Rally Sweden 2025

Rally Sweden 2025


13. 02. 2025 - 16. 02. 2025

Sesks Mārtiņš
22
Mārtiņš Sesks
Renārs Francis
LVA
LVA
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team
Ford Puma Rally1
P1
RC1
LVA
LVA
Francis Renārs
SS
After SS
SS SS name Length [km] Time Order in SS Diff. leader
(s/km)
Aver. speed Order after SS Total time Diff. leader Penalty
1 Umeå Sprint 1 5.16 00:03:32.6 10. 00:00:11.0
2.13
87.38 10. 00:03:32.6 00:00:11.0
2 Bygdsiljum 1 28.27 00:14:15.5 8. 00:00:16.7
0.59
118.96 8. 00:17:48.1 00:00:27.7
3 Andersvattnet 1 20.51 00:10:51.7 7. 00:00:07.9
0.39
113.30 8. 00:28:39.8 00:00:33.8
4 Bäck 1 10.8 00:06:05.7 10. 00:00:11.1
1.03
106.32 8. 00:34:45.5 00:00:41.0
5 Bygdsiljum 2 28.27 00:13:58.3 3. 00:00:08.2
0.29
121.40 7. 00:48:43.8 00:00:40.8
6 Andersvattnet 2 20.51 00:10:54.6 3. 00:00:05.4
0.26
112.80 7. 00:59:38.4 00:00:40.1
7 Bäck 2 10.8 00:06:07.9 7. 00:00:05.4
0.50
105.68 7. 01:05:46.3 00:00:42.3
8 Umeå Sprint 2 5.16 00:03:33.8 8. 00:00:03.9
0.76
86.88 7. 01:09:20.1 00:00:43.6
Information
Date and time SS Information
16.02.2025 05:02 8 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): Well, it was very slippery to be honest! We were like ducks on ice. Each leg is on each side! Of course it is amazing... driving this fast in cars like this on these kind of roads. We gave some show for the spectators and it is amazing.
16.02.2025 04:02 7 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): For sure, still in this stage we have a lot to learn. Really narrow sections with really fast ones, lots of everything. We keep trying.
16.02.2025 04:02 6 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): I was worried at the last split, were they worse than the beginning of the stage? The last 6-7km there was a lot of slow and really slippery. It is good so far, nothing else to say really. We have a magician called Gavin, he is the one behind tyre strategy. I cannot be saying anything!
16.02.2025 04:02 5 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): We're learning, this was the feeling like when you drive and you think that it might be fast but it is 50/50. Sometimes you are far off, sometimes not. It is pure joy but there is a thin line between going fast and pushing. There were a few places where I was like ahh.
14.02.2025 13:02 4 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): Made a mistake in the last part, but it is alright. Of course we are learning a lot and this is a really new experience for me, because in previous years I am driving longer studs with lots of grip, this is something I am not used to because you have a lot of downforce.
14.02.2025 13:02 3 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): Not easy, I have new helmet, new glasses! It's not easy. And I have to drive a fast rally car! I saw these Latvian flags and I thought 'oh they are here!' It cost me maybe a second, I was looking at the flags. It is really nice that these people are following us and they care what we do. It is really nice!
14.02.2025 13:02 2 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): It wasn't that bad actually? I was taking it really steady in some places, from yesterday after the shakedown it felt really good, now on this stage it's like bang, bang into the snow banks and after every second corner it is into the snow banks, but it is fun. You can see other's mistakes a little bit and of course seeing that you wish to be more cautious. But good fun!
13.02.2025 19:02 1 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): We made a mistake in the first junction, I know it felt fine but suddenly it just snapped. Of course we still smile.