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Over the weekend the nomadic pack of banging, popping and screeching rally cars made their way to Nordic country of Sweden for the second round of this year's WRC.
Spectators sat in the woods with their reindeer sandwiches and video cameras to catch some of the best moments, and here are just three.
First up, you can see Henning Solberg using every last drop of commitment from his huge he-spheres. Then watch Thierry Neuville put Section 2 of the Clarkson POWWWEERRRRR act into full use as he shows how a heavy right foot can prevent imminent danger. Finally, check out this year's contestants giving it all they've got over Colin's Crest on the Vargåsen stage of the rally.
Conditions were tricky as temperatures sank to minus 30 degrees centigrade combined with a lack of snow. This meant when the cars ran the stages for the second time, loose stones and gravel would rip the freshly sharpened studs right out of out of the tyres and spit them at the crowds. But the Scandanivans are a hard bunch, so kept on shouting, blowing Viking horns and eating reindeer regardless.
At the end of the weekend Jari-Matti Latvala was left standing at the top of the podium while last year's WRC champ, Sebastien Loeb, finished a disappointing sixth (but still maintained his championship lead). Next up, Mexico.
Why can't we see this on proper TV over the weekend? Can someone at the WRC please get their act together?
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rfs95 commented on this article
at 02:58 pm on 13 February 2012
That second video really shows commitment haha
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Pinto_Power commented on this article
at 03:28 pm on 13 February 2012
Well said TopGear reporter bloke, why can't we see this on proper T.V? Too many greedy money grabbing media moguls about. Rallying is the greatest form of motorsport, much more skill than an F1 driver. With the greatest respect to F1 drivers, they still go round and round on a circuit, whereas in rallying the conditions are very changing between stages, never mind between the actual rallies. Maybe the BBC should invest some of their millions that they get from TopGear into rallying, just a thought.
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StigBBC commented on this article
at 05:16 pm on 13 February 2012
rally is my favourite sport
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Sigon commented on this article
at 10:33 pm on 13 February 2012
Rally is as pure as it gets in motorsport, i love it, wish there would be more different cars in wrc tho
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Matt_likes_cars commented on this article
at 10:39 pm on 13 February 2012
If WRC was on bbc with the top gear camera crew filming it there would be no reason to watch anything else.
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