Yaris WRC drivers ready to star on Swedish snow

The Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team heads to Rally Sweden (15^th to 18^th February) for the second round of the 2018 season with ambitions of a strong result on the snow and ice spectacular. The team already enjoyed a great start to the year with a double podium on last month's Rallye Monte-Carlo and now moves on to the scene of the Toyota Yaris WRC race car's maiden victory last year in the hands of Jari-Matti Latvala, with the clear aim of repeating that success.

A founding round of the world championship in 1973, Rally Sweden is the only full winter rally on the calendar. Metal studs inserted into the tyres punch through the ice to find grip, while drivers use the snow banks to stay on the road by 'leaning' through the corners; provided there is enough snow to do it. Full winter conditions are expected this year.

A super special kicks off the action in Karlstad on Thursday night before much of Friday's action takes place over the border in Norway. Saturday features classic Swedish stage names such as Hagfors and Vargasen, followed by a repeat of the Karlstad and a 'sprint' near the service park in Torsby. It's there where the rally will end with the Power Stage on Sunday, after two runs of the Likenas test.