- This day started rather slow at the office but at lunchtime it was busy and I guess we will perhaps reach 60 starters in the WRC event - the Clerk of the course Bertil Klarin declared.
The last day for entries was very hectic at the rally office and a technical communication error didn’t make the situation better.
- That is the reason why I can’t state the exact number of entrants. Many drivers have failed to reach us during the day and are now trying again. The fax machine is busy working at the moment - Klarin declares laughing.
He is obviously very satisfied with the great interest from the drivers.
- If we reach nearly the same number of entrants this year as in 2008 we really should be very satisfied, considering the economic crisis and the problems for the car manufacturers. Last week we reckoned 40 entrants would be an acceptable number, but this is very positive, showing the very strong position this rally has in the World Rally Championship.
There will be a top quality field in Rally Sweden February 11-14. None of the top stars of the championship is missing. Six time World Champion Sébastien Loeb, Citroën, the finnish Ford duo Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala, Norwegian brothers Petter and Henning Solberg, Petter in a Citroën and Henning in a Ford. Not to forget Marcus Grönholm, Ford, and Kimi Räikkönen, for the first time in a WRC-car and entering a WRC-event.
http://www.rallybuzz.com/rally-sweden-2010-entries-closed/
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