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Sweden - day 3: Latvala re-writes record books.

Sunday, 10th February 2008

Swedish Rally - Day 3 report: Jari-Matti Latvala becomes youngest driver to ever win a WRC event.

Atkinson lost 15 minutes on day 1 with an off, while Henning crashed out on Saturday while in contention for a podium finish. The Norwegian re-started under the SupeRally on Sunday and won all five stages, but that was little consolation.

In terms of retirees, there were three big casualties, and in addition to Wilson - mentioned earlier - Citroen’s Sebastien Loeb and Suzuki’s Per-Gunnar Andersson were also unable to complete the event.

P-G went out on Friday with an engine problem, while Loeb rolled his C4 WRC in SS4. Although the Frenchman rejoined the fold on Saturday - and won two stages, he retired for good after the mid-day service as his engine had started to show signs of 'weakness', no doubt as a result of the incident on day 1.

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The WRC now heads to Mexico for the first gravel event of the year and the first of three consecutive events outside of Europe. The Leon-based round runs from February 28 to March 2.

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