Sordo leads way in Rally of Sweden
- Published: 10/02/2012 at 04:32 AM
- Online news: Sports
Mini's Dani Sordo led the way in the Rally of Sweden, the second leg of the World Rally Championship, after winning Thursday evening's super-special stage at Karlstad, 300 km west of Stockholm.
Spain's Daniel Sordo Castillo and his co-driver Carlos Del Barrio Corral steer their Mini John Cooper Works during the first stage of the WRC Rally of Sweden. Sordo led the way in the Rally of Sweden, the second leg of the World Rally Championship, after winning Thursday evening's super-special stage at Karlstad, 300 km west of Stockholm.
Spaniard Sordo laid down a marker over the 1.9km stage ahead of Friday's nine specials -- four of which will take place over the border in Norway -- to finish 0.3sec ahead of snow conditions specialist Mads Ostberg of Ford Fiesta in freezing temperatures.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
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