"Following on from Monte-Carlo I hope the
Stobart team can continue to score well in Sweden. Last year Henning finished fourth here and last week Francois came tantalisingly close to a podium so hopefully in Sweden we can go one better and get on the podium," Wilson Sr continued.
"This is an event Henning feels he can be very strong on and two years ago Gigi led the event so a podium is certainly not out of the question.
"There will be a lot of strong local talent but for Matthew I think the top-ten is a good target to aim towards."
Munchi's Ford WRT:
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Federico Villagra, car #9 and TBA [will vary from event to event], car #10]
Mexico first event.
The Munchi's Ford WRT will not take part on the Uddeholm Swedish Rally, the outfit is due to begin its ten-event campaign from the Rally Mexico, the third round in the championship. Federico Villagra will be nominated to score manufacturers’ points there, as will
Henning Solberg, who is normally entered under the Stobart Ford banner.
Suzuki WRT:
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Toni Gardemeister, car #11 and Per-Gunnar Andersson, car #12]
Gardemeister to try for points, P-G on a high for home bash.
Suzuki #1 driver Toni Gardemeister believes that he has a 'strong' chance of breaking into the points in Sweden.
Gardemeister regards the Karlstad-based event as one of his favourites and this will be his tenth outing on it - his best result having come back in 2005, when he was third, while he was sixth overall last year, in a privately entered Mitsubishi Lancer WRC.
Speaking ahead of the second round in the WRC, the Finn noted their pre-event test back in mid-January went especially well.
Indeed Suzuki notched up around 600 kilometres with both drivers during that test in northern Sweden near Kall and the SX4 WRC set some respectable times. It was also very reliable too and that allowed the drivers to establish some useful base settings.
The team also gained valuable data from the Monte Carlo, which will be equally useful.
