WRC Rally Sweden

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WRC Rally Sweden: Neuville wins and takes points lead, Breen second

Thierry Neuville took his first World Rally Championship victory of the season with a dominant performance on Rally Sweden, while Craig Breen took a career-best second

15:37 SS19 powerstage
1 Lappi 6m01.2s (5 points)
2 Ogier +1.3s (4 points)
3 Mikkelsen +1.9s (3 points)
4 Neuville +3.2s (2 points)
5 Tänak +5.2s (1 point)

Overall order:
1 Neuville 2h52m13.1s
2 Breen +19.8s
3 Mikkelsen +28.3s
4 Lappi +45.8s
5 Paddon +54.4s
6 Ostberg +1m16.3s
7 Latvala +2m04.9s
8 Suninen +2m52.2s
9 Tanak +3m44.4s
10 Ogier +5m25.4s

15:24 Sebastien Ogier has made it through the stage, complete with 50s penalty, but has taken second on the powerstage giving him five points to take from the event with 10th overall.

15:14 Neuville is in and he wins Rally Sweden. What an impressive performance from the Belgian who led this event and crashed out last year.

He's also gone and scored powerstage points with third overall on the stage.

15:12 Thierry Neuville is underway. Have you got any finger nails left?

There's always that element of doubt when it comes to the flat-out Neuville. Can he hold on?

15:11 "I'm not going to cry this time," says a jubilant Breen. "Awesome, I'm on top of the world. It's been a real stepping stone this weekend."

The result is ever-impressive given Citroen's fortunes at this event last year.

15:10 Breen arrives and that will be enough to secure him at least second overall, bettering his podium in Finland in 2016. He's fifth at the moment so could get a powerstage point too.

Neuville is next...

15:07 Breen is into the stage, can he hold on to second? Can he take the win? We'll know in around six minutes time, plus Neuville finishing...

15:06 Mikkelsen completes second fastest, and secures third overall with that performance.

Just Breen, Neuville and potentially Ogier to come. The latter has been given a 50s penalty and was supposed to run much earlier on the road. He's not started the stage yet.

15:03 Paddon recovers to take fifth. he held on to beat Ostberg but lost fourth to Lappi.

15:01 Paddon has crashed into the same bank as Henning Solberg, and that will cost him fourth overall to Lappi. Will he lose any more places?

14:58 That's a stunning time from Lappi, and he has already taken enough time at the first split out of Paddon to take his fourth place. We'll see how that plays out.

14:56 Lappi goes fastest so far by 5.2s ahead of Tanak. It's a Toyota 1-2-3 at the moment with three Hyundais (and maybe a Ford) to come.

14:55 Lappi is on another planet at the first split, over five seconds up on his team-mate Tanak. The Estonian needs to take 3s out of Hayden Paddon to take fourth overall.

14:53 Ostberg goes third quickest, which should seal sixth for him overall on his works-Citroen debut. It's still a one-off at present.

Still no update on where Ogier has got to. The Ford Fiesta WRC is an expensive piece of kit to play hide-and-seek with...

14:51 Next up is Mads Ostberg, in sixth, who is 19.6s behind Lappi in fifth. That's a big ask for him on his first event in the C3 WRC.

14:49 Latvala is 1.1s down at the end of the stage on Tanak, but that should be enough to secure Latvala seventh overall.

14:47 At the second split, Latvala is four tenths quicker than Tanak's benchmark.

14:46 Still no sign of Ogier, Latvala has started the stage now.

Latvala is 19.6s behind Ostberg in sixth, so that's a big ask.

14:44 Suninen is the next to finish the stage and he's slowest of the regular WRC drivers, 11s down on Tanak.

14:42 "I don't know what he's doing, he was hiding before the stage I think," says Tanak of Ogier. "Maybe he is playing some games."

Ogier was supposed to start ahead of Tanak in the order.

14:41 Tanak arrives, he's 6.1s quicker than Meeke to go quickest so far.

It looks like Ogier is playing a tactical card by dropping down the starting order, although he may have an issue. More on that when we get it. He lies 10th overall.

14:39 Eighth-placed Teemu Suninen is the next driver into the the stage. He's 37s behind Latvala so unlikely to make massive in-roads into that.

14:38 Tanak has hit the first split (not literally) 1.8s quicker than Meeke, who is the current leader. Meeke was expecting the cars behind to improve in-line with the road conditions.

14:36 Ott Tanak joins the stage and it appears to be snowing quite heavily now. Will it be enough to affect stage times?

14:35 Evans points to a "a few little mistakes on the stage" to conclude his nightmare weekend, which will likely be in 11th unless anyone has problems ahead.

14:33 Evans is 1.9s slower than Meeke. With the road likely to clean, that's not a good news for any points for the Welshman!

14:32 Elfyn Evans will be the next to arrive and he's resigned to 11th place, the only saving grace being potential powerstage points.

A puncture on Friday ruined his chances.

14:30 "PUSH, PUSH," shouts Solberg. He's rolled into a bank. He's back out and lost half a minute to Kris Meeke but he's made it to the end of Rally Sweden...

14:27 Meeke completes in 6m12.5s, he's the first driver to finish. He's pessimistic about his chances.

"The pushed all the snow into the ruts," says Meeke. "If I'm within half a minute of the best time I'll be happy."

14:24 Next up in the order is Henning Solberg. He received a five minute penalty for an over-boosting turbo earlier in the weekend, which was started with fun in mind due to his sporadic WRC outings.

He's entertained as always.

14:22 This is a really bumpy and "nadgery" – as Craig Breen would call it, twisty if you like – stage. Could it catch a few people out?

Some of this stage has been driven on this event but in the dark. It's a proper test.

14:20 Pictures show it is snowing, but it's unlikely to have a massive affect on this stage at its current rate.

14:19 Kris Meeke is the first car into the test and off he goes. Game on.

14:18 The closest battle to keep an eye on here is likely the one for fourth, held by Hayden Paddon.

Esapekka Lappi has closed in to 2.9s behind the Kiwi, and has been absolutely flying on Sunday morning.

In terms of the other battles in the top 10, mistakes and problems will likely be needed to shake-up the order. There's a bit of daylight between most of the positions.

14:13 Here's a reminder of how the leaderboard looks heading into the stage:

1 Neuville
2 Breen +16.2s
3 Mikkelsen +29.6s
4 Paddon +46.1s
5 Lappi +49s
6 Ostberg +1m08.6s
7 Latvala +2m01.8s
8 Suninen +2m39.2s
9 Tanak +3m42.4s
10 Ogier +4m37.3s

14:07 Welcome back! The powerstage is up next, and who better than second-place man Craig Breen to take us through the stage.

SS19 Torsby 2 9.56km (5.94 miles)
"The first part of this stage is OK, it’s a bit quicker and flowing, but the last part we’ve done the last couple of nights as a sprint stage and I must admit I’m not so keen, it’s quite nadgery [twisty] and hard to get rhythm and tempo flowing.

"And, obviously, with the cars having been through it a few times, the last part is quite rutted."

12:31 Time for another pause as the cars head to the powerstage. Rejoin us just after 1100hrs for the conclusion of Rally Sweden and a fascinating test is in store.

12:30 SS18
1 Lappi
2 Neuville +1.9s
3 Breen +3.3s
4 Paddon +4.5s
5 Mikkelsen +6.4s
6 Meeke +7.3s

Overall after SS18:
1 Neuville
2 Breen +16.2s
3 Mikkelsen +29.6s
4 Paddon +46.1s
5 Lappi +49s
6 Ostberg +1m08.6s
7 Latvala +2m01.8s
8 Suninen +2m39.2s
9 Tanak +3m42.4s
10 Ogier +4m37.3s

12:25 After losing almost half of his lead on the last stage, Neuville has hit back. He's taken 1.4s out of Breen, extending his lead gap to 16.2s with only the powerstage to go.