of the weekend.
The FIA Production car World Rally Championship kicked off its 2007 season this weekend in Sweden, and as expected, the Scandinavians were on form.
The class winner was Juho Hanninen, who was locked in a battle with Kristian Sohlberg throughout the weekend for the P-WRC lead, but an untimely puncture during the third leg saw Sohlberg give away the fight and fall to fourth, where he finished the weekend.
Oscar Svedlund drove a steady pace and was able to avoid any major problems during the weekend. Svedlund finished the rally second in the P-WRC, though he was nearly three minutes of Hanninen's pace at the end of the third leg.
Anton Alen was third in the P-WRC at the end of the difficult weekend. Alen was able to secure several P-WRC stage victories during the weekend, but he too was the victim of unfortunate punctures that saw him effectively end his contention for the class victory.
Portuegese driver Armindo Araujo finished the weekend fifth in the P-WRC, the highest placed non-Nordic driver of the weekend. Araujo was followed by Fumio Nutahara in the overall classifications.
Former P-WRC champions Toshi Arai and Nasser Al-Attiyah struggled with the wintry conditions and were unable to match the pace of the Scandinavian counterparts during the rally. Both drivers hit snowbanks during the second leg and lost a great deal of time. Arai completed the rally seventh and Al-Attiyah was eighth in the class at the end of the weekend.
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