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Rovanpera explains crash from WRC Rally Sweden lead
The reigning two-time world champion won Thursday night’s super special and stage two on Friday morning to open up a 5.7s lead over Toyota team-mate heading into stage four where drama struck. In an incident unseen by television cameras, Rovanpera ran wide as snow began to fall on the stage. The 23-year-old clouted a snowbank which resulted in his GR Yaris suffering damage to its radiator. Rovanpera headed to Sweden as the overwhelming favourite to win this weekend’s rally that marked the first round of his reduced 2024 WRC programme with Toyota. Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala had earmarked Rovanpera as the team’s best hope to win the rally. Rovanpera is expected to rejoin the rally on Saturday with a revised target of scoring points from the new Super Sunday format.
